Eastern Europe in the Post-War World (1961) examines the conditions in the 'satellites' of Eastern Europe before as well as after the Second World War.
This book explores two themes in connection with contemporary capitalism: infrastructural capitalism as the most advanced phase of a modernity, of which the "e;workman"e; or homo faber is the embodiment, who exists within an infrastructure whose logic of connectivity is aimed at value extraction; and a landscape of ruins - in the form of symbolic misery, the Anthropocene and a process of refeudalisation - that the homo faber has been piling up around himself as a result.
In the long controversy over the failure of the United States to extend early recognition to the People's Republic of China, the story of American efforts to maintain an official presence in the Communist-controlled areas of China until 1950 has been largely neglected.
Eastern Europe in the Post-War World (1961) examines the conditions in the 'satellites' of Eastern Europe before as well as after the Second World War.
In 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hoped that a policy of appeasement would satisfy Adolf Hitler's territorial appetite and structured British policy accordingly.
In this biography of Algie Martin Simons, a major figure in the Socialist party of America, Kent and Gretchen Kreuter show the widely ranging social activities that brought Simons into touch with many of the movements and personalities of his time.
In the Balkans today Communism, with its dynamic drive for power and sense of mission, is charging against the Balkan peasant mass, a patient, religious, tradition-bound people tilling their beloved soil.
Henri Lefebvre, Metaphilosophy, and Modernity provides a new interpretation of the work of Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991), reframing it as being above all a metaphilosophy of modernity.
On October 30, 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities concluded the first round of hearings on the alleged Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry.
As World War II drew to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union began to maneuver for position in postwar Europe, in the first exploratory moves of what would soon become a worldwide contest for power and prestige.
In the brilliant world of Vienna at the turn of the century four menKarl Renner, Otto Bauer, Max Adler, and Friedrich Adlersought to develop political and economic resolutions to the racial and cultural tensions that were beginning to strain the bonds of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Titoism in Action: The Reforms in Yugoslavia after 1948 offers the first sustained, English-language account of how a Communist state attempted to reinvent itself after breaking with Moscow.
Titoism in Action: The Reforms in Yugoslavia after 1948 offers the first sustained, English-language account of how a Communist state attempted to reinvent itself after breaking with Moscow.
Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria, Chinese Communism, and Soviet Interest, 1922-1945, by Chong-Sik Lee, offers a deeply researched account of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sought to mobilize mass support in one of the most volatile and contested regions of modern Chinese history.
Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria, Chinese Communism, and Soviet Interest, 1922-1945, by Chong-Sik Lee, offers a deeply researched account of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sought to mobilize mass support in one of the most volatile and contested regions of modern Chinese history.
As American interests assumed global proportions after 1945, policy makers were faced with the challenge of prioritizing various regions and determining the extent to which the United States was prepared to defend and support them.
His Majesty's Opposition: Structure and Problems of the British Labour Party 1931-1938 offers an in-depth examination of the Labour Party during its pivotal years as His Majesty's Opposition in Parliament.
His Majesty's Opposition: Structure and Problems of the British Labour Party 1931-1938 offers an in-depth examination of the Labour Party during its pivotal years as His Majesty's Opposition in Parliament.
Following the highly respected first volume, this book continues to provide a holistic view of Julio Boltvinik's vast and important work on poverty conceptualisation and measurement.
Este libro analiza los origenes y fundamentos de las reformas actuales en Cuba, consideradas como las mas profundas en la historia del socialismo cubano.
**A Guardian Book of the Summer 2025**** The instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar **'One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation' NAOMI KLEIN'Delivers its message with punch and panache .
Demonstrating the continued relevance of Marcuse's work, Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator details how his teachings remain a countervailing force to the conventional wisdom in intellectual and political matters today.
Demonstrating the continued relevance of Marcuse's work, Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator details how his teachings remain a countervailing force to the conventional wisdom in intellectual and political matters today.
Following his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1929, Leon Trotsky promoted the birth of an International Anti-Stalinist Communist movement which considered itself in opposition to the Communist International (Comintern).
El periodo 1889-1914, estudiado en el volumen anterior en relacion con Rusia, Francia, Alemania e Inglaterra, es completado ahora con el analisis de esa corriente en el resto del mundo durante esos mismos anos, tan importantes como preludio de la primera Guerra Mundial.
This book explores possible and realistic alternatives to a capitalism that is no longer sustainable, whether economically, socially, or for a habitable planet.
Few could have imagined ten years ago where we'd be in America today: We are confronted on all sides by interminable crises that threaten the very fabric of our nation—from a border flooded with millions of migrants from all over the world, to a fentanyl crisis killing more American youths every year than the past three wars combined.
Die politische Linke hat lange versucht, ihre selbstgeschaffenen Probleme ihren Gegnern anzulasten, sodass deren Bekämpfung, innenpolitisch also der "Kampf gegen Rechts" (durch Repression), außenpolitisch der gegen Putin (durch Krieg), zum einzigen Thema ihrer Tagesordnung wurde.
"Wokismus und Hypermoralität: Anmerkungen zur neuen Tugendwächterei"In der gegenwärtigen politischen Debatte, bestimmen zunehmend moralische Überzeugungen die öffentliche Debatte.
