Against Capitalism
The European Left on the March

Publisher:  Peter Lang Publishing Group, New York, USA
Year Published:  2007
Pages:  259pp   Price:  $39.95   Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX8154

Abstract: 
William Pelz's book is a summary of the first 50 pivotal years of European labour thought (1871-1921). He begins with the Paris Commune, the First International and the rise of trade unions in England, Germany and France. As well as providing information on the political currents of the time-socialism, syndicalism and anarchism he also specifically discusses woman and socialism. Other topics include: anti-military, anti-colonial struggles, the impact of the First World War and the subsequent divisions within the left. Pelz revues the Russian Revolution, the reasons for its success and its failure in going beyond the borders of the Soviet Union.

Subject Headings

• Anti-Colonialism
• Capitalism
• Capitalism/History of
• Engels, Friedrich
• Fascism
• First International
• First World War
• History of Capitalism
• History/Twentieth Century
• Iraq
• Left, The
• Marx, Karl
• Paris Commune
• Russian Revolution
• Socialism
• Socialist Revolution
• Socialist Studies
• Soviet Union
• Spanish Civil War
• Stalinism
• U.S. Politics
• Vietnam War
• Women
• Working Class