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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results130 Connexions Library5 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 2 Sources Library 5 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe Abolition of the State: Anarchist & Marxist Perspectives Price, Wayne Book 2007 Both Anarchists and Marxists believe that it will be possible to do away with the state. But what do they mean by that? What is the state, after all? What institutions, if any, would be necessary ... After the "Special Period": Against The Current vol. 89 Quinn, Rachel Article 2000 U.S. activists interview Cuban student. In July, Solidarity supporters Tim Marshall, Rachel Quinn and Sara Abraham had the opportunity to take classes at the University of Havana as a part of the Lang... Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914 - 1991  Hobsbawm, Eric Book 1994 A overview of the history of the years 1914 - 1991. Amadeo Bordiga and the Myth of Antonio Gramsci: Chiaradia, John Book Looking at the conflicting roles of Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci in the history of the Italian Communist Left in the years between 1912 and 1926. American Communism and Soviet Russia: The Formative Period Draper, Theodore Book 1960 A history of the formative peirod of the American Communist Party. American Power and the New Mandarins Chomsky, Noam Book 1969 Chomsky writes about American power and violence, especially in the context of the Vietnam war, and he focuses especially on the complicity of American intellectuals in supporting and enabling the Ame... Art and Aesthetics on the Left: An interview with Andrew Hemingway Hemingway, Andrew Article 2015 Andrew Hemingway is an art historian and Professor Emeritus at University College London. His books include Artists on the Left. American Artists and the Communist Movement 1926-1956 (Yale University ... Autonomous Struggles and the Capitalist Crisis: A Workers' Autonomy Pamphlet Book 1974 A Canadian pamphlet with English translations of three articles originating with the Italian autonomist Marxist organization Lotta Continua. A Better World: Programme of the Worker-communist Party of Iran Article The actual lives and actions of people themselves reveal a deep-seated belief in the possibility and even the certainty of a better future. The Black Belt Communists Kelley, Robin D. G. Article 2015 During the Great Depression, black sharecroppers and the Communist Party waged war against tenant farming in the South. The Bolsheviks and Workers' Control: The State and Counter-Revolution Brinton, Maurice Book 1970 A pamphlet exposing the struggle that took place over the running of workplaces in the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In doing so not only does it demolish the romantic Leninist "histo... Canada: The Communist Viewpoint Buck, Tim Book 1948 Tim Buck, the national leader of the Labor-Progressive Party, sets out the Communist position on the big questions of Canada's destiny. The Chairman's New Clothes: Mao and the Cultural Revolution Leys, Simon Book 1969 Analyzes the Chinese "cultural revolution" as a power struggle through which Mao Zedong sought to regain control of the party. China Mao or never: New Internationalist September 2004 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2004 A look at the communist government China and the people's dream of free speech. A Chinese Alternative? Interpreting the Chinese New Left Politically Carter, Lance Article 2010 In China, the terms 'left' and 'right' or 'radical' and 'conservative' produce somewhat different associations in the popular mind than what we are used to in the West. While in most capitalist countr... Class and Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 Simons, H.J.; Simons, R.E. Book 1969 A historical and sociological overview which provides a critical analysis of the Labour and National movements in South Africa and explores how and why the white working class traded its socialist pri... The Comintern, CPUSA & Activities of Rank-and-File CPers Post, Charlie Article 1996 CP members, including worker and African-American militants capable of leading heroic mass struggles, were unable to develop their own revolutionary socialist viewpoint independent of the leadership. ... The Communist International and U.S. Communism, 1919 - 1929 Zumoff, Jacob A. Book 2015 Author documents the positive contribution of the Comintern (Communist International) in its early revolutionary years and its decline under Stalin. The Communist International and U.S. Communism: 1919 - 1929 Zumoff, Jacob Book 2015 For most commentators the Comintern's role in the development of American Communism is wholly negative. Zumoff challenges this narrative. Communist League: Connexipedia Article Article The first Marxist international organization. It was founded originally as the League of the Just by German workers in Paris in 1836. The Communist League: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of Terms Article On the meeting of the Communist League in June 1847. A Communist Life: Jack Scott and the Canadian Workers Movement, 1927-1985 Palmer, Bryan D. Book Jack Scott's experiences from joining the Communist Party of Canada to founding the Canada-China Friendship Association in the early 1960s. The Communist Manifesto Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Book 1848 Written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as the theoretical and practical platform of the Communist League, a workers' association.
