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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 LibraryAdorno, Theodor W.: Connexipedia Article Article German-born international intellectual, sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer. (1903-1969). Ali, Tariq: Connexipedia Article Article Historian, novelist, filmmaker, political campaigner, and commentator. (Born 1943). Allan Bérubé, 1946-2007: Against The Current vol. 135 Kinsman, Gary Article 2008 An inspiring and broad-ranging queer historian, Allan Bérubé died at the age of 61 on December 11, 2007. He left us with major contributions of exciting historical work, but also important unfinished ... Always with the Oppressed: A Farewell to Akiva Orr 1931 - 2013, Humanist, Radical, Heretic Article 2013 In February 2013 I participated with a small group of Israelis and Arabs in bidding farewell to Akiva Orr. American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs  Boggs, Grace Lee Film/Video 2014 A documentary about the ideas and activism of 98-year-old Grace Lee Boggs, covering her lifetime of vital thinking and action, traversing the major U.S. social movements of the last century; from labo... 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 ... 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... The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm, X Book 1964 The personal story of the man who become the most dynamic leader of the Black Revolution in the United States, completed shortly before his assassination.
Benjamin, Walter: Connexipedia Article Article German-Jewish Marxist, literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. (1892-1940). Berkman, Alexander: Connexipedia Article Article Anarchist known for his political activism and writing. (1870-1936). Berrigan, Daniel: Connexipedia Article Article American poet, peace activist, and Roman Catholic priest. (Born 1921). 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). B.J. Widick, 1910-2008: Against The Current vol. 136 Wald, Alan Article 2008 On June 28, 2008, Branko J. Widick, known to everyone as “B.J.” or “Jack,” died at age 97 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Widick was a prominent figure in the history of U.S. Trotskyism and above all in the u... Blanqui, Louis Auguste: Connexipedia Article Article French political activist, founder of the revolutionary theory of Blanquism. (1805-1881). Boggs, Grace Lee: Connexipedia Article Article A Chinese-American author, anti-racist activist and feminist. (Born 1915). Grace Lee Boggs R.I.P. Article 2015 Grace Lee Boggs, founding member of the Johnson-Forest Tendency (where her party name was Ria Stone), has died at the age of 100 in Detroit. She was born on June 27, 1915 and passed away October 5, 20... 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... 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). 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). 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... Chester, Eric: Connexipedia Article Article Author, socialist political activist, and economics professor. (Born 1943). C.L.R. James and Anti-/Postcolonialism: Against The Current vol. 90 Farred, Grant Article 2001 C.L.R. James' proclamation in Beyond A Boundary (1963, a classic study of cricket and colonialism), after almost three decades of radical intellectual work, that “Thackeray, not Marx, bears the heavie... 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). Coming Home to the Struggle: Against The Current vol. 134 Thompson, Wendy Article 2008 I became a political activist at the age of 12, when I marched for open housing in Evanston, Illinois. We lived next to the Black community in Evanston; African-American students made up 40% of my gra... 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). De Leon, Daniel: Connexipedia Article 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). Dellinger, David: Connexipedia Article Article American radical pacifist and activist for nonviolent social change. (1915-2004). Detroit celebrates Grace Lee Boggs' 100th birthday Dettlinger, Madison Article 2015 About the weeklong celebration of the life of Grace Lee Boggs, radical activist, political theorist, and revolutionary. 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). Dunayevskaya, Raya: Connexipedia Article Article Founder of the philosophy of Marxist Humanism. (1910-1987). Dutschke, Rudi: Connexipedia Article Article Prominent spokesperson of the German student movement of the 1960s. (1940-1979). Emma Goldman and the American Left: Nowhere at Home Morton, Marian Book 1992 A biography of Emma Goldman. Emma Goldman in Exile: From the Russian Revolution to the Spanish Civil War Wexler, Alice Book 1989 Volume 2 of a biography of Emma Goldman. Emma Goldman: Voice of a Rebel: Against The Current vol. 141 Hill, Rebecca Article 2009 Emma Goldman's name for many is synonymous with Anarchism. Indeed, as we can see in the first two volumes of the Documentary History of the American Years from the Emma Goldman Papers Project, now out... Engels, Friedrich: Connexipedia Article Article German author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of communist theory, alongside Karl Marx. (1820-1895). Enlightening Disillusionments Orr, Aki Book 2011 Memoirs of an Israeli whom the Zionist dispossession and oppression of the Palestinians turned into a humanist and therefore anti-Zionist. 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... 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). Fourier, Charles: Connexipedia Article Article French utopian socialist and philosopher. Credited with having originated the word féminisme in 1837. (1772-1837). 