The Russians in the Arctic (1958) examines Soviet attitudes towards the Arctic, its exploration and opening for exploitation, and the impact of Soviet rule and policies on the peoples native to the vast Siberian wilderness.
Fugitive Politics explores the intersection between politics and ecology, between the requirements for radical change and the unprecedented challenges posed by the global crisis, a dialectic has rarely been addressed in academia.
This book, first published in 1989, examines the creation and implementation of Communist policy in Vietnam during the crucial period between the 1954 Geneva Conference and the establishment of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam in December 1960.
Winner of the 2020 European Walter Benjamin Prize, The Revolution is the Emergency Break is a rich discussion of Walter Benjamin's lesser-known writings by renowned social scientist Michael Lowy.
Contemporary bipartisan politics undermines socialist solidarity by ignoring class issues and pitting advocates of social justice against ethno-national chauvinists.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the largest and one of the most powerful, political organizations in the world today, which has played a crucial role in initiating most of the major reforms of the past three decades in China.
This book examines the fundamental issues of Marxism in the 21st century and explores its contributions through the explanatory framework of the unity of continuity and stages, spatial and temporal analysis, and the dialectical relationship of universality and particularity of Marxist historical development.
Two decades before the war against Ukraine, a "e;special operation"e; was launched against Russian historical memory, aggressively reshaping the nation's understanding of its history and identity.
His Majestys Opposition: Structure and Problems of the British Labour Party 19311938 offers an in-depth examination of the Labour Party during its pivotal years as His Majestys Opposition in Parliament.
This book examines social change in Hungary, commencing with the period of late-stage socialism, the country's immediate post-communist transition, its subsequent consolidation, and the emergence of authoritarian leadership since 2010.
The alt-right movement in the United States has actively been endorsing the use of left theory to achieve its ends-and with varying degrees of success.
In Marxism and America, an accomplished group of scholars reconsiders the relationship of the United States to the theoretical tradition derived from Karl Marx.
The collapse of Marxism in much of the Third World as well as Europe was so sudden and spectacular that it is hard to believe that in the space of seven years The Journal of Communist Studies could bring out special issues both on the creation of 'Military Marxist Regimes in Africa', and on their demise and the wider collapse of Marxist governments on the continent.
During the last two decades, the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have attempted to address the numerous human rights abuses that characterized the decades of communist rule.
In Local Heroes, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss analyzes a crucial aspect of one of the great dramas of modern times--the reconstitution of the Russian polity and economy after more than seventy years of communist rule.
In his latest book, veteran socialist writer Kim Moody masterfully analyzes the political impasse which has shaped the rise of a new socialist movement in the United States: recurring economic and political crises, sharp inequality, state violence, and climate catastrophe proceed apace as the right ascends across the world.
This book offers a geneaological understanding of the condition of our time by reconstructing the complex story of the transition from the "e;cyclical time"e; of the classic era to the "e;linear and infuturant time"e; of the modern world.
The story of Whittaker Chambers, HUAC, and the case that defined the McCarthy era, as reported by one of the twentieth century's most respected journalists.
Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism.