The Communist Party in Canada: A History Avakumovic, Ivan Book 1975 A history of the Communist Party in Canada from its beginnings to the 1970s. Communist Party of Canada: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Penner, Norman Article A political party in Canada. Communist Workers International: Connexipedia Article Article Founded around the Manifesto of the Fourth Communist International, published by the Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD) in 1921. Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 The Costs of McCarthyism: Against The Current vol. 85 Wald, Alan Article 2000 Many Are the Crimes is far more than just an incisive diagnosis of the interlocking components of the historical era known as “McCarthyism.” Yeshiva University historian Ellen Schrecker has also produ... Critique of the Gotha Programme Marx, Karl Article 1875 Karl Marx's criticisms of the programme adopted by congress to unite the two German socialist parties in 1875. Dilemmas of Third World Communism: The Destruction of the PKI in Indonesia Tornquist, Olle Book Dilemmas of Third World Communism is a study of the Indonesian Communist Party that aims to answer more general questions about the difficulties, and even defeats, encountered by so many left-wing mov... Documents of the Fourth International: The Formative Years (1933-1940) Reisner, Will (ed.) Book 1973 Documents from conferences of the Left Opposition and its successors leading up to the founding conference of the Fourth International. Eclipse and Re-emergence of the Communist Movement Barrot, Jean; Martin, Francois Book 1974 Essasys on capitalism, class struggle, communism, Leninism, and ultra-leftism. Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley: Connexipedia Article Article Labour leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). (1890-1964). For Communism: Propositions on a Strategy for Revolution in the Advanced Capitalist Countries Article 1970 A series of 100 propositions addressing the strategic vacuum on the Italian and European left at the end of the 1960s.
For Reasons of State Chomsky, Noam Book 1973 Essays in which Chomsky analyzes the role of the American state and discusses some of the ways in which individuals can respond to its growing power. Foreign funding for Canadian political parties Diemer, Ulli Article 1992 Why are some types of foreign political funding of interest to CSIS, while it ignores the more prevalent types? France: A Sea Change on the Left: Against The Current vol. 137 Remy, Yann Article 2008 In contrast with the United States, where the political arena has been dominated by two entrenched parties for a century, France has gone through major changes since the end of World War II. Back then... From Bolshevism to the Bureaucracy Cardan, Paul (Cornelius Castoriadis) Book 1962 Among the innumerable questions raised by the fate of the Russian Revolution, two form the poles around which we may organise all the others. The first question is: What kind of society was produced b... From Lenin to Stalin Serge, Victor Book 1937 A fascinating, first-hand account of the Stalinist takeover in Russia. From the Bourgeois to the Proletarian Revolution Ruhle, Otto Book 1924 Parliaments are becoming increasingly empty trappings: the parties are collapsing, destroying one another, and losing their political credibility: the trade unions are changing into ruins. The breakdo... A German Lenin?: Book Review of "In the Steps of Rosa Luxemburg: Selected Writings of Paul Levi" edited by David Fernbach Post, Charlie Article 2014 A review of the compiled writings of Paul Levi, a leading figure in the German Communist movement. Germany 1921: The March Action Broué, Pierre Article 1964 The debacle represented by the ‘March Action’ in Germany in 1921 was a crucial turning point in the development of the Communist International. The defeat led to a crisis in the German Communist Party... Gramsci's Marxism Boggs, Carl Book 1976 Carl Boggs introduces Gramsci as one of the first marxist theorists to grapple with the problems of revolutionary change in advanced capitalist society and as the first to identify the importance of t... Hamburg at the Barricades Reissner, Larissa Book 1925 Articles by the revolutionary journaliist Larissa Reissner, covering the Hamburg uprising of 1923 and the life and times for Germany in the years 1923-1925. The History of Costa Rica Molina, Ivan; Palmer, Steven