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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. Connexions LibraryAbbey, Edward: Connexipedia Article Article American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. (1927-1989). Abdi, Dekha Ibrahim: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article A global peacemaker from rural Kenya who has engaged in peace work and conflict resolution in many of the world's most divided countries. Her comprehensive methodology combines grassroots activism, so... Abu-Jamal, Mumia: Connexipedia Article Article An African-American activist who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer. His conviction was based on dubious evidence and dubious legal proceedings. ... Adorno, Theodor W.: Connexipedia Article Article German-born international intellectual, sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer. (1903-1969). Aggett, Neil: Connexipedia Article Article South African physician and labour activist who was tortured and killed by the apartheid 'security forces'. (1953-1982). Ali, Tariq: Connexipedia Article Article Historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner, and commentator. (Born 1943). Allende, Salvador: Connexipedia Article Article Democratically elected socialist president of Chile, overthrown and killed in a coup engineered by the CIA. (1908-1973). Almada, Martín: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Paraguayan human rights activist known for his outstanding courage in bringing torturers to justice, and promoting democracy, human rights and sustainable development. (Born 1937). Almanac Singers: Connexipedia Article Article Group of American folk musicians specialized in topical songs, especially songs connected with union organizing. Anderson, Doris: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian author, journalist and women's rights activist. (1921-2007). Anderson, Doris: Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Canadian author, journalist and women's rights activist. (1921-2007). Anthony, Susan B.: Connexipedia Article Article American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. (1820-1906). Anton Pannekoek  Mattick, Paul Article 1960 Anton Pannekoek's life span coincided with what was almost the whole history of the modern labour movement; he experienced its rise as a movement of social protest, its transformation into a movement ... Asch, Moses: Connexipedia Article Article Founder of Folkways Records. The label, founded in 1948, was instrumental in bringing folk music into the American mainstream. (1905-1986). The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman Kollontai, Alexandra Book 1926 This is the first time that the complete autobiography which Alexandra Kollontai has been published. Written in 1926 under the pressure of the gradually sharpening Stalinist control, readers must real... Avnery, Uri: Connexipedia Article Article Israeli writer, human rights activist, and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement. (Born 1923). Avnery, Uri and Rachel : Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Israeli human rights activists, founders of the Gush Shalom peace movement. Baker, Ella: Connexipedia Article Article African American civil rights and human rights activis. (1903-1986). Barlow, Maude: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian auther and activist. National chairperson of the Council of Canadians, a citizens' advocacy organization, co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, and an executive member of the International F... Barlow, Maude: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Canadian auther and activist. National chairperson of the Council of Canadians, a citizens' advocacy organization, co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, and an executive member of the International F... Baxandall, Lee: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, translator, editor, and activist, first known for his New Left engagement with cultural topics and then as a leader of the naturist movement. (1935-2008). Beauvoir, Simone de: Connexipedia Article Article French writer, philosopher, feminist, and social theorist. (1908-1986). Bebel, August: Connexipedia Article Article German social democrat who was one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. (1840-1913). Bello, Walden: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Filipino author, academic, and political analyst. (Born 1945). Benjamin, Walter: Connexipedia Article Article German-Jewish Marxist, literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. (1892-1940). Berger, John: Connexipedia Article Article English art critic, novelist, painter and author. (Born 1926). Berkman, Alexander: Connexipedia Article Article Anarchist known for his political activism and writing. (1870-1936). Berman, Marshall: Connexipedia Article Article American philosopher and Marxist Humanist writer. (Born 1940). Bernstein, Eduard: Connexipedia Article Article German social democratic theoretician and politician, a member of the SPD, and the theorist of "evolutionary socialism" and revisionism. (1850-1932). Berrigan, Daniel: Connexipedia Article Article American poet, peace activist, and Roman Catholic priest. (Born 1921). Bertell, Rosalie: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Canadian-American researcher who has worked in the field of environmental health. (Born 1929). Berton, Pierre: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Journalist, historian, media personality. (1920-2004). Besant, Annie: Connexipedia Article Article Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator, and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule. (1847-1933). Bethune, Norman: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian Communist physician, and medical innovator who developed the first mobile blood-transfusion service in Spain in 1936. (1890-1939). Bethune, Norman: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian