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Publishing books, essays, and reviews that critically assess British and global politics from a communist perspective.

'In prison, as in occupied Palestine, the spectre of death is a constant' The first 6 defendants of the Filton24 will be facing trial on November 17th for 10 weeks. One of the Filton24, Madeleine Norman, writes about their time in HMP Low Newton. www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/death...

Death and Resistance: A Dispatch from HMP Low Newton — Ebb Magazine

Madeleine Norman, of the Filton 18, reflects on their time in prison after a suicide in HMP Low Newton. In prison, as in occupied Palestine, the spectre of death is constant, and Norman emphasises tha...

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Class Consciousness at The World Transformed. Reporting back from the assemblies at The World Transformed, Lewis Hodder details the varied levels of class consciousness that coalesced around criticism of the leadership of the new left party. www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/class...

Class Consciousness at The World Transformed — Ebb Magazine

Reporting back from the three assemblies at The World Transformed that attempted to diagnose and overcome the impasse of the British left, Lewis Hodder details the varying levels of class consciousnes...

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Available October 7th. The Foundations of Zionism by Sabri Jiryis Translated into English for the first time, Jiryis details the origins of Zionism and its development as an ideology and political project that has wrought havoc in the Middle East and beyond. www.ebb-books.com/books/p/the-...

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“A foundational and vital work. Jiryis’ book is indispensable reading for anyone seeking to understand Zionism's monstrous rise from myth to mandate, and a sobering reminder that there is no redeeming it.”
Mohammed El-Kurd, Palestinian writer and poet

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'The Foundations of Zionism chronicles Zionism’s development from its early origins to the establishment of the British mandate over Palestine in 1923, refuting the movement’s own foundational myths. Sabri Jiryis delves into Zionism’s successive congresses and factional struggles, its early failures to settle in Palestine and the formation of armed militias, and its temporary alliances with the Ottoman Empire before securing support from Western colonial powers.

In a newly written conclusion, Jiryis reconsiders the Zionist project 100 years on from the Balfour Declaration and amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza.'

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'Fascism and the Women’s Cause offers a vital and unvarnished insight into the ways in which historical campaigns for women’s rights often intertwined with far right and fascist ideas about gender, race, class, and empire.' Thank you @drkatw.bsky.social and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the review.

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📣New review📣 @drkatw.bsky.social reviews Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's (@sisyphusa.bsky.social) 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', reflecting on the how tenets of women’s rights and agency are central to contemporary attempts to reinvigorate fascism. reacpol.net/fascism-wome...

Forthcoming, 29th April. Fascism and the Women’s Cause by Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond investigates the tangled roots of the women’s struggle and the manifestations of the women’s cause today in violent moral panics against queer and racialised people. www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/fasc...

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Starmer’s vision for the British economy is an attempt to kickstart growth that is weighed down by its own contradictions. In this article, Jonas Marvin details this growth mindset amidst the breakdown of the US-led global order. www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/move-...

“Move Fast and Fix Things”: Starmerism Unravelling — Ebb

Moulded by its own fealty to the Treasury, rentier capital, and a declining Atlanticism, Starmer’s vision for the British economy is an attempt to kickstart growth that is weighed down by its own cont...

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Today marks one year since the assassination of Refaat Al-Areer. Earlier this year, Ameed Faleh reflected on Refaat's martyrdom and what it means to be an intellectual – calling for an uncompromising and defiant resistance that refuses appeasement. www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/a-pro...

‘A Productive Language’:  On Western Intellectual Paradigms and Refaat al-Areer — Ebb

Placing Refaat Al-Areer's life alongside the likes of Hanna Mikhail and Fathi al-Shiqaqi as examples of Amilcar Cabral's class suicide in action, Ameed Faleh assesses the way that Palestinian intellec...

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In this review of Counterrevolution, Harry Holmes details how Melinda Cooper's political economy of the alliance of reactionary politics and asset growth in America has crucial parallels, and differences, that must be understood and confronted in Britain www.ebb-magazine.com/reviews/coun...

Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance — Ebb

Melinda Cooper’s Counterrevolution details the political economy of the vast historic links between dynastic families, Christian fundamentalist groups, various lobbying and campaign groups, and an ove...

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