Series: People's History

On the 25th April 1974, a coup destroyed the ranks of Portugal's fascist Estado Novo government as the Portuguese people flooded the streets of Lisbon, placing red carnations in the barrels of guns and demanding a 'land for those who work in it'. This became the Carnation Revolution—an international coalition of working class and social movements, which also incited struggles...

It has been decades since Freud fell out of favour, not only in mainstream psychiatry but also in radical thought, where both he and Lacan were accused of sexist and class biases. A People's History of Psychoanalysis refuses to accept this growing depoliticisation of a formerly revolutionary field. Florent Gabarron-Garcia shatters the comfortable narrative of psychoanalysts as armchair theorists placidly...

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2020 Financial Times, Best Sports Books of 2020 Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream — tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society. But scratch beneath the surface and you'll quickly discover a different history, one of untold struggles on and off the courts. From the birth of...

A People's History of Portugal reconstructs the last two hundred years of class struggle in Portugal. Raquel Varela and Roberto della Santa examine the material conditions of its people, exploring the real causes of the revolutionary waves and counter-revolutionary backlash. Starting in the early nineteenth century, the theme of colonialism and its antithesis runs through the narrative, as working-class life...

A fascinating journey through the game's history as a vehicle of change — Shaka Hislop Correia takes us around the world to examine how football has produced the kind of political energy that can change minds and even topple governments — Dave Zirin An essential read for football fans everywhere — Juliet Jacques Football is so much more than the...

Football has always been so much more than the billionaire buyers and seven-figure signing fees. With the women's game now more popular than ever, one thing is clear: when it comes to football, only half the story is usually told. Would the Lionesses ever have roared without the Munitionettes? If you look beyond the men in suits at FIFA and...