Communist physician, and medical innovator who developed the first mobile blood-transfusion service in Spain in 1936. (1890-1939). Bhatt, Ela: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Advocate for self-employed women. Winner of the Right Livelihood Award in 1984. (Born 1933). Big Bear: Connexipedia Article Article Cree leader who was involved in the North-West Resistance and subsequently imprisoned. (1825-1888). Big Bear: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Cree leader who was involved in the North-West Resistance and subsequently imprisoned. (1825-1888). Birney, Alfred Earle: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian poet, twice winner of the Governor General's Award for Literature. (1904-1995). Biró, András: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Advcoate for Roma self-reliance and founder of the Hungarian Foundation for Self-Reliance (HFSR). (Born 1925). Blake, William: Connexipedia Article Article English poet, painter, and printmaker. Considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. (1757-1827). Blanqui, Louis Auguste: Connexipedia Article Article French political activist, founder of the revolutionary theory of Blanquism. (1805-1881). Boff, Leonardo: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article A theologian, philosopher and writer, known for his active support for the rights of the poor and excluded. One of the founders of liberation theology. (Born 1938). Boggs, Grace Lee: Connexipedia Article Article A Chinese-American author, anti-racist activist and feminist. (Born 1915). Bolívar, Simón: Connexipedia Article Article South American political leader who played a key role in Latin America's successful struggle for independence from Spain. (1783-1830). Bolotnikov, Ivan: Connexipedia Article Article The leader of a popular uprising in Russia known as the Bolotnikov rebellion. (Died 1608). Bookchin, Murray: Connexipedia Article Article American libertarian socialist-anarchist, political and social philosopher, environmentalist, conservationist, atheist, speaker, and writer. (1921-2006). Bordiga, Amadeo: Connexipedia Article Article Italian Marxist, contributor to Communist theory, founder of the Communist Party of Italy, leader of the Communist International and, after World War II, leading figure of the International Communist... Borsodi, Ralph: Connexipedia Article Article Economic theorist and practical experimenter interested in ways of living useful to the modern person or family desiring greater self-direction and self-reliance. (1886-1977). Brecht, Bertolt: Connexipedia Article Article German poet, playwright, theatre director, and radical. (1898-1956). Bridges, Harry: Connexipedia Article Article Australian-American union leader in the ILWU, a longshore (dock) and warehouse workers' union on the West Coast, Hawai'i and Alaska. (1901-1990). Brinton, Maurice: Connexipedia Article Article Libertarian socialist writer and neurologist. (1923-2005). Brown, John: Connexipedia Article Article American abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end slavery. (1800-1859). Brown, Rosemary: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian politician, prominent member of the New Democratic Party. (1930-2003). Bruce, Lenny: Connexipedia Article Article American stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist of the 1950s and 1960s. (1925-1966). Bryant, Louise: Connexipedia Article Article American journalist and writer best known for her Marxist and anarchist beliefs and her essays on radical political and feminist themes. (1885-1936). Buber, Martin: Connexipedia Article Article Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship. (1878-1965... Buck, Tim: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Machinist, trade unionists, and a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada. (1891-1973). Budiardjo, Carmel: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article British human rights activist, founder of the organisation Tapol and a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award. Bukharin, Nikolai: Connexipedia Article Article Marxist theoretician, Bolshevik revolutionary, and Soviet politician. (1888-1938). Bukharin, Nikolai: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Marxist theoretician, Bolshevik revolutionary, and Soviet politician. (1888-1938). Buller, Annie: Connexipedia Article Article Union organizer and manager of various Communist Party of Canada (CPC) publications. (1895-1973). Cabet, Étienne: Connexipedia Article Article French philosopher and utopian socialist. He was the founder of the Icarian movement and led a group of emigrants to found a new society in the United States. (1788-1856). Cabral, Amílcar (Abel Djassi): Connexipedia Article Article African agronomic engineer, writer, Marxist and nationalist guerrilla and politician. (1924-1973). Cade, Jack: Connexipedia Article Article The leader of a popular revolt in the 1450 Kent rebellion. (Died 1450.) Callenbach, Ernest: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, known as an author of green books, namely as author of the ecological utopias Ecotopia (1975) and Ecotopia Emerging (1981). (Born 1929). Callwood, June: Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Journalist, writer, broadcaster, civil libertarian 1924-2007. (1924-2007). Callwood, June: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Journalist, writer, broadcaster, civil libertarian 1924-2007. (1924-2007). Carmichael, Stokely: Connexipedia Article Article Trinidadian-American black leader active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. (1941-1998). Carpenter, Edward: Connexipedia Article Article English socialist poet, anthologist, early gay activist and socialist philosopher. (1844-1929). Carr, Shirley: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian union leader who was the first woman president of the Canadian Labour Congress. Carson, Rachel: Connexipedia Article Article