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Bernstein and the Marxism of the Second International Coletti, Lucio Article 1969 An essay from the collection entitled From Rouseau to Lenin: Studies in Ideology and Society, First published as Ideologia e Societá by Editori Laterza, Rome, Italy.
Blood and Belonging: Journey into the New Nationalism Ignatieff, Michael Book 1993 Essays on nationalism in Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Ukraine, Quebec, Kurdistan, and Northern Ireland. A Call to the Workers of the World Luxemburg, Rosa; Liebknecht, Karl; Zetkin, Klara; Mehring, Franz Article 1918 Humanity is facing the alternative: Dissolution and downfall in capitalist anarchy, or regeneration through the social revolution.
Class Composition and the Theory of the Party at the Origin of the Workers-Councils Movement Bologna, Sergio Article 1972 Re-examines a crucial segment of labour history, the German workers' council experience, which bridges the classical socialist phase of the Second and Third Internationals, and the post-Keynesian peri... The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume I: Economic Writings 1 Luxemburg, Rosa (Edited by Peter Hudis Book 2013 This first volume in Rosa Luxemburg's Complete Works, entitled Economic Writings 1, contains some of Luxemburg's most important statements on the globalization of capital, wage labour, imperialism, an... Concerning Morocco Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1911 The duty of Social Democracy is not to reassure public opinion, but to do the very reverse, to rouse it and warn it against the dangers lying dormant in it such adventures in international politics to... Could Punching Nazis Have Prevented Hitler From Taking Power Proyect, Louis Article 2017 There have been repeated references to how Nazism could have been stopped by street-fighting, with almost no attention paid to the concrete socio-political conditions of Germany between 1920 and 1933.... 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. Debates on the Law on Thefts of Wood Marx, Karl Article 1842 A deputy from the knightly estate mentioned that in the neighbourhood of Cleve many wood thefts took place merely in order to secure arrest and prison fare. Does not this deputy from the knightly esta... Eichmann in Jerusalem: A report on the banality of evil Arendt, Hannah Book 1963 Hannah Arendt's report on the trial of Adolph Eichmann. Either Or Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1916 It is a question of either-or! Either we nakedly and shamelessly betray the International or we take the International in deadly seriousness and attempt to extend it into a firm stronghold, a bulwark,... The Elections to the National Assembly Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 The great confrontation between capital and labour will determine the course of future history and, in its final result, admits of no other decision than the destruction of capitalist rule and the tri... Erfurt Program: Connexipedia Article Article Program was adopted by the Social Democratic Party of Germany during the SPD congress at Erfurt in 1891. The Erfurt Program: Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands Article 1891 Program of Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands. Exiled in Paradise: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America From the 1930's to the Present Heilbut, Anthony Book 1983 Expulsion of Germans after World War II: Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article By the end of World War II, most of the German population fled or was expelled from areas outside the territory of post-war Germany and post-war Austria, The Expulsion of the Germans Zayas, Alfred de Article 1999 If the conscience of men ever again becomes sensitive, these expulsions will be remembered to the undying shame of all who committed or connived them... The Germans were expelled, not just with an abs... Fascism and Big Busness Guerin, Daniel Book 1939 A history of the rise of fascism in Europe and the role of big business in supporting fascism. Fires of Hatred: Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe Naimark, Norman M. Book 2002 A history of genocide, ethnic cleansing and forced deportation of ethnic groups in the 20th century. For a Workers' United Front Against Fascism: What's Wrong With the Current Policy of the German Communist Party? Trotsky, Leon Article 1931 Germany is now passing through one of those great historic hours upon which the fate of the German people, the fate of Europe, and in significant measure the fate of all humanity, will depend for deca... The German Revolution - First Stage Pannekoek, Anton Article 1919 Through its rapidity and unanimity the revolution rested on the surface of civil society and could not as yet penetrate into the depth of the great masses. German Revolution History Archive Website A history archive dedicated to the documentation, analysis and interpretation of the events surrounding the German workers revolutions of 1918 through 1923. German Revolution of 1918-19: Connexipedia Article Article The politically-driven civil conflict in Germany at the end of World War I. Germany and Britain: Memory and Myopia Malik, Kenan Article 2014 Ernst Barlach was one of Germany's great expressionist artists of the early twentieth century. A virulent nationalist in the run-up to the First World War, Barlach found that his experience of the Wes... Germany and Genocide in Namibia: Special Issue of Pambazuka News - #577 - March 2012 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2012 Between 1904 and 1908 imperial Germany waged an atrocious and inhumane war of extermination against the Herero, Nama, Damara and San peoples in its former colony ‘German South West Africa’, now the Re... Germany and European Civilization James, C.L.R. (writing as J.R. Johnson) Article 1944 From at least the time of the publication of Capital to the present day, all political and social thought, particularly in Europe, have revolved around the ideas of Marxism. And these ideas were nouri... Germany's genocide in Namibia Grasdorff, Eric Van; Röschert, Nicolai; Manji, Firoze Article 2012 Germany, which has done commendable remembrance work about the Holocaust, seems to have forgotten or deliberately buried its violent colonial past. A past that hides the first genocide of the 20th cen... The Great Transformation: The political and economic origins of our time Polanyi, Karl Book 1944 Polanyi analyzes the social and political upheavals that took place in England during the rise of the market economy. Polanyi contends that the modern market economy and the modern nation-state should... 