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The first ever English-language history of the influential French revolutionary group Socialisme ou Barbarie.

In this original and insightful new take on Spinoza, Morfino convincingly argues that materialist philosophers must base themselves on Althusser.

The latest collection of essays from the Deutscher Prize winning Marxist scholar, Neil Davidson.

Investigative journalist and bestselling author Nick Turse exposes the shocking expansion of the U.S. militarys covert wars in Africa

A biography of Leon Trotsky by two of his close friends and collaborators

In this wide-ranging volume two leading scholars of the region critically examine the new extractive-imperialism bearing down on the Americas

A stirring, grounded, and scholarly case for Direct Democracy as the route to a more just society.

The contemporary world is riven by antagonisms between the religious and secular realms of society. But is this tension necessary?

'Projects' shape nearly every aspect of our lives, and yet this concept is rarely examined. This book changes that.

For radicals in Europe and North America, the anti-imperialistand Chineserevolutions continued the great task of 1789, 1848, and 1870, the bourgeois revolution in Marxs terms, and the creation of nations that would release the energies and unity of purpose to create new worlds of prosperity and freedom. The nationalist focus led to an emphasis on autarkic developmentthe nation, it was said, already possessed within its own boundaries all the requirements and resources to match the accomplishments of global civilization.The overthrow of empire in the 1950s and 1960sof which the coming to power of the Chinese Communist party in 1949 was a important partseemed to augur a new era in world history, one in which the majority of the worlds population secured liberation. There was perhaps a sense in which this was true, but the reality for the majority was far removed from this giddy hope. And in the case of the ordinary Chinese, the newly liberated regime proved far more brutal and exacting than those that it had replaced (which also attained high standards of brutality and injustice). In China the great famine of 195862 was only the most spectacularly cruel and gratuitous product of that new order.For the former inhabitants of the old empires, national liberation turned out to be not liberation of all, but the creation of a new national ruling class, as often as not exploiting its position at home to make fortunes then smuggled abroad.

For generations, historians of the right, left, and center have all debated the best way to understand V. I. Lenins role in shaping the Bolshevik party in the years leading up to the Russian Revolution. At their worst, these studies locate his influence in the forcefulness of his personality. At their best, they show how Lenin moved other Bolsheviks through patient argument and political debate. Yet remarkably few have attempted to document the ways his ideas changed, or how they were in turn shaped by the party he played such a central role in building.In this thorough, concise, and accessible introduction to Lenins theory and practice of revolutionary politics, Paul Le Blanc gives a vibrant sense of the historical context of the socialist movement (in Russia and abroad) from which Lenins ideas about revolutionary organization spring. What emerges from Le Blancs partisan yet measured account is an image of a collaborative, ever adaptive, and dynamically engaged network of revolutionary activists who formed the core of the Bolshevik party.

Kollotai was a brilliant and passionate defender of the ideals of the Russian revolution and women's liberation.

An authoritative and engaging political biography of one of the most important, yet largely unknown, leaders of the German revolution.

we are the boat / returning to dock / we are the footprints / on the northern trail / we are the iron / coloring the soil / we cannot / be erasedfrom Refugee"e;Remi Kanazi's poetry presents an unflinching look at the lives of Palestinians under occupation and as refugees scattered across the globe. He captures the Palestinian people's stubborn refusal to be erased, gives voice to the ongoing struggle for liberation, and explores the meaning of international solidarity.In this latest collection, Kanazi expands his focus outside the sphere of Palestine and presents pieces examining racism in America, police brutality, US militarism at home and wars abroad, conflict voyeurism, Islamophobia, and a range of other issues.

"e;How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America is one of those paradigm-shifting, life-changing texts that has not lost its currency or relevanceeven after three decades. Its provocative treatise on the ravages of late capitalism, state violence, incarceration, and patriarchy on the life chances and struggles of black working-class men and women shaped an entire generation, directing our energies to the terrain of the prison-industrial complex, anti-racist work, labor organizing, alternatives to racial capitalism, and challenging patriarchypersonally and politically."e;Robin D. G. Kelley"e;In this new edition of his classic text . . . Marable can challenge a new generation to find solutions to the problems that constrain the present but not our potential to seek and define a better future."e;Henry Louis Gates, Jr."e;[A] prescient analysis."e;Michael Eric DysonHow Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America is a classic study of the intersection of racism and class in the United States. It has become a standard text for courses in American politics and history, and has been central to the education of thousands of political activists since the 1980s. This edition is prsented with a new foreword by Leith Mullings.

Marx was among the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. Henning shows he was also the most misinterpreted.

Marxist economists and philosophers debate the impact of Hegel on Marx, and the insights gained by reading Hegel through Marx.

In this ambitious and masterful polemic ten Brink contributes to an understanding of the modern state-system, its conflicts and transformation

Key writings and speeches by one of the major figures of the labor movement of the 19th century.

Former US Army Ranger walks across America for a fallen comrade and finds his voice as a war resister.

Setting out from an unapologetic Marxist perspective, The Long Depression argues that the global economy remains in the throes of a depression. Making the case that the profitability of capital is too low, and the debt built up before the Great Recession too high, leading radical economist Michael Roberts persuasively presents his case that this depression will persist until the profitability of capital is restored through yet another slump.

The sole surviving diary of a Holocaust resistance fighter, written from inside the Nazi concentration camps.

Far from being regulated by them, Corporations have outgrown national borders and the states meant to keep them in check.

Marx's most widely debated text, the unfinished manuscript the Grundrisse, is here discussed as the laboratory for his mature ideas.

Exploring struggles on six continents over 150 years, this collection shows the power of Marxism to address broad social movements.

Zafirovski and Rodeheaver attempt to redefine contemporary terrorism (state and individual) as stemming from a deep opposition to modernity.

In the Criticism of Heaven and Earth series's final volume Roland Boer presents his own views on Marxism and Theology.