Communism category: 1567 books

From 1918 to 1933 revolution and counter-revolution followed hot on each others’ heels. The barbarity of the Nazis is well-documented. Less well-known are the events that preceded Hitler’s rise to power. Rob Sewell gives a picture of the tumultuous events - the 1918 revolution, the collapse of...

There have been many books and potted histories of the Russian Revolution, either written from an anti-Bolshevik perspective, or its Stalinist mirror image, which paint a false account of the rise of Bolshevism. For them, Bolshevism is either a historical "accident" or "tragedy."...

Germany 1918-33 was one of the most tumultuous periods in history. Following the revolution in Russia, the German workers and soldiers attempted to seize power in November 1918. Unfortunately, the revolution was betrayed by the Social Democratic leaders. Further revolutionary convulsions rocked...

“The millions of people who have come out onto streets and squares around the world in recent years to oppose the policy of cuts and austerity do not trust politicians and trade union leaders. This shows a revolutionary instinct. Those who sneer at the movement as “merely spontaneous” display...

Two hundred years after the birth of the great revolutionary Karl Marx, across the world, the capitalist system is in crisis and the working class are moving into action to change their lives. In ruling class circles, no longer do they snidely declare the death of Marx. On the contrary, there is fear...

China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity. The Chinese Communist Party fears "Latin Americanization" -- the emergence of highly unequal megacities with their attendant slums and social unrest. Such cities threaten the survival of nondemocratic regimes....

In May of 1989, on a quiet street in Copenhagen, police discovered an apartment that had served for years as a hideaway for Denmark’s most notorious 20th-century bank robbers. The members, who belonged to a communist organization and lived modest lives in the Danish capital, had, over a period of...

 I.      Il y a trois ans bientôt, je me sentis pris de l’irrésistible besoin de résumer les impressions de ma jeunesse active. Je les publiai sous ce titre  : De la Révolution dans l’homme et dans la société. Dans cet ouvrage,...

Caribbean Visionary: A. R. F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation traces the life of Albert Raymond Forbes Webber (1880-1932), a distinguished Caribbean scholar, statesman, legislator, and novelist. Using Webber as a lens, the book outlines the Guyanese struggle for justice and equality in...

Socialism has been an influential force for social change for almost two centuries. Its philosophy and ideology have inspired millions while simultaneously arousing fear and revulsion in its enemies. Having emerged after the French Revolution in the effort to build upon and develop the egalitarian...

Histoire politique récente de l'IslandeSous forme de chroniques, Jérôme Skalski rend compte de la « Révolution des casseroles » en Islande. Suite au déclenchement de la crise financière internationale à l’automne 2008, l’Islande a choisi de tourner le dos à la « doctrine d’austérité...

L’Imaginaire de la Commune est autant un livre d’histoire des idées que d’histoire tout court. En exhumant l’originalité de la Commune, ses aspirations à un « luxe pour tous », Kristin Ross arrache la Commune de Paris à toute finalité étatiste, productiviste, d’un socialisme de caserne....

Le premier printemps de Prague par Heda Margolius Kovály, traduit de l'anglais par Isabelle Chapman (74.000 mots et 8 photos) « ... une œuvre maitresse pour l’intime compréhension de notre époque. » — La Quinzaine Littéraire « Elle raconte l’ineffable avec des mots simples....

Ce dossier, coordonné par Marc Comby et Robert Comeau, réunit des éléments de l'histoire de la gauche au Québec depuis 1945 sans en constituer un bilan exhaustif. Il porte essentiellement sur les mouvements et organisations situés à la gauche du Parti québécois. De ce parti né en 1968 d'une...