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. The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures Book 2003 A chronological account of the genocide of European Jews at the hands of the Nazis. House of Cards Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1919 Again and again the revolution will bring to the fore the basic question: the general reckoning between labour and capital. And this reckoning is a world historical conflict between two mortal enemies... IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation Black, Edwin Book 2001 Nazi Germany employed IBM Hollerith punch-card machines to perform critical tasks in carrying out the Holocaust and the German war effort, cranking out lists of Jews which were then turned over to th... Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume I: State and Bureaucracy Draper, Hal Book 1977 A wide-ranging and thorough exposition of Marx's views on democracy. Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution: Volume II: The Politics of Social Classes Draper, Hal Book 1978 Draper ranges through the development of the thought of Marx and Engels on the role of classes in society. Kiel Naval Mutiny (Wilhelmshaven mutiny): Connexipedia Article Article A major mutiny by sailors of the German High Seas Fleet in October 1918. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Blum, William Book 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Ch... The Last Jews in Berlin: Powerful true story of the men and women who lived and survived in the dark heart of the Nazi Holocaust Gross, Leonard Book 1982 The Lesson of Germany James, C.L.R. (writing as J.R.Johnson) Article 1945 Hitler's hundreds of thousands of storm troopers represented an enormous expense. They were thugs hired by the German bourgeoisie to fight its battles against the working class. In the years 1930-33 t... Letter to Bracke Marx, Karl Article 1875 Karl Marx comments on the unity programme (Gotha programme) of the German Democratic Workers Party and the People's Party. 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. Luxemburg, Müller and the Berlin workers' and soldiers' councils Rose, John Article 2015 Rose reviews and discusses two important books about the German Revolution, "Working-Class Politics in the German Revolution: Richard Müller, the Revolutionary Shop Stewards and the Origins of the Cou... The Mark Engels, Friedrich Article 1892 A short essay on the primitive form of collective land ownership in Germany and the subsequent development of private property. Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 7: Marx and Engels 1848 Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Book 1848 Includes articles from the Neue Rheinische Zeitung, June 1 - November 7, 1848. Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 8: Marx and Engels 1848 - 1849 Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Book 1849 Includes articles from the Neue Rheinische Zeitung November 8, 1848 - March 5, 1849. Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 10: Marx and Engels 1849 - 1851 Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Book Includes The Peasant War in Germany. Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 11: Marx and Engels 1851 - 1853 Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich Book Includes Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany and The Eighteenth Brumaire
of Louis Bonaparte and Revelations Concerning the Communist Trial in Cologne Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 26: Engels 1882 - 1889 Engels, Friedrich Book 1889 Includes Manuscripts on Early German History and The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, and Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy, and The Role of Force in His... A Marxist History of the World part 59: The Franco-Prussian War Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 In this week's chapter of the Marxist History series Neil Faulkner looks at how Germany’s ruling elite brought about a bourgeois revolution ‘from above’. A Marxist History of the World part 60: The Paris Commune: the face of proletarian revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The Franco-Prussian war produced the first proletarian revolution in history, and showed to the world for the first time what a workers’ state looks like. A Marxist History of the World part 68: 1914: descent into barbarism Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 In the summer of 1914 capitalism tipped humanity into an abyss of barbarism that would leave millions dead. Neil Faulkner looks at the First World War. A Marxist History of the World part 75: The German Revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 At the end of the First World War, the epicentre of revolution moved from Petrograd to Berlin. Why did the German communists fail where the Bolsheviks had succeded? A Marxist History of the World part 83: 1933: The Nazi seizure of power Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 By the early 1930s, the German ruling class was determined to use the Nazis to make the world safe for German capital. But the fascist victory was not inevitable – it resulted from the failure of thos... 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 ... My Longest Day: How World War II Ended for My Family Ohlmann, Hans-Armin Article 2018 An essay excerpted from Hans-Armin Ohlmann's memoirs, which recounts his experiences growing up in Germany during the Second World War. The National Assembly Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 Today it is not a question of democracy or dictatorship. The question that history has placed on the agenda is: bourgeois democracy or socialist democracy?
