What is radical politics today?

The recent economic crisis is making all of us think about how the world could
be run differently. Despite this, a radical alternative has hardly emerged to mobilise people, which begs the question: What is radical politics today? In this book, leading academics, politicians, journalists and activists attempt to pinpoint an answer, debating the issues facing radical politics in the 21st Century. Rarely united in their opinions, they collectively interrogate the character and spirit of being radical in our times.
The book includes numerous prominent members of the left internationally including Zygmunt Bauman, Frank Furedi, Clare Short, Edward W. Soja, David Chandler, Hilary Wainwright, Dora Apel, Michael J. Watts, Jason Toynbee, Doreen Massey, Gregor McLennan, Tariq Modood, Nick Cohen, Will Hutton, Saul Newman, Chantal Mouffe, David Featherstone, Alejandro Colás and Jason Edwards, David Boyle, and Saskia Sassen.
You can read some of the authors here.
Read some more reviews at the British blog Left Foot Forward.
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Labour Pains: How the party I love lost its soul

Labour to the core, Peter Kilfoyle became MP for Liverpool Walton in 1991. When Labour came to power in 1997 Kilfoyle was awarded influential roles in the ministry, but quit suddenly after becoming disillusioned with the New Labour project. Since then, he has been a vociferous backbench critic of both Blair and his successor. Labour Pains is his perspective on the Blair-Brown era, from the failure of the 1992 election campaign to the mediocrity of the last government. Irreverent, witty and thoughtful, this insider account of our political age is replete with anecdotes, some none too flattering, and reflections on the two men who, Kilfoyle believes, have ruined his beloved Labour.

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