Book 1998 An overview of Costa Rican history with an emphasis on how Costa Ricans have been able to make their own history, "though they do not make it just as they choose." The History of the German Resistance 1933-1945: Widerstand, Staatsstreich, Attentat Hoffman, Peter Book 1969 A thorough portrayal of the plans, hesitations, frustrations, and failures of the opposition to Hitler. Homage to Catalonia Orwell, George Book 1938 George Orwell's account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Hungary 56 Anderson, Andy Book 1964 The Hungarian Revolution was far more than a national uprising or than an attempt to change one set of rulers for another. It was a social revolution in the fullest sense of the term. The Invading Socialist Society James, C.L.R.; Forest, F. [Raya Dunayevskaya]; Stone, Ria [Grace Lee Boggs] Book 1947 History has shown that in moments of great social crisis, its farthest flights fall short of the reality of the proletarian revolution. Never was the proletariat so ready for the revolutionary struggl... John Reed Clubs and Proletarian Art - Part I Hemingway, Andrew Article 2015 The writings of Marx and Engels provide no support for the idea, frequently associated with Marxism, that the movement of the working class to emancipate itself from capitalism and build a classless s... Jurassic Park in France: The Return of the French Communist Party and the Melenchon Phenomenon: An Interview with Yves Coleman Coleman, Yves Article 2012 For the moment what preoccupies working class people in France is not so much the next elections but the euro crisis and the massive layoffs postponed by the bosses and the Right until after the elect... Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume III: The Dictatorship of the Proletariat Draper, Hal Book 1986 Hal Draper examines how Marx and Marxism dealt with the issue of dictatorship in relation to the revolutionary use of force and repression, particularly as this debate has centered on the use of the t... Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume IV: Critique of Other Socialisms Draper, Hal Book 1990 Much of Karl Marx's most important work came out of his critique of other thinkers, including many socialists who differed significantly in their conceptions of socialism. Draper looks at these critiq... The "Labor Aristocracy" and Working-Class Struggles: Consciousness in Flux, Part 2: Against The Current vol. 124 Post, Charles Article 2006 Whatever the theoretical and empirical problems with the economics of the labor aristocracy thesis, its defenders still claim that well paid workers have generally been more reformist and conservative... Left History Archive Website An attempt to gather together an archive of digital material of the history and political role of the Communist Party of Australia from its inception to the present day, and also a general archive of ... Left-wing internationals, list of: Connexipedia Article Article This is a list of socialist, communist, and anarchist internationals. An "International" such as, the "First International", the "Second International", or the "Socialist International" may refer to a... Life after Communism West goes East: New Internationalist April 2004 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2004 A look at the effects of communist rule in the former Soviet Union and the post-communism transition. The Little Band: The Clashes Between the Communists and the Political and Legal Establishment in Canada, 1928-1932 Betcherman, Lita-Rose Book 1983 Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. The Mackenzie - Papineau Battalion: Canadian Participation in the Spanish Civil War Hoar, Victor Book 1969 The story of over twelve hundred Canadians who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Main Currents of Marxism: Volume 3: The Breakdown Kolakowski, Leszek Book 1978 Kolakowski examines the origins and development of Stalinism, as well as the contributions of Trotsky, Gramsci, Lukacs, Marcuse, and others, and traces developments in Marxism it period after the Seco... Manifesto of the Communist International to the Workers of the World Trotsky, Leon Article 1919 Adopted by the founding congress of the Third International (Comintern) in March 1919.
Manifesto of the Second Congress of the Third International Article 1920 Adopted in Moscow, August 1920, at the Second World Congress of the Communist International.