The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town Allen, William Sheridan Book 1965 A study of how the Nazi takeover took place in one German town. The Next Step Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1910 A decision must be made as to whether German Social Democracy, which is supported by the strongest trade-union organization and the greatest army of voters in the world, can bring about a mass action ... The No-Nonsense Guide to Terrorism Barker, Jonathan Book 2003 An in-depth look at the nature of terrorism that discusses questioning terrorism, assessing it, the difference between state terrorism and group terrorism, morality and history, and war and politics. Oh! How -- German is this Revolution! Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 The existing penal system, breathing the spirit of brutal class-spirit and capitalist barbarism must be torn up by the roots. A fundamental system of prison-reform must be inaugurated immediately.
On the Spartacus Programme Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 For us the conquest of power will not be effected at one blow. It will be a progressive act, for we shall progressively occupy all the positions. of the capitalist state, defending tooth and nail each... Order Prevails in Berlin Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1919 Rosa Luxemburg's last article, written just before she was murdered.
She concludes with the words: "You foolish lackeys! Your 'order' is built on sand. Tomorrow the revolution will 'rise up again, cl... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 13, 2014: Libertarian Socialism Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 The topic of the week is Libertarian Socialism. Articles on no-state solutions in Kurdistan; right-wing dirty tricks used to attack labour and environmental groups; scientists unravelling the risks of... Our Program and the Political Situation Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 Tthe text of a speech by Rosa Luxemburg to the Founding Congress of the Communist Party of Germany (Spartacus League), made on December 31, 1918.
Party and Class in Revolutionary Crises Post, Charlie Article 2011 While the pre-World War I Lenin and the Bolsheviks did not leave original theoretical tools to guide the reconstruction of revolutionary workers’ organizations, the study of their historical experienc... The Peasant Question in France and Germany Engels, Friedrich Article 1894 Part of the current debate around agrarian issues in which Engels discusses a policy of alliance between the working class and the working peasantry. The Peasant War in Germany Engels, Friedrich Book 1850 The Peasant War in Germany was the first history book to assert that the real motivating force behind the Reformation and 16th-century peasant war was socio-economic (class conflict) rather than "mere... 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 Police and the 1918-19 German Revolution: A Correction to Our Militant Labour Pamphlet Article 2015 After the SPD took the helm of the government, Emil Eichhorn, a member of the left wing of the USPD, became the Berlin chief of police, acting on the false view that this arm of the bourgeois state co... The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 a collection of short commentaries by Noam Chomsky on global issues, drawn from interviews in the early 1990s. Topics include global economics, racism, NAFTA, and hot topics of the day. Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg Evans, Kate; Buhle, Paul Book 2015 A giant of the political left, Rosa Luxemburg is one of the foremost minds in the canon of revolutionary socialist thought. Red Rosa gives Luxemburg her due as a radical and human being. In this beaut... Resistance in Europe: 1939 - 45 Hawes, Stephen; White, Ralph; (eds) Book 1975 Essays on the resistance against Hitler during World War II. Revelations Concerning the Communist Trial in Cologne Marx, Karl Book 1852 Marx exposes the unseemly methods used by the Prussian police state against the communist movement. Revolutions of 1848 in the German states: Connexipedia Article Article "Germany" at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 was a collection of 39 states loosely bound together in the German Confederation. As nationalist sentiment crystallized into resistance to the traditio... Rosa Luxemburg: Selected Political Writings Luxemburg, Rosa (edited with an introduction by Robert Looker) Book 1972 A selection of Rosa Luxemburg's writings which highlight her outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of revolutionary socialism. The Rosa Luxemburg Reader Luxemburg, Rosa. [Anderson, Kevin; Hudis, Peter (eds.)] Book 2004 A definitive one-volume collection of Luxemburg's writings. Rosa Luxemburg, Women's Liberation, and Marx's Philosophy of Revolution Dunayevskaya, Raya Book 1981 Part I - Rosa Luxemburg as Theoretician, as Activist, as Internationalist. Part II - The Women's Liberation Movement as Revolutionary Force and Reason. Part III - Karl Marx: From Critic of Hegel to Au... The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 Pakenham, Thomas Book 1991 Describes the brief vicious scramble by Europe's imperial powers to seize colonies throughout the continent of Africa. Pakenham strips the impresarios of imperialism of their veneer of Victorian heroi... The Secret of Hitler's Victory Petroff, Peter; Petroff, Irma Book 1934 In this book, the Petroffs set out to answer the question that has perplexed so many onlookers in other countries: How did it come about that the apparently mighty forces of the German Left fell in on... Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. Sex-Pol: Essays 1929-1934 Reich, Wilhelm; (Baxandall, Lee, ed.) Book 1934 Wilhelm Reich's writings from his Marxist period, outlining his thoughts about sexual and political liberation. '68: The Year of the Barricades Caute, David Book 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening aro... Social Democracy and the Paradox of the Vanguard: Rudolf Hilferding's Odyssey Smaldone, William Article 1998 THE NAZI SEIZURE of power in the winter of 1933 marked the total failure of the reformist project of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) and brought about the party's virtual destruction. From ex... Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund: Connexipedia Article Article German socialist students' organization. Spartacist uprising: Connexipedia Article Article A general strike (and the armed battles accompanying it) in Germany from January 5 to January 12, 1919. Spot The Difference Avnery, Uri Article 2009 When I first brought up the similarity between Prussia and Israel (in a chapter dedicated to this theme in the Hebrew and German editions of my 1967 book, "Israel Without Zionists") it might have look... Die Standhaften: Über den Widerstand in Kassel und Hessen-Waldeck 1933-1945 Belz, Willi Book 1960 Lokalhistorische Studie zum Widerstand gegen den Nationalsozialismus. 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... A Terrible Revenge: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans, 1944-1950 Zayas, Alfred-Maurice de Book 1994 About the expulsion of Germans after World War II. Uprising of 1953 in East Germany: Connexipedia Article Article A widespread uprising against the Stalinist German Democratic Republic government. Utopia or Auschwitz: Germany's 1968 Generation and the Holocaust Kundnani, Hans Book 2009 In 1968 various student movements had risen up in post-war Europe. The movement in Germany, however, had the long shadow of their parents' roles in Nazism and World War Two. Was the German Revolution defeated by January 1919? Phillips, Tony Article 2016 John Rose argued in his talk at Marxism 2014 that the German Revolution had effectively suffered terminal defeat by January 1919. The National Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Councils voted in Dece... What are the Leaders Doing? Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1919 It is a revolution with all its externally chaotic development, with its alternating ebb and flow, with momentary surges towards the seizure of power and equally momentary recessions of the revolution... Wie Alles Anfing: How it All Began - The Personal Account of a West German Urban Guerilla Baumann, Bommi Book 1975 The original German edition of Wie Alles Anfing was seized by security police when it appeared in 1975. The resulting trial and publicity raised an international outrcy and the book has since been rep... Wir sind nackt und nennen uns Du: Von Lichtfreunden und Sonnenkampfern; eine Geschichte der Freikorperkultur Andritzky, Michael; Rautenberg, Thomas Book 1989 Fesselnde Kulturgeschichte der FKK-Bewegung von Kaisers Zeiten bis in die 1970er. A Woman in Berlin Anonymous Book 1954 The anonymous author describes the degradation of Berlin women at the hands of Russian troops at the end of the Second World War. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesBureau of Public Secrets Articles from a Situationist perspective.
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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 LibraryBadische Revolution Wikipedia article Unter der Badischen Revolution von 1848/1849 versteht man den regionalen Ablauf der fast ganz Mitteleuropa erfassenden revolutionären Unruhen dieser Jahre im Großherzogtum Baden. Francis Daniel Pastorius 2017 Francis Daniel Pastorius (September 26, 1651-1720) was a German born educator, lawyer, poet, and public official, who is particularly known for his anti-slavery advocacy. German denial of Herero genocide Jumah, Saunders 2012 The Germans’ inhuman treatment of the Namibian delegation is only the most recent in a long history of injustice and disrespect towards African peoples. It is more than time, writes Saunders Jumah, fo... Germany: Confronting the colonial roots of racism Sharma, Gouri 2017 The Nazis didn't fall out of the sky, there is a deeper racist, xenophobic mindset in German history. The Holocaust The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945 Yahail, Leni 1990 An comprehensive history of Hitler's war on the Jews of Europe. Is this Europe's best secret museum? Frizzell, Nell 2016 In a small German town, a museum dedicated to life in the GDR – with everything from crank-handled calculators to Communist doilies – exists, virtually undiscovered, in one man's attic. Pan-Germanism Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Pan-Germanism was a political movement of the 19th century aiming for unity of the German-speaking populations of Europe, identified as Volksdeutsche ("ethnic Germans"). Swing Kids Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia The Swing Kids (German: Swingjugend) were a group of jazz and Swing lovers in Germany of the 1930s, mainly in Hamburg (St. Pauli) and Berlin. They were composed of 14- to 18-year old boys and girls in... Wandervogel Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Wandervogel is the name adopted by a popular movement of German youth groups from 1896 onward. The name can be translated as migratory bird and the ethos is to shake off the restrictions of society an... 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, ... |
