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I was amazed that Lee Salter wrote in last month's SR that John Pilger's films "instil a sense of paralysis" in the viewer. Lee adds that understandably Pilger does not offer any advice as to taking action because it would damage the "due impartiality" his documentaries need in order to be shown on British television.

Jonathan Maunder looks at contemporary art in the US in the post-9/11 era.

Review of 'Sir, No Sir', Director: David Zeiger

Review of 'The Death of Mr Lazarescu', Director: Cristi Puiu, Tartan Video £19.99

The London Film Festival showcased many films that will delight radicals, says Simon Philip.

Review of 'God's War', Christopher Tyerman, Allen Lane £30

Review of 'Fascism's European Empire', Davide Rodogno, Cambridge University Press £60

Review of 'Evil Hour In Colombia', Forrest Hylton, Verso £12.99

Review of 'The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine', Ilan Pappe, Oneworld Publications £16.99

Billy Bragg's quest for a "new England" may well be a waste of time, says Martin Smith. Review of 'The Progressive Patriot', Billy Bragg, Bantham Press £17.99

Once it was seen as 'actually existing socialism'. Today China is capitalism's shining star. Sue Sparks surveys four recent books on its economy and those who make the profits.

In the autumn of 2005 the suburbs of Paris burned with anger at racism and poverty. Soon that rage spread across France and led to the most prolonged rioting the country had ever seen. Jim Wolfreys returned to Paris to find out if anything has changed.