MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
The Fourth Reich? by Sarah Moore (Jollies Publishing, £10.50)
IN THIS book, Sarah Moore argues that Germany started the first world war by continuing the pattern of invasion of neighbouring countries set by Bismarck in the 19th century.
While that perception of the German militaristic tradition is true, it’s only half the story, a charge that could be levelled at a number of the theses propounded by Moore in The Fourth Reich.
ALEX HALL is fascinated by a lucid and historically convincing account of how rent has dominated capitalist economies from feudalism to modernity
BRENT CUTLER is intrigued by the imperialist, supremacist and contradictory history of a word that is used all too easily
Western nations’ increasingly aggressive stance is not prompted by any increase in security threats against these countries — rather, it is caused by a desire to bring about regime changes against governments that pose a threat to the hegemony of imperialism, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI


