Political activism / Political engagement

This is a pioneering critical intervention into the study of terrorism, language and political thought.

This is a pioneering critical intervention into the study of terrorism, language and political thought.

Will Saudi Arabia join the democratic wave in the Middle East?

Will Saudi Arabia join the democratic wave in the Middle East?

This is the first history of Lebanon from the Ottoman Empire to the modern period.

This is the first history of Lebanon from the Ottoman Empire to the modern period.

This book explores the paradoxical relationship between NGOs and capitalism, showing that supposedly progressive organisations often promote essentially the same policies and ideas as existing governments.

In the space of a year, Laurie Penny has become one of the most prominent voices of the new left.

In the space of a year, Laurie Penny has become one of the most prominent voices of the new left.

The wave of political demonstrations since the Battle of Seattle in 2001 have crystallised a new trend in left-wing politics.

This book controversially argues that Al Qaeda has clear aims, and that the only way to defeat it is to engage with its arguments in a serious way.

This book analyses the underlying reasons behind the formation of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), its development, where this current in Irish republicanism is at present and its prospects for the future.

Israeli anthropologist and activist Jeff Halper throws a harsh light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the point of view of a critical insider.

Armed resistance, suicide bombings, and rocket attacks, populate the Western media's depiction of Palestinian resistance.

How can we rebel against the capitalist system?

Since the early 1960s, few other countries have endured more acts of terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba, and the US has had its hand in much of it.

In carefully crafted official statements, the European Union presents itself as an honest broker in the Middle East.

What is Hamas's history; its key beliefs; and its political agenda?

This is the inside story of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), from its beginnings in 1964 to the signing of the Oslo agreement in 1993.

Is it possible to move beyond the male-female gender binary system?

Porto Alegre in Brazil is famous as the city that pioneered a revolutionary kind of local democracy.

Radical political activist movements are growing all the time.

Language Wars is a fascinating account of the relationship between the media, culture and new forms of global, political violence.

This collection of essays explores the formation and normalisation of fear in the context of war and terrorism.

This book champions social movements as one of the most influential agents that shape our conceptions of human rights.

Never before has the idea of democracy enjoyed the global dominance it holds today, but neoliberalism has left the practice of democracy in deep crisis.

This book is a personal account of the daily lives of the people of the frontline of the Palestine / Israel conflict, giving us an insight into the deadly, seemingly never-ending rounds of violence.

Although they are one of the most powerful military forces in Latin American history, little is known about the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP).

Across the world, nonviolent movements are at the forefront of resistance against repression, imperial aggression and corporate abuse.

Israel Shahak was a remarkable man.

Part of Pluto's 21st birthday series Get Political, which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience.

Illegal migrants who evade detection, creators of value in insecure and precarious working conditions and those who refuse the constraints of sexual and biomedical classifications: these are the people who manage to subvert power and to craft unexpected sociabilities and experiences.

The Clean Clothes Campaign is a worldwide movement that aims to improve the wages and conditions of sweatshop workers.

For as long as the world has had rulers, there have been plots to assassinate those at the top.

In 2006, four years after the illegal prison in Guantanamo Bay opened, the Pentagon finally released the names of the 773 men held there, as well as 7,000 pages of transcripts from tribunals assessing their status as 'enemy combatants'.

This new edition of The Kurds in Iraq brings the book fully up-to-date in the light of recent events in Iraq, and the ever-present danger of civil war.

Do you really want to change the world?

While the world keeps its eyes riveted on Iran's nuclear programme, the Islamic Republic has gone through a crisis of its own.

'A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

This is a comprehensive account of the momentous events which shaped the political landscape not only of Palestine and Israel but of the entire Middle East region.

Critical and iconoclastic, Comrade or Brother?

The public relations industry is not just about celebrity gossip.

Are oil-rich countries prone to war?

This book reveals the secret US agenda behind the 'war on terror' in Africa and the shocking methods used to perpetuate the myth that the region is a hotbed of Islamic terrorism.

What is terror?

From Bolivia to New Zealand, from South Africa to Russia and China, this is a round-the-world tour of resistance to neoliberalism.

The political fundamentalism, offered up by the Bush administration after 9/11, capitalised upon the fear felt by many Americans.

Millions of dollars are spent every year by companies and special interest groups attempting to influence government policy.

The Christian Right wields massive political power in the United States and beyond.

Written by an Egyptian human rights lawyer, it is the first English-language account of the development of tensions between violent and non-violent factions in radical Islamist movements, from the perspective of an insider.