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15/08/2026

𝐓𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐦áš 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲-𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬’ "𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭: 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲", 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭!
The answers are at the end of this post.

Q1 Which country first pioneered a “genuinely capitalist version” of expansion outside Europe?
A Britain
B Spain
C Dutch Republic (United Provinces)
D Portugal

Q2 Who wrote in September 1914 “There is no economic necessity for continuing the arms race after the world war”?
A Karl Kautsky
B Vladimir Lenin
C Rosa Luxemburg
D Josef Stalin

Q3 What was designed to “keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans down” according to Lord Ismay?
A: The atomic bomb
B The French war in ‘Indochina’
C Moves to European integration
D North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Q4 Who wrote, “The main enemy of every people is in their own country” in an article headlined “The main enemy is at home!”
A Leon Trotsky
B Karl Liebknecht
C Sylvia Pankhurst
D John Maclean

Q5 In February 2026, dockers’ strikes around the Mediterranean shut down ports in solidarity with Palestine. How many ports?
A 12
B 17
C 21
D 25

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0 correct: Don’t worry! Buy the book and you can soon have an in-depth understanding.

Buy the book at https://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/death-rides-out-imperialism-in-the-21st-century/
Answers: 1, C 2, A 3, D 4, B 5, C

14/08/2026

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘃𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘃𝗶 𝗦𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢: 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦.

This author event takes place on Friday 25 September at 6.30pm at Bookmarks, 1 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QE. You can book at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsbookmarks-avi-shlaim-l-genocide-in-gaza-tickets-1995463499042

You can ask questions and meet the author.

Shlaim writes that the book’s essays stem from a deeply felt (and historically inflected) sense of “moral duty to speak truth to power and to stand by the Palestinians in their hour of need”.

With exactitude and ethical clarity, he records the many war crimes, including genocide, that Israel has perpetrated and normalised against the Palestinian people, whose right to self-determination and basic humanity have been relentlessly assaulted and died, in full view of the world. In doing so, the book offers an unflinching dissection of the racist and settler-colonial logic that frames Israeli political and military practices.

Avi Shlaim is emeritus professor of international relations at the University of Oxford, and one of the most celebrated historians of modern Palestinian and Israeli history.

Born into an Arab-Jewish family in 1945 Iraq and later moving to Israel, Shlaim’s academic journey is marked by his critical, nuanced and personal approach.

See more at https://novaramedia.com/2025/03/21/were-witnessing-the-last-gasp-of-israeli-violence-in-conversation-with-avi-shlaim/ and https://jacobin.com/2026/01/israel-genocide-palestine-hamas-gaza and https://jacobin.com/2025/07/avi-shlaim-history-israel-palestine-gaza-genocide

Register for the event at https://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/events/ or https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsbookmarks-avi-shlaim-l-genocide-in-gaza-tickets-1995463499042

Order the book at https://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/genocide-in-gaza-israel-hamas-and-the-long-war-on-palestine/ or buy it at the event.

14/08/2026

Some interesting photography books arrived in our second hand section

12/08/2026

𝐓𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞́𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐫, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭! The answers are at the end of this post.

Q1 What happened to General Sanjurjo, the intended leader of the coup in Spain?
A Captured by a workers’ militia
B Killed in a plane crash
C Defected to the Republican side
D Abandoned the army and became a priest

Q2 What was the main subject of Mujeres Libres, the anarchist publication?
A The collectivisation of the land
B International support and solidarity against fascism
C Armed struggle and tactics
D Women’s liberation and revolution

Q3 The transformation of which city was rail worker Narciso Julian describing when he said of 1936, “It was incredible, the proof in practice of what one knows in theory. The power and the strength of the masses when they take to the streets.”
A: Barcelona
B Madrid
C Malaga
D Valencia

Q4 What was the name of the newspaper of the POUM, the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification
A La Voz de los Trabajadores (Workers’ Voice)
B Unidad (Unity)
C La Batalla (The Battle)
D ¡Revolución! (Revolution!)

Q5 What was the name of the organisation of the Spanish fascists?
A Nacionalistas Socialistas de España (National Socialists of Spain)
B Falange (The Phalanx)
C Arriba (Arise)
D España, Iglesia, Orden (Spain, Church, Order)

What your score means:
5 correct: You’re an expert and will enjoy even more knowledge and discussion on these events. Buy the book.
3-4 correct: You can learn more and deepen your knowledge. Buy the book.
1-2 correct: You know the basics. Learn more by buying the book.
0 correct: Don’t worry! Buy the book and you can soon have an in-depth understanding.

Buy the book at https://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/revolution-and-counter-revolution-in-the-spanish-civil-war/

Answers: 1, B 2, D 3, A 4, C 5, B

11/08/2026

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 – 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒.

Join Tansy Hoskins on Friday 18 September, 6.30pm, Bookmarks Bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QE. It’s free and will be a chance to hear from the author and to ask questions and add your views.

Our author events are informal and welcoming, a place for all those interested in books, progressive ideas and new analysis.

Tansy Hoskins says, “This is a book I’ve been working on for the past four years, including sixteen months of sorting through donations at a London charity shop to explore all the weird, wonderful and disturbing things people drop off in carrier bags.

“Charity Shop World is an investigation into textile waste – where it ends up and who really profits. Expect to deep dive into some murky bank accounts and explode narratives about who the fashion system actually benefits.”

Register to attend the Bookmarks event at https://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/events/ or https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsbookmarks-tansy-hoskins-i-charity-shop-world-tickets-1995460948413

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙚-𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙩
https://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/charity-shop-world/

Copies of the book will be available at the event, and from Bookmarks.

See Tansy Hoskins’ website at https://tansyhoskins.org/

10/08/2026

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𝗢𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘁 £𝟲𝟬.
Go to https://bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/capitalist-value-chains/ to order, or visit our shop at 1 Bloomsbury Street,
London WC1B 3QE

18/07/2026

Find us at Tolpuddle this weekend !

18/07/2026

14/07/2026

Great way to end the summer season of authors@bookmarks with Ed Webb-Ingall talking about The Story of British Video Activism! Loved it - onwards to our Autumn Program….

07/07/2026

Calling all movement activists ! Don’t miss our last author event of the summer! Ed Webb-Ingall talking about British Video Activism - Friday 6.30pm activism & Media studies