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). Global Crisis and Opportunity: Against The Current vol. 134 Terrall, Ben Article 2008 Ben Terrall interviews Mike Davis. Mike Davis is a veteran writer and activist who cut his progressive teeth in the 1960s civil rights and antiwar movements. He has worked as a meat cutter, long-dista... Goldman, Emma: Connexipedia Article Article Anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches. (1869-1940). Gonick, Cy: Connexipedia Article Article Canadian socialist publisher, academic, and politician. (Born 1936). Halper, Jeff: Connexipedia Article Article Co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD). (Born 1946). Having Little, Being Much: A Chronicle of Fredy Perlman's Fifty Years Perlman, Lorraine Book A memoir with photos written by Fredy Perlman's companion of 27 years. Fredy's life began in Czechoslovakia in 1934 and ended in Detroit in 1985. In those fifty years he lived on three continents and ... 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). Hekmat, Mansoor: Connexipedia Article Article Iranian Marxist theorist and leader of the worker-communist movement. (1951-2002). Hoffman, Abbie: Connexipedia Article Article Social and political activist in the United States who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies"). (1936-1989). 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). Howard Zinn (1922-2010): In Lieu of Flowers, Organize Giordano, Al Article 2010 Where other leftish icons have spent these decades gnashing their teeth, lecturing and bemoaning how awful everything that happens up above has been (as if most folks born down below didn't already kn... The Ideas of Victor Serge: A Life as a Work of Art Weissman, Susan Book 1997 Victor Serge devoted his life and his brilliant pen to the revolution which for him knew no frontiers. An anarchist turned Bolshevik, he was unorthodox by nature, often a heretic but never a renegade.... In the Crossfire: Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary Van, Ngo Book 2000 This book is the story of those other movements and revolts in Vietnam, caught in the crossfire between the French and the Stalinists, told by one of the few survivors. 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). James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928 Palmer, Byran D. Book 2010 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). 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: 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... 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). Knabb, Ken: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, translator, and radical theorist. (Born 1945). 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). Labriola, Antonio: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Italian philosopher and socialist, 1843-1904. Lafargue, Paul: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article French revolutionary Marxist socialist journalist, literary critic, political writer and activist. (1842-1911). Lappé, Frances Moore: Connexipedia Article Article Activist and writer on food, hunger, economics, and democracy. (Born 1944). The Legacy of CLR James Article 2002 Facing Reality is an often maddening book containing a marvellous critique of the pretentiousness of the numerous little vanguards, and at other times a telling naivety about opposition forces in soci... The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg Geras, Norman Book 2015 Norman Geras sets out to interrogate and refute the myths that have developed around Rosa Luxemburg's work. 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). Little, Frank: Connexipedia Article Article American labour leader who organized miners, lumberjacks and oil field workers. (1879-1917). The Long Haul: An autobiography Horton, Myles Book 1990 Myles Horton tells the story of the Highlander Folk School. A major catalyst for social change in the United States for over sixty years, this school has touched the lives of so many people, including... Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution Gabriel, Mary Book 2011 A biography of Karl and Jenny Marx. Luxemburg, Rosa: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Marxist revolutionary. (1871-1919). Macdonald, Dwight: Connexipedia Article Article American writer, editor, social critic, philosopher, and political radical. (1906-1982). Mackenzie: A political biography of William Lyon Mackenzie Sewell, John Book 2002 History has often dismissed William Lyon Mackenzie as a comical figure, or as the political hothead who bungled the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Former Toronto mayor John Sewell suggests he may act... The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights Reynolds, David S. Book 2005 A biography of John Brown. Marat, Jean-Paul: Connexipedia Article Article Radical journalist and politician from the French Revolution. (1743-1793). Marcos, Subcomandante: Connexipedia Article Article Spokesman for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). Marcuse, Herbert: Connexipedia Article Article Marxist philosopher, political theorist and sociologist. (1898-1979). Mariátegui, Jose Carlos: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Peruvian socialist. (Born 1894). 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). Mattick Paul: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article Marxist writer and activist. (1904-1981). The Measure of a Revolutionary: Remembering Eugene V. Debs Harris, Mark Article 2015 Debs was an articulate, far-reaching critic of American society, staunchly anti-capitalist and opposed to both Democratic and Republican parties, which he saw as controlled by Wall Street. In his five... Michel, Louise: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. (1830-1905). Morris, William: Connexipedia Article Article British artist, designer, author, and socialist. (1834-1896). Müntzer, Thomas: Connexipedia Article Article An early Reformation-era German theologian and Anabaptist. (1488-1525). Muste, A. J.: Connexipedia Article Article A socialist active in the pacifist movement, the labour movement, and the US civil rights movement. (1885-1967). Nearing, Scott: Connexipedia Article Article American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, and advocate of simple living. (1883-1983). Obituary: Leon Sedov Serge, Victor Article 1938 In Leon Lvovich, Trotsky has lost more than a son of his own blood - he has lost a son in spirit, an irreplaceable companion in struggle. 