Books – Page 2 – People's World

‘Understanding Marxism,’ understanding ‘Wolff-ism’

June 4, 2019 By Ed Rampell

"Understanding Marxism" provides the socialist gospel according to Wolff.

“New Left” in old age: Lebowitz’s ‘Contradictions of Real Socialism’

May 9, 2019 By John Womack

The 1960s New Left's populist fantasies are still not what's needed to build real socialism.

‘The Man Who Fell from the Sky’, Bill Fletcher Jr.’s new crime novel

May 3, 2019 By Tim Libretti

With The Man Who Fell From the Sky, I can promise you’ll get the political punch and a riveting story.

Liam O’Flaherty’s ‘Hollywood Cemetery’: Long censored exposé makes a comeback

March 21, 2019 By Jenny Farrell

For readers of People’s World, a special aspect: O'Flaherty puts the Daily Worker (called Proletarian Power in the novel), at its moral center.

Interested in Chicago, politics, or Obama? Read “Conversations with Abner Mikva”

February 5, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

CHICAGO—If you’re interested in Chicago, read this book. If you’re interested in politics, read this book. If you’re interested in the more-than-occasional zaniness of Chicago politics, read this book. And if you’re interested in Barack Obama...