Ernest MandelΒ (1923β95), historian, economist and activist, was a leading figure inthe Fourth International from 1945 and was the author of a number of books, includingΒ Late Capitalism,Β Marxist Economic Theory,Β Long Waves of Capitalist Development, andΒ The Meaning of the Second World War.
Tariq AliΒ has written more than two-dozen books on world history and politicsβthe most recent of which areΒ The Extreme Centre,Β The Dilemmas of LeninΒ andΒ The Forty-Year War in Afghanistanβas well as the novels of his Islam Quintet and scripts for the stage and screen. He is a long-standing member of the Editorial Committee of New Left Review and lives in London.