Far-left political ideologies and movements

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During the spring and summer of 1918, with World War I still undecided, British, French and American agents in Russia developed a breathtakingly audacious plan.

Politiker, die sich als starke Führer präsentieren, haben weltweit besonders großen Zulauf.

This volume contains a collection of 55 newspaper columns written by H.

Most developed economies are characterized by high levels of inequality and an inability to provide stability or opportunity for many of their citizens.

This collection explores key themes in the contemporary critique of political economy, in honour of the work and practice of Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis - two of the most significant contemporary theorists of capitalism and anti-capitalism, whose contributions span half a century of struggle, crisis and debate.

What is to be done?

Drawing on research based on access to the recently-opened Soviet archives, this new edition provides a valuable thematic account of the nature of Stalinism.

This new reading of Gilles Deleuze forges a link between his early and later works by decoding his hidden agenda for communism.

The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum (1980) provides an analysis of the relevance of the Soviet planning system to oil production levels: why it is that planning has been the source of so many petroleum industry problems, and the nature of the measures that are being taken to overcome them.

The book is part of the recent effort to catch up with the research on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

This handbook advances the interdisciplinary field of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) by identifying thirty-five topics of ongoing research.

Originally published for the first time in English in 1979 this book represents one of the earliest Marxist analyses of the impact that colonialism had on Africa during the first half century that followed the Scramble.

The book provides new vistas on Karl Marx's political economy, philosophy and politics on the occasion of his 200th birthday.

Die Forschung zum bisher wenig aufgearbeiteten "Radikalenerlass" zielt ins Herz der westdeutschen Demokratiegeschichte.

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.

Philosophy, Society and the Cunning of History in Eastern Europe charts the intellectual landscape of twentieth century East-Central Europe under the unifying theme of 'precariousness' as a mode of historical existence.

This book analyzes contemporary critiques of political economy and highlights the challenges to rethinking contemporary discourses and practices.

Based on theatrical research of unusual depth and enterprise, Theatre as a Weapon (1986) shows how the workers' theatre of the 1920s and 1930s transformed the social function of theatre.

This book aims to reinvigorate the Marxist project and the role it might play in illuminating the way beyond capitalism.

This book intends to reflect the variety and diversity of the musical responses that arose in favour of the Republic and against fascism during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), encompassing a wide range of music (classical music, film music, popular music), geographies (the US, the URSS, Britain, Germany) and individuals (from well-known figures such as Paul Robeson and Dimitri Shostakovich, to unknown men and women).

This book, first published in 1999, analyses the history and major economic features of the Vietnamese reform process.

First published in 1985, this book provides a comprehensive reappraisal of the diverse Communist development strategies that shaped the twentieth century.

Marxist Ideology and Soviet Criminal Law (1980) is about differences between theory and practice in the Soviet Union.

In the struggle for a better world, setbacks are inevitable.

By linking building theory to the emancipatory project of critique advanced by radical thinkers in our time, this work investigates the key conceptual and historical elements that culminate in an emancipatory theory of building entitled: 'Toward a philosophy of shelter'.

This book presents a new picture of the politics, economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev.

The Middle East seems to be in perpetual crisis.

Hegel's Philosophy of Right (1820) articulated a startling new vision of modern society as an integrated whole governed by the principle of freedom-a vision that profoundly altered political theory and, through Hegel's influence on Marx, deeply changed the world in which we live.

There are two popular myths concerning the relationship between communism and nationalism.

Contemporary Soviet Government (1975) is a leading study of the practice of Soviet government, examined against a background of Soviet Marxism.

The film industry was an important propaganda element during the Cold War.

As China moved from a planned to a market economy many people expected that China's political system would similarly move from authoritarianism to democracy.

First published in 1984.

This book examines the policy, ideology and politics of Xi Jinping, State President and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China's "e;ruler for life.

The far left in Australia had significant effects on post-war politics, culture and society.

This book discusses how societies, groups and individuals remember and make sense of global neoliberal change in Eastern Europe.

The Spanish Anarchists and the Russian Revolution, 1917-24 explores the impact of the Russian Revolution on the world's most powerful anarchist movement, the Spanish National Confederation of Labour.

Written two years after the commencement of the Second World War, the chapters in this book succinctly put forward the case for reorganizing the foundations of the social order, by rejecting capitalism and historical equilibrium, both in Europe and further afield in the British Empire, in favour of building a Socialist civilization.

This volume