Manifestos, Programs, Visions: Selected Manifestos - Political Statements - Programs Website 1649 A selection of left manifestos, programs, poltical statements and visions from the 1600s to today. The Mass Psychology of Fascism Reich, Wilhelm Book 1933 Wilhelm Reich's class study, written during the years of the German crisis. Reich repudiates the concept that fascism is the ideology or action of a single individual or nationality, or any ethnic or ... Morris Slavin: 1913-2006: Against The Current vol. 124 Phelps, Christopher Article 2006 Morris Slavin, a historian of the French Revolution and one of the last remaining veterans of the American Trotskyist movement of the early 1930s, died on February 6 in Denver, Colorado, at the age of... My 1968 in the Heartland: Against The Current vol. 133 Ezekiel, Judith Article 2008 “Ezekiel's brother got arrested. He’s a Communist!” Notes from a Revolution Dying: Against The Current vol. 134 Pirani, Simon Article 2008 In June 1922, five years on from the Russian Revolution, a group of Moscow communists gathered to discuss a letter by Vladimir Petrzhek, an auto worker, tendering his resignation from the communist (o... Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative Cohn-Bendit, Daniel; Cohn-Bendit, Gabriel Book 1968 An account of the May 1968 uprising in Paris, positing a left radical alternative to the encrusted beliefs of the old left and the right. A comment on power, on bureaucracy, and on the paths to libera... On the CP-USA and the Unions Haberkern, Ernie Article 1997 Trade union officialdom, especially its top layers, not only defends the rights of the employer against those demands of the members that can't be met at a given time; it also, and at the same time, d... An Opposing Man: The Autobiography of a Romantic Revolutionary Fischer, Ernst Book 1969 The memoirs on Ernst Fischer, a socialist literary and art critic. The Organisational Structure of the Communist Parties, the Methods and Content of Their Work: Theses Article 1921 Adopted at the Third Congress of the Communist International (Comintern) in 1921.
Our Path: Against Putschism Levi, Paul Article 1921 If a Communist Party is to be built up again in Germany, then the dead of central Germany, Hamburg, the Rhineland, Baden, Silesia and Berlin, not to mention the many thousands of prisoners who have fa... A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. The Platform of the Communist International Article 1919 Adopted by the founding congress of the Third International, March 1919.
The Popular Front: Rethinking CPUSA History Post, Charlie Article 1996 Very simply, the legacy of the Communist movement in the United States points to the need for revolutionaries today to develop rank-and-file worker organizations independent of and opposed to the labo... Raids and Reconstructions: Essays on Politics, Crime, and Culture Enzensberger, Hans Magnus Book 1976 A collection of essays on culture and poltics. Rebels, Reds, Radicals: Rethinking Canada's Left History McKay, Ian Book 2005 McKay looks at the history of the left in Canada as a series of experiments in "living otherwise" -- efforts to work out ways of life and thought strategically opposed to the prevailing liberal-capita... Recovering Forgotten Voices: Against The Current vol. 132 Gilyard, Keith Article 2008 A lover of American literature will come away from reading Alan Wald’s Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade excited about the prospect of investigating a long list of curr... Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches by Emma Goldman Goldman, Emma (edited by Shulman, Alix Kates) Book 1972 A collection of essays which provide a comprehensive view of Emma Goldman's theories and beliefs. A Reluctant Memoir of the '50s and '60s: Against The Current vol. 134 Le Blanc, Paul Article 2008 I have been asked to write a memoir that would give a sense of the old left/new left realities of the 1950s and ‘60s. That seems quite odd to me (why would I be writing such a thing?), until I look in... Reluctant Memoir, Part 2: Against The Current vol. 135 Le Blanc, Paul Article 2008 I think it was in 1963 that I first became aware of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). My older sister Patty had married a very nice guy named Earl Brecher, with whom she went to Liberia as one ... Resistance in Europe: 1939 - 45 Hawes, Stephen; White, Ralph; (eds) Book 1975 Essays on the resistance against Hitler during World War II. Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays by Dave Dellinger Dellinger, Dave Book 1970 Dellinger says that "those of us who oppose the violence of the status quo and reject the violence of armed revolt and class hatred bear a heavy responsibility to struggle existentially to provdew non... The Romance of American Communism Gornick, Vivian Book 1978 Using USA Communist Party members' personal experiences, Gornick examines the attraction of the party and its philosophy. Russia in Revolution 1900-1930 Salisbury, Harrison E. Book 1978 A portrait of thirty years of political and artistic upheaval. The Russian Revolution in Retreat: Against The Current vol. 136 Farber, Samuel Article 2008 The relationship between “Leninism” and Stalinism has been a highly controversial topic between the political left and right as well as within the left itself. The “totalitarian” school of thought, hi... SDS Sale, Kirkpatrick Book 1973 The rise and development of the Students for a Democratic Society, the organization that became the major expression of the American left in the 1960s -- its passage from student protest to institutio... The Socialist Register 1967: Volume 4: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1967 The Socialist Register 1970: Volume 7: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1970 The Socialist Register 1975: Volume 12: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 The Socialist Register 1977: Volume 14: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 The Socialist Register 1978: Volume 15: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 The Socialist Register 1979: Volume 16: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 A series of essays on the state of the global economy. The Socialist Register 1982: Volume 19: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1982 The Socialist Register 1988: Volume 24: Problems of Socialist Renewal: East & West Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 An examination of the prospects for socialism written shortly before the fall of the Soviet Union.
