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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. Results40 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 3 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAction Will Be Taken: Left Anti-Intellectualism and Its Discontents  Featherstone, Liza; Henwood, Doug; Parenti, Christian Article 2004 Marxism's decline isn't just an intellectual concern -- it too has practical effects. If you lack any serious understanding of how capitalism works, then it's easy to delude yourself into thinking tha... The Activists' Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Participatory Democracy Ricketts, Aidan Book 2012 A guide to grassroots activism. Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Critique of Nonviolent Politics: From Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement Ryan, Howard Book 1984 Ryan accepts that sometimes nonviolence can be effective, but says that sometimes it is not: "a principled insistence on nonviolence can in some circumstances be dangerous to progressive social moveme... Easily Led: A History of Propaganda Thomson, Oliver Book 1999 From Ancient Sumer to modern Poland, Thomson traces the use of propaganda and its influence on human events. Framing the Future: How Progressive Values Can Win Elections and Influence People Horn, Bernie Book Polls show that most Americans favor progressive policy, but they also embrace conservative philosophy. George Lakoff and other analysts have shown that, in order to reclaim America for all Americans,... From Dictatorship to Democracy Sharp, Gene Book 2002 A short, serious introduction to nonviolent struggle, its applications, and strategic thinking. Based on pragmatic arguments, this piece presents nonviolent struggle as a realistic alternative to war ... Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals Smucker, Jonathan Book 2017 Hegemony How-To is a practical guide to political struggle for a generation that is deeply ambivalent about questions of power, leadership, and strategy. "Hegemony How-To": Rethinking Activism and Embracing Power: A review of Hegemony How-To: a Roadmap for Radicals, by Jonathan Smucker Levine, Bruce Article 2017 "How many times, I wondered, had I favored a particular action or tactic because I really thought it was likely to change a decision-maker’s position or win over key allies, as opposed to gravitating ... How to End the Tea Party (and Scare Obama at the Same Time): A Black / Brown Coalition Smith, Sam Article 2010 One of the reasons the left doesn't do better is because it tends to view the right's transgressions as a moral issue rather than as a pragmatic problem as, for example, a baseball coach would do if t... In and against the state Mitchell, Jeanette; Mackenzie, Donald; Holloway, John; Cockburn, Cynthia, et al Book 1979 The state is not neutral. It does provide services and resources which most of us need – education, health care, social security. But it does not do so primarily for the good of the working class. It ... In and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives Panitch, Leo; Gindin, Sam; Albo, Greg Book 2010 Political economists Albo, Gindin and Panitch lay bare the roots of the crisis, which they locate in the dynamic expansion of capital on a global scale over the last quarter century – and in the inner... Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?: Sources News Release Article 2012 Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. Lenin On The Need For Political Compromise Riggins, Thomas Article 2013 Considering the nature of compromises and how to deal with them. Losing Toronto: How Olivia Chow and the left may be giving away an election Laxer, Michael Article 2014 As we head into the Labour Day weekend that may be accurately deemed to be the start of the homestretch of Toronto's very long mayoral and council election season, the news is not good for leftists or... 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. A Movement Without Demands? Deseriis, Marco; Dean, Jodi Article 2012 We claim that far from being a strength, the lack of demands reflects the weak ideological core of the movement. We also claim that demands should not be approached tactically but strategically, that ... Nader, Greens and Socialists: Against The Current vol. 91 Hawkins, Howie Article 2001 Blaming Ralph Nader for Bush is like blaming the abolitionists for slavery. The Greens ran Nader to end corporate oligarchy, not to support one wing of the oligarchy as a lesser evil against the other... No Cheers For Anarchism Berman, Sheri Article 2015 A successful movement requires compromise, organization, and yes, even leadership, to actually get things done, none of which appeal to anarchists. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 11, 2017: Left Parties Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 In recent years, there have been repeated attempts to build left political parties and coalitions, i.e. parties to the left of the established social democratic parties which have long become part of ... Politics without Democracy, Democracy without Politics Malik, Kenan Article 2011 The aim of the Occupy movement is to create a big tent, to represent the 99%, in the name of democracy. But democracy requires not big tent politics, but the very opposite. It requires the drawing of ... Presenting Insurgent Notes Article 2010 We take our Marx and Engels seriously. Recent history, beginning perhaps (in the US) with the UPS strike of 1997 and the 'battle of Seattle' in 1999, now quickened by the abject financial and ideologi... A progressive dialogue on the future: Six questions for leftists Podur, Justin Article 2011 Leftists don't spend enough time or energy working on important strategic questions. If we could resolve a handful of these, even tentatively, and try out some solutions, we would be far more successf... The Prophet Alarmed: The Extreme Center: A Warning (Book Review) Wald, Alan Article 2015 Review of Tariq Ali's The Extreme Center: A Warning. In The Extreme Center, Ali gives more than just a pungent and entertaining smack-down of corruption in British politics. Publicity and the Canadian State Kozolanka, Kirsten Book 2014 A collection examining the state's relationship with public practices and the "permanent campaign," the constant search for politicians and their strategists for popular consent. Rebuilding the Left in a Time of Crisis Panitch, Leo Article 2011 The type of organizers we need to develop need to be those who have developed the skills and capacities and depth that allow them to be good at taking a defensive struggle and saying we can both fight... Reform and Revolution Gorz, Andre Article 1967 An essay taken from Andre Gorz's Le Socialisme Difficile in which he discusses how socialist strategy can aim to crate the objective and subjective conditions which will make mass revolutionary action... 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's Reform or Revolution in the Twenty-first Century Scott, Helen Article 2010 Rosa Luxemburg’s Reform and Revolution, written at a high point of socialist struggle, contains invaluable lessons for today's new generation of activists as they confront the political and organizati... 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... Shades of Grey -- A Left Chapter look at strategy, tactics and endorsements in the 2015 election Laxer, Michael Article 2015 With just under two weeks to go until election day, anti-capitalist leftists are in something of a quandary. Socialism and Revolution Gorz, Andre Book 1967 Representative democracy in every industrially advanced country is in a state of profound crisis. But we have been accustomed for so long to accept democracy in the form of its outward appearances and... Spinwars: Politics and New Media Fox, Bill Book 1999 An examination of media manipulation in late 20th Century North American politics. 2013 Unoccupied: Sun Tzu's Messages to the Occupy Movement Giambrone, Joe Article 2012 The ”Occupy” movement has apparently receded into the long night. The structural challenges remain the same, and opposition is still needed. What has been exposed as fruitless, however, is the idea... The Unknown Dimension: European Marxism Since Lenin Howard, Dick, Klare, Karl E. Book 1972 The radical intellectual tradition of European post-Leninist Marxism, so different from the dogma of the orthodox leftist parties, is an unknowwn dimension. This anthology sets out to recover this Mar... What Needs To Be Done: A Socialist View: Published in Monthly Review, Volume 61, Number 6 - November 2009 Magodff, Fred; Yates, Michael D. Article 2009 What is worth fighting for? Perhaps this severe recession offers us an opportunity to ask this question. This crisis has revealed the rotten foundation of our economy and called into question the neol... What to do with a tin of beans? Food banks, the left and the movement Snowdon, Alex Article 2013 Acts of collective practical solidarity are a springboard to participation in campaigning against austerity and the Tory war on the poor. Where Is Indonesia Going?: Against The Current vol. 87 Miah, Malik Article 2000 For both admirers and critics of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, the picture is disturbing: At the presidential palace in Jakarta there are signs of a new “royal court” in the making. Official... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesMarxists 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... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsFrom 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, ... |