American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings, especially 'Silent Spring', are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. (1907-1964). Casgrain, Marie Thérèse (Forget): Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada. (1896-1981). Castoriadis, Cornelius: Connexipedia Article Article Greek-French philosopher, libertarian socialist, and psychoanalyst. Author of the The Imaginary Institution of Society, co-founder of the Socialisme ou Barbarie group and 'philosopher of autonomy'. (1... Chang, Helen Mack: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Guatemalan businesswoman and human rights activist. Active in the struggle against impunity of political murderers. (Born 1952). Chant, Donald Alfred: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Scientist, educator, environmental advocate. (1928-2007). Chaplin, Ralph: Connexipedia Article Article Labour activist at the age of 7, after witnessing a worker shot dead diurng the Pullman strike in Chicago, Illinois. (1887-1961). Chartrand, Michel: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Quebec union leader and activist. (1913-2010). Chávez, César: Connexipedia Article Article Mexican American farm worker, labour leader, and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW). (19... Chester, Eric: Connexipedia Article Article Author, socialist political activist, and economics professor. (Born 1943). Chomsky, Noam: Connexipedia Article Article American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. (Born 1928). Clarke, Tony: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Canadian social justice advocate. (Born 1944). Coaker, William Ford: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Newfoundland union leader and politician and founder of the Fisherman's Protective Union and the Fishermen's Union Trading Co. (1871-1938). Cohn-Bendit, Daniel: Connexipedia Article Article Political activist and politician, active in France and Germany. A student leader during the May 1968 revolt in France. (Born 1945). Coldwell, Major James William: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian social democratic politician, and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party from 1942 to 1960. (1888-1974). Comfort, Alex: Connexipedia Article Article Medical professional, gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist, conscientious objector and writer. (1920-2000). Connolly, James: Connexipedia Article Article Irish and Scottish socialist leader, executed by the British. (1868-1916). Culhane, Claire: Connexipedia: Article from PrisonJustice.ca Article Canadian social justice activist. (1918-1996). Daly, Herman: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article American ecological economist and professor. (Born 1938). Dann, Mary and Carrie: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Leaders in the struggle of the Western Shoshone to retain their ancestral lands. Darcy, Judy: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian trade unionist and president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees from 1991 until 2003. (Born 1950). Davidson, Joe: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Trade unionist and self describe evolutionary socialist "with the proviso that evolution needed a shove at every opportunity." (1915-1985). Day, Dorothy: Connexipedia Article Article American journalist, social activist, distributist, anarchist, and devout Catholic. (1897-1980). De Leon, Daniel: Connexipedia Article Article American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer. (1852-1914). De Leon, Daniel: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article American socialist newspaper editor, politician, Marxist theoretician, and trade union organizer. (1852-1914). Debord, Guy: Connexipedia Article Article French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, hypergraphist and founding member of the groups Lettrist International and Situationist International. (1931-1994). Debs, Eugene V.: Connexipedia Article Article American socialist politician and union leader, one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). (1855-1926). Deganawida (The Great Peacemaker): Connexipedia Article Article The founder of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Dellinger, David: Connexipedia Article Article American radical pacifist and activist for nonviolent social change. (1915-2004). Deutscher, Isaac: Connexipedia Article Article Marxist historian, journalist and political activist. (1907-1967). Dewey, John: Connexipedia Article Article American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. (1859-1952). Douglas, Tommy: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian social democratic politician, CCF premier of Saskatchean and leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (1904-1986). Douglass, Frederick: Connexipedia Article Article American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. (1818-1895). Dózsa, György: Connexipedia Article Article Leader of a peasants' revolt against the Hungarian landed nobility. (1470-1514). Draper, Hal: Connexipedia Article Article American socialist activist, Marxist and author of a number of key works about Marxism. (1914-1990). Hal Draper, Introduction to: Connexipedia Article Article Link to brief biography of Hal Draper, an American socialist activist, Marxist and author, and participant in the Berkeley, California Free Speech Movement. (1914-1990). Du Bois, W. E. B.: Connexipedia Article Article American civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, historian, author, and editor. (1868-1963). Duckworth, Muriel: Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Canadian pacifist, feminist, social and community activist. (1908-2009). Duckworth, Muriel: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian pacifist, feminist, social and community activist. (1908-2009). Dumont, Gabriel: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Métis leader in what is now western Canada. (1837-1906). Dumont, Gabriel: Connexipedia Article Article Métis leader in what is now western Canada. (1837-1906). Dunayevskaya, Raya: Connexipedia Article Article Founder of the philosophy of Marxist Humanism. (1910-1987). Dürr, Hans-Peter: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Physicist and peace activist. (Born 1929). Dutschke, Rudi: Connexipedia Article Article Prominent spokesperson of the German student movement of the 1960s. (1940-1979). Edelman, Marek: Connexipedia Article Article Jewish-Polish political and social activist and cardiologist. (1919-2009). Edwards, Henrietta Muir: Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Canadian women's rights activist and reformer. (1849-1931). Egziabher, Tewolde Berhan Gebre: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Ethiopian advocate for genetic diversity and the rights of farmers and tradiational communities. Engels, Friedrich: Connexipedia Article Article German author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of communist theory, alongside Karl Marx. (1820-1895). Equiano, Olaudah: Connexipedia Article Article African former slave involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade. (1745-1797). Erasmus, Georges: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian Aboriginal politician, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations from 1985 to 1991. (Born 1948). Evans, Arthur: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Socialist, trade unionist. (1890-1944). Evers, Medgar: Connexipedia Article Article African American civil rights activist from Mississippi, murdered in 1963. (1925-1963). Fanon, Frantz: Connexipedia Article Article Psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary, and author from Martinique. (1925-1961). Farewell to Andres Nin Serge, Victor Article 1937 Farewell, my friend. Your great courageous life is left to us, full of work and action. Your terrible death is left to us as well. Like you, we must hold out to the bitter end so that socialism be fre... Fathy, Hassan: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to re-establish the use of mud brick and traditional as opposed to western building designs and lay... Fernandez, Irene: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Malaysian advocate for the right of women, migrants, and poor workers. (Born 1946). Ferreira, Chico Whitaker: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Brazilian social-justice advocate. A Catholic activist, Whitaker is inspired by liberation theology and closely allied with the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace. (Born 1931). Finkelstein, Norman: Connexipedia Article Article An American political scientist and author, whose primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. (Born 1953). 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). Fourier, Charles: Connexipedia Article Article French utopian socialist and philosopher. Credited with having originated the word féminisme in 1837. (1772-1837). Fowler, Cary: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Awad Winner Article Winner of the Right Livelihood Award for his work to save the world's genetic plant heritage. (Born 1949). Franklin, Ursula: Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Metallurgist, humanitarian, feminist, peace activist. (Born 1921). Franklin, Ursula: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Metallurgist, humanitarian, feminist, peace activist. (Born 1921). Franklin, Ursula: Connexipedia Article Article Metallurgist, humanitarian, feminist, peace activist. (Born 1921). Freire, Paulo: Connexipedia Article Article Brazilian educator and influential theorist of critical pedagogy. (1921-1997). Fromm, Erich: Connexipedia Article Article Internationally renowned social psychologist, psychoanalyst, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. (1900-1980). Galeano, Eduardo: Wikipedia article Article Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist (1940-2015). His best-known works are Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, ... Gandhi, Mohandas: Connexipedia Article Article The pre-eminent political and spritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. (1869-1948). Garrison, William Lloyd: Connexipedia Article Article American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. (... Genefke, Inge: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Campaigner and worker on behalf of torture victims. Geonzon, Winefreda: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Advocate for prisoners. Responsible for setting up the Free Legal Assistance Volunteers Association (FREELAVA) as a legal aid office for victims of human rights violations, prisoners who could not aff... Ginsberg, Allen: Connexipedia Article Article American poet best known for the poem "Howl", in which he celebrates fellow members of the Beat Generation and critiques what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the Unit... Glaberman, Martin: Connexipedia Article Article An influential American Marxist, teacher, and autoworker. (1918-2001). Glezos, Manolis: Connexipedia Article Article Greek left wing politician and writer, known especially for his participation in the World War II resistance. (Born 1922). Godwin, William: Connexipedia Article Article English journalist, political philosopher and novelist, considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and one of the first modern proponents of anarchism. (1756-1836). Goldman, Emma: Connexipedia Article Article Anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches. (1869-1940). Goldsmith, Edward: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Was an Anglo-French environmentalist, writer and philosopher. (Died 2009). Gonick, Cy: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian socialist publisher, academic, and politician. (Born 1936). Goodman, Paul: Connexipedia Article Article American sociologist, poet, writer, anarchist, social critic, and public intellectual. (1911-1972). Goodwin, Albert (Ginger): Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Labour leader, and socialist who inspired the first General Strike in Canada on August 2, 1918 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (1887-1918). Gordon, Walter: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian accountant, businessman, politician, and writer. (1906-1987). Gould, Stephen Jay: Connexipedia Article Article American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. (1941-2002). Gracchi (Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus): Connexipedia Article Article A pair of tribunes in 2nd century BCE who attempted to pass land reform legislation in Ancient Rome that would redistribute the major patrician landholdings among the plebeians. Gramsci, Antonio: Connexipedia Article Article Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, politician and political theorist. (1891-1937). Grey Owl (Belaney, Archibald Stansfeld): Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Writer: one of Canada's first conservationist writers. (1888-1938). Guthrie, Woody: Connexipedia Article Article American singer-songwriter and folk musician. (1912-1967). Ha'am, Ahad: Connexipedia Article Article Hebrew essayist and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers. (1856-1927). Hagerty, Thomas J.: Connexipedia Article Article American Roman Catholic priest from New Mexico, and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. (Born 1862). Halper, Jeff: Connexipedia Article Article Co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). (Born 1946). Hamer, Fannie Lou: Connexipedia Article Article American voting rights activist and civil rights leader. (1917-1977). Harand, Irene: Connexipedia Article Article An early organiser of protests against Nazi Germany's persecutions of Jews 1900-1975. Hartman, Grace: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian labour union activist. (1918-1993). Hauser, Monika: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article German human rights advocate. (Born 1959). Hayden, Tom: Connexipedia Article Article An American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in the animal rights, and the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. (Born 1939). Haywood, Bill (Big Bill Haywood): Connexipedia Article Article American unionist and communist, one of the founders of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (1869-1928). Heap, Dan: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian politician with the New Democratic Party. (Born 1925). Heaps, Abraham Albert: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian politician and labour leader. (1885-1954). Heaps, Abraham Albert: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian politician and labour leader. (1885-1954). Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich: Connexipedia Article Article German philosopher, one of the creators of German Idealism. (1770-1831). Hekmat, Mansoor: Connexipedia Article Article Iranian Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement. (1951-2002). Hennacy, Ammon: Connexipedia Article Article American pacifist, Christian anarchist, vegetarian, social activist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement and a Wobbly. (1893-1970). Herman, Edward S.: Connexipedia Article Article Economist and media analyst with a specialty in corporate and regulatory issues as well as political economy and the media. (Born 1925). Hill, Joe: Connexipedia Article Article Swedish-American labour activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World. (1879-1915). Hoffman, Abbie: Connexipedia Article Article Social and political activist in the United States who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies"). (1936-1989). Holbach, Baron d': Connexipedia Article Article French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist and a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. (1723-1789). Horkheimer, Max: Connexipedia Article Article German philosopher and sociologist and member of the Frankfurt School. (1885-1973). Horton, Myles: Connexipedia Article Article American educator, socialist and cofounder of the Highlander Folk School. (1905-1990). Huerta, Dolores: Connexipedia Article Article The co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America. (Born 1930). Hurtig, Mel: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article A Canadian publisher, author, political activist and political candidate. (Born 1932). Ikanan, Evaristo Nugkuag: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Activist working to protect the rights of the indigenous people of the Amazon. Illich, Ivan: Connexipedia Article Article Austrian philosopher, Roman Catholic priest and critic of the institutions of contemporary western culture. (1926-2002). Irvine, William: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian politician, journalist and clergyman. (1885-1962). Irvine, William: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian politician, journalist and clergyman. (1885-1962). Jackson, Wes: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article American agronomist and advocate for sustainable agriculture. Jacobs, Jane: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Author, urban advocate, economist, ecologist, and philosopher. (1916-2006). Jacobs, Jane: Connexipedia Article Article Author, urban advocate, economist, ecologist, and philosopher. (1916-2006). Jagannathan, Krishnammal and Sankaralingam: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winners Article Gandhian activists who have protested against social injustice. Jagger, Bianca: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article A Nicaraguan-born social and human rights advocate and a former actress and fashion icon. (Born 1950). James, C. L. R.: Connexipedia Article Article Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, Marxist, socialist theorist and essayist. (1901-1989). James, C.L.R.: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, Marxist, socialist