“…As a consequence of compulsory food requisition and confiscation, measures taken by the Stalinist regime, in Ukraine in the early 1930s at least eight million people, three million of them children, died of starvation in only five hundred days. In addition, generations died off and several million other people suffered damage to their health for the rest of their lives.…”

“…In Syriza: Escaping the Labyrinth, Kevin Ovenden provides us with a sharp analysis of the political events leading to Syriza storming to power in 2015 and also follows the course of their first hundred days in office. Explaining the origins of the turbulent nature of Greek politics, the book provides an overview of the birth of the Communist and workers movements through occupation, civil war, military coup, and the rise and fall of Pasok. …”