Usually, when reviewing a book, I try to bring out the best in what the author has written. In the case of David Renton’s book there is literally nothing in it worthy of praise. It is dishonest and selective in its facts and ignores that Black and Muslim people were the main victims of the ‘anti-Semitism’ witchhunt.

The EHRC wound up blaming Corbyn’s leadership for failures which are much more plausibly attributed to its bitter factional opponents.

Any real assessment of the Corbyn years would look, for instance, at how the party leadership acted towards those industrial disputes which did take place in the period, especially as Corbyn and McDonnell were well known as being among the very few MPs who had given support to strikes throughout their political lives.

Voters in the North have been used again for the advantage of parts of the British establishment.

Haim analyses Israeli society by looking at what is most representative of it - the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), the largest, richest and best supported organisation in Israel, what he calls the “centre of Israeli existence

As an artist I will use my work to challenge a criminally negligent ruling class and the growth of fascism.

The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader was hailed as a chance for a new foreign policy, and there were some positives, but Trident was a running sore which never went away

Mark Harrison reviews More Than a Left Foot by Bob Williams-Findlay, published by Resistance Books, London, available at: www.resistancebooks.org

Barbara Humphries, Ealing-Southall CLP, reviews Insurgent Empire: Anti-Colonial Resistance and British Dissent, by Priamvala Gopal, Verso, 2019

Alison McGarry, chair Islington North CLP, takes a closer look at the history of the Woodcraft Folk

The War on Disabled People evidences all the attacks on our rights in fine detail. But it does so much more. By adopting an historical materialist approach Ellen examines these events using a social model and a Marxist lens

Mike Phipps reviews More than a Left Foot, by Bob Williams-Findlay, published by Resistance Books.

Mike Phipps reviews Searching for Socialism: The Project of the Labour New Left from Benn to Corbyn, by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys, published by Verso, price 14.99.

Mike Phipps reviews The Twittering Machine, by Richard Seymour, published by Indigo, price £12.99

Mike Phipps reviews Hostile Environment: How Immigrants became Scapegoats, by Maya Goodfellow, published by Verso, price £12.99.

Mike Phipps reviews 21 st Century Socialism, by Jeremy Gilbert, published by Polity, price £9.99 pbk

Mike Phipps reviews May at 10, by Anthony Seldon, published by Biteback

Congratulations to the curators of this Dora Maar exhibition at Tate Modern for not mentioning Picasso until Room 6. Maar deserves to be viewed in her own right rather than just as a partner of Picasso, which she was, with tragic results, for almost ten years.

Linda Clarke, Vice Chair, Strathkelvin CLP, personal capacity, reviews Permanent Record by Edward Snowden, published by Macmillan.