Books

Book reviews (non-fiction literature about media, public, big tech and film).

  • Prescript Killjoy

    Narcocapitalism is a short book about modern psychoactive pharmaceuticals, but also a theory of how to gain control over the social body.

  • America’s racism

    In Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s insightful book, historical and contemporary consequences of racism are explored along with the promise of a new potential for Black liberation.

  • Power in the age of impotence

    Franco Berardi suggests to us a new activism – not through revolutionary changes, but through a systematic effort to develop a humane and free…

  • Food on a tormented planet

    The world’s intensive food production and the resulting resource depletion may quickly lead us into serious crises. Something must be done about it.

  • A quiet form of genocide

    Can hunger be abolished? Today’s hunger disasters have political causes, claims professor Alex De Waal. He believes famine must be criminalized and that political…

  • The Warlord Democrats of Africa

    How do African rebel leaders succeed politically after the end of military conflicts? Ten Africa-experts have examined the question.

  • Money and corpses in Sarkozy’s wake

    LIBYA: French journalists Arfi and Laske dig into the real causes of the 2011 bombing.

  • The Camorra’s prominent tormentor

    From his writer’s prison, the exiled Roberto Saviano continues to fight for the country he loves.

  • Perspectives on the Syrian war

    Inside Syria is a detailed and factual look into the history of the Syrian Civil War.

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