theorist and essayist. (1901-1989). Jogiches, Leo: Connexipedia Article Article Marxist revolutionary active in Lithuania, Poland, and Germany. (1867-1919). Jones, Mary Harris (Mother Jones): Connexipedia Article Article American labour and community organizer, a Wobbly, and a Socialist. (1837-1930). Jungk, Robert: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Austrian writer, journalists and peace activist who wrote mostly on issues relating to nuclear weapons. (1913-1994). Kamal, Meena Keshwar: Connexipedia Article Article An Afghan women's rights activist, founder of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), a group organized to promote equality and education for women. (1956-1987). Karl Korsch: His Contribution to Revolutionary Marxism Mattick, Paul Article 1962 For Korsch, all the imperfections of Marx's revolutionary theory which, in retrospect, are explainable by the circumstances out of which it arose, do not alter the fact that Marxism remains superior t... Karl Marx Korsch, Karl Book 1938 It is the purpose of this book to restate the most important principles and contents of Marx's social science in the light of recent historical events and of the new theoretical needs which have arise... Karl Marx: His Life and Works Ruhle, Otto Book 1928 Therewith our appraisement of Marx's personality has likewise been profoundly modified. Whereas persons of the last generation, in view of the opposing nature of their interests, reflected in their id... Kautsky, Karl: Connexipedia Article Article German social democrat and a leading theoretician of Marxism. (1854-1938). Kautsky, Karl: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article German social democrat and a leading theoretician of Marxism. (1854-1938). Keller, Helen: Connexipedia Article Article American author, political activist and lecturer. (1880-1968). Kelly, Petra: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Left-wing German politician. (1947-1992). Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Scholar, activist, and advocate for endogenous development. (1922-2006). Klein, Bonnie Sherr: Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Filmmaker, author, disability rights activist. (Born 1941). Knabb, Ken: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, translator, and radical theorist. (Born 1945). Kohr, Leopold: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Advocate of human scale, economist, jurist and political scientist. (1909-1994). Kolko, Gabriel: Connexipedia Article Article An American revisionist historian and author. (Born 1932). Kollontai, Alexandra: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Russian Communist revolutionary. (1872-1952) Korsch, Karl: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article German Marxist theorist. (1886-1961). Kovel, Joel: Connexipedia Article Article American politician, academic, writer, and eco-socialist. (Born 1936). Kruhonja, Katarina: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Croatian peace activist. (Born 1962). Kuruma, Samezo: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Japanese Marxist economist. (1893-1982). Labriola, Antonio: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Italian philosopher and socialist, 1843-1904. 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Lavell, Jeannette Vivian Corbiere: Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Native women's rights activist. (Born 1942). Lawson, James: Connexipedia Article Article Theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the American Civil Rights Movement. (Born 1928). Laxer, James: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian political economist, professor and author. (Born 1941). Laxer, Robert: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian psychologist, professor, author, and political activist. (1915-1998). Lemke, Birsel: Connexipedia: Right Livelihood Award Winner Article Turkish environmentalist. (Born 1950). Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Russian revolutionary. (1870-1924). Leopold, Aldo: Connexipedia Article Article American ecologist, forester, and environmentalist who was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation. (1887-1948). Lewis, David: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Socialist politician, labour lawyer, and leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (1909-1981). Lewis, Stephen: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Politician, diplomat, author, journalist, labour arbitrator, and former leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. (Born 1937). Liebknecht, Karl: Connexipedia Article Article German socialist, revolutionary, and a co-founder of the Spartacist League. (1871-1919). Liebknecht, Wilhelm: Connexipedia Article Article German social democrat, one of the founders of the SPD. (1826-1900). Lilburne, John: Connexipedia Article Article English political agitator before, during and after English Civil Wars 1642-1650. (1614-1657). Lincoln, Abraham: Connexipedia Article Article President of the United States during the American Civil War. (1809-1865). 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Mariátegui, Jose Carlos: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Peruvian socialist. (Born 1894). Marshall, Donald, Jr: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Accused of murder, Marshall, a 16-year old Micmac, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. After he had served 11 years in a penitentiary, a re-examination of the case found him innocent. (1... Marx, Karl: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Brief biography of Karl Marx. (1818-1883). Marx, Karl: Connexipedia Article Article German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist, and revolutionary, whose ideas are credited as the foundation of modern communism. (1818-1883). A Marxian Oddity: A review of Marxiam and Freedom. 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