Socialist Register 1994: Volume 30: Between Globalism and Nationalism Miliband, Ralph; Panitch, Leo (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1994 Socialist Register 1995: Volume 31: Why Not Capitalism? Panitch, Leo (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1995 Socialist Register 1997: Volume 33: Ruthless Criticism of All that Exists Panitch, Leo (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1997 Soviet Russia Masters the Comintern: International Communism in the Era of Stalin's Ascendancy Gruber, Helmut Book 1974 A documentary history. Strike!: The True History of Mass Insurgence from 1877 to the Present Brecher, Jeremy Book 1972 A history-from-below that brings to light strikes as authentic revolutionary movements against the establishments of state, capital, and trade unionism. The Struggle Against Fascism in Germany Trotsky, Leon Book 1971 A collection of Leon Trotsky's writings on the situation in Germany from 1930 to 1940. From 1930 on Trotsky sounded the alarm about the rise of fascism in Germany, and warned that the policies of the... Theses on the Fundamental Tasks of the Communist International Article 1920 Adopted at the Second Congress of the Communist International, August 1920.
Third International (Comintern): Connexipedia Article Article An international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919, and disbanded in 1943. Towards an Understanding of Sidney Hook Phelps, Christopher Article 1997 Precisely because he remained a communist and revolutionary Marxist, Hook was unable to submit to the authoritarian and monolithic form of discipline that had been demanded from him by the Communist P... The Transitional Program: The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International Trotsky, Leon Book 1938 Leon Trotsky's program for the founding of the Fourth International.
The Un-Canadians: True Stores of the blacklist Era Sher, Len Book 1992 Details the blacklisting which took place in Canada during the Cold War years. U.S. Labor's Subterranean Fire: Against The Current vol. 131 Post, Charlie Article 2007 The broad outlines of the crisis of the U.S. labor movement -— sharply declining union density, concession bargaining, failures to organize the growing non-union manufacturing and service sectors, the... When the UAW Was Young: Against The Current vol. 131 Feeley, Dianne Article 2007 An interview with Erwin and Estar Baur. Workers Opposition: Solidarity London Pamphlet Kollontai, Alexandra Book 1921 Published in Soviet Russia in January 1921 and banned in March 1921. Yours in the Struggle: Reminiscences of Tim Buck Buck, Tim; edited by Beeching, William; Clarke, Phyllis Book 1997 Tim Buck's reminiscences, taken from a series of interviews taped by John (Mac) Reynolds for the CBC. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesBureau of Public Secrets Articles from a Situationist perspective.
Marxists Internet Archive Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
News and Letters An organization of Marxist-Humanists standing for the abolition of capitalism, both in its private property form and ins its state property form. We stand for the deveopment of new human relations; wh... Red Menace, The The online archive of the libertarian socialist newsletter The Red Menace. Articles on socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, h... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryRevolution.international Web resources on revolutionary politics and revolution. From the Connexions ArchivesMarxists Internet Archive Website Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable. The Red Menace A libertarian socialist newsletter Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, ... The Third Camp Against U.S. militarism and Islamic terrorism Website We must stand up with all our power to the US government's and its allies' bullying. We must put an end to the crimes of the opposite pole, i.e. Islamic terrorism. We must help the people of Islam-s... Worker-communist Party of Iran Website To change the world and to create a better one has always been a profound aspiration of people throughout human history. It is true that even the present-day so-called modern world is dominated by fat... |