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 Oratory of Malcolm X: Against The Current vol. 120 McTaggart, Ursula Article Spike Lee closes his 1989 film “Do the Right Thing” with two quotes: In one, Malcolm X proclaims the right to self defense and in the other, Martin Luther King, Jr. insists upon non-violent protest. E... Paine, Thomas: Connexipedia Article Article Author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary. (1737-1809). A Parable of Women's Liberation: Against The Current vol. 134 Tax, Meredith Article 2008 Interview with Meredith Tax. Parent, Madeleine: Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada Article Trade unionist. (Born 1918). Parent, Madeleine: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Trade unionist. (Born 1918). Parsons, Lucy: Connexipedia Article Article Radical American labour organizer and anarchist communist. (1853-1942). Paul Buhle's Tim Hector: Against The Current vol. 125 Abraham, Sara Article 2006 Paul Buhle's account of Tim Hector, Caribbean radical of Antiguan origin who passed away in 2002, is provocative and welcome. Its span is broad and appropriate for a general rather than specialist rea... Penner, Jacob: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Canadian radical. (1880-1965). The Power of Women United: Against The Current vol. 134 Dawson, Kipp Article 2008 Interview with Kipp Dawson. Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph: Connexipedia Article Article French politician, mutualist philosopher and socialist. (1809-1865). The Radical Life of Rosa Luxemburg: A graphic novelization of the revolutionary life and legacy of "Red Rosa" Evans, Kate Article 2015 An excerpt from Red Rosa, a graphic biography of Rosa Luxemburg. Ralph Nader and the Legacy of Revolt (Part 3): Against The Current vol. 90 Sheasby, Walt Contreras Article 2001 Ralph Nader has a complex relationship with the historical currents of change before World War I (populism, socialism and progressivism), but it may be his relationship to the Communism of the mid-twe... 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... Remembering Milt Zaslow Davis, Mike Article 1997 Milt disdained inflated revolutionary bravado, but time and again his group were the first to put themselves in harm's way when activists in Southcentral or the Eastside of Los Angeles were under atta... Rosa Luxemburg in Retrospect Mattick, Paul Article 1978 Mattick reconsiders the legacy of Rosa Luxemburg, particularly her critique of Bolshevism and her economic theory. Rowbotham, Sheila: Connexipedia Article Article British socialist feminist theorist and writer. (Born 1943). Rowley, Robert Kent: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article Trade unionist. (1917-1978). Santas, Apostolos: Connexipedia Article Article Greek veteran of the Resistance against the Axis Occupation of Greece during World War II. (Born 1922). Social Activist Grace Lee Boggs on Shaking Up the Status Quo in America Film/Video 2007 Grace Lee Boggs has been a part of almost every major movement in the United States in the last 75 years, including: Labor, Civil Rights, Black Power, Women’s Rights and Environmental Justice. Sofri, Adriano: Connexipedia Article Article Italian radical intellectual, a journalist and a writer. (Born 1942). Spurr, Richard: Connexipedia Article Article English cabinet maker and lay preacher who was imprisoned for his part in leading the political movement Chartism. (1800-1855). Thompson, E. P.: Connexipedia Article Article English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner (1924-1993). Tresca, Carlo: Connexipedia Article Article Anarchist, newspaper editor, and labour agitator. (1879-1943). A Tribute To American People's Historian - Howard Zinn Siddiqui, Habib Article 2010 With the death of Howard Zinn there is no doubt that the anti-war and peace movement in the USA has lost one of its best activists and an honest historian. Triple Jeopardy and the Struggle: Against The Current vol. 134 Louie, Miriam Ching Yoon Article 2008 Being bi- and female in the Asian movement also means putting in double, triple, quadruple time. The Third World Women’s Alliance, an offshoot of the Black Women’s Liberation Committee of the Student ... Leon Trotsky Mattick, Paul Article 1940 Trotsky's works, and most of all his History of the Russian Revolution, will immortalize his name as a writer and politician. But there is a real need to oppose the development of the Trotsky legend w... Vallieres, Pierre: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Gordon, Stanley Article Writer, radical. (1938-1998). Winstanley, Gerrard: Connexipedia Article Article English Protestant religious reformer and political activist, a member of the True Levellers. (1609-1676). Wollstonecraft, Mary: Connexipedia Article Article British writer, philosopher, and feminist. (1759-1797). You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A personal history of our times Zinn, Howard Book 1994 Zinn tells his personal stories about more than thirty years of fighting for social change, from teaching at Spelman College to recent protests against war. Zapata, Emiliano: Connexipedia Article Article A leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910. (1879-1919). Zetkin, Clara: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedia of Marxism Glossary of People Article German socialist. (1857-1933). Zinn, Howard: Connexipedia Article Article American historian, political scientist, social critic, activist and playwright. (1922-2010). 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