Communism Socialism category: 1567 books
Syriza Wave
Surging and Crashing with the Greek Left
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Utterly corrupt corporate and government elites bankrupted Greece twice over. First, by profligate deficit spending benefitting only themselves; second, by agreeing to an IMF “bailout” of the Greek economy, devastating ordinary Greek citizens who were already enduring government-induced poverty,...
by Lenny Flank
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
A beginner's guide to Marxist economics, from the beginnings of capitalism within the feudalist system, to its modern incarnation as corporate monopoly. Also covers the rise and fall of the non-market Leninist economies.
From the Dragon's Mouth
10 True Stories that Unveil the Real China
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
WHO ARE THE CHINESE?
Through on-the-ground interviews, Ana Fuentes uncovers the real China and offers a panoramic look at Chinese culture from the point of view of its citizens. She spent nearly 4 years living and working in China and discovered a world few have written about . . . until now.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Whilst the Chinese Communist Party is one of the most powerful political institutions in the world, it is also one of the least understood, due to the party’s secrecy and tight control over the archives, the press and the Internet. Having governed the People’s Republic of China for nearly 70 years...
Workers Unite!
The International 150 Years Later
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Major political and economic shifts have succeeded one another over the past twenty-five years. The rise to prominence of ecological issues, social changes generated by neoliberal globalization, and - most recently - one of the worst world economic crises ever, compels us to reflect urgently on the...
Where Are The Unions?
Workers and Social Movements in Latin America, the Middle East and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
First book to compare the anti-neoliberal uprisings in Latin America (‘Turn to the Left’), the Middle East and North Africa (‘Arab Spring’), and Europe (anti-austerity movements).
Interdisciplinary approach: contributors are activists, journalists and academics; historians, sociologists,...
by Friedrich Engels,Karl Marx
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter...
by Rupert Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Lenin wrote "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" in the spring of 1916, though it was not published until the summer of 1917. The timing was fortuitous for what had been a minority view of interest to few when he wrote it had come to be a powerful message with resonance with many by the...
Allegories of Contamination
Pier Paolo Pasolini's Trilogy of Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1996
The Trilogia della vita (Trilogy of Life) is a series of three films that Pier Paolo Pasolini completed before his horrifying assassination in 1975, and it remains among the most controversial of his cinematic works. In Allegories of Contamination Patrick Rumble provides an incisive critical and...
Survivors of the Holocaust in Poland: A Portrait Based on Jewish Community Records, 1944-47
A Portrait Based on Jewish Community Records, 1944-47
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The fate of Jews in Poland after World War II is a dramatic and important topic of modern European history. This volume, using comprehensive documentation and statistical data, seeks to provide a solid foundation for further research on the subject.
by David Harvey
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression shows no sign of coming to a close and Marx’s work remains key in understanding the cycles that lead to recession. For nearly forty years, David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world’s most foremost Marx scholars.
Based...
The Yankee International
Marxism and the American Reform Tradition, 1848-1876
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Examining the social and intellectual collision of the American
reform tradition with immigrant Marxism during the Reconstruction
era, Timothy Messer-Kruse charts the rise and fall of the
International Workingman's Association (IWA), the first
international socialist organization. He analyzes what...
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and colonialism. He prophesied that those third world countries used merely as capitalist labour would have...
Economic Prospects - East and West
A View from the East
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
First published in 1987, this is an analysis of the contemporary breakdown of political and economic systems within the Eastern European communist countries. Rather than passively following the developments of this crisis, the author seeks instead to identify the reasons for failure and to examine...