Altai keyword-history-from-below then the Tsars

then the Tsars

Chen Erjin's work — originally entitled On Proletarian-Democratic Revolution — is the first major unofficial critique of 'existing socialism' to have reached the West from China

This is the world of ‘grey capitalism

social and art-critical

China may soon become again the kind of noncapitalist market economy that Smith described

Altai keyword-history-from-below then the TsarsWhen a fire rips through the Venetian Arsenal in 1569, the enigmatic Emanuele De Zante, spy catcher and secret agent, is betrayed by his lover, imprisoned, and accused of treason. Given the chance to escape, he embarks on a trans European odyssey that will test his loyalty and force him to question even his own identity. Through a series of deadly political games leading all the way to the Sultans palace in Constantinople, De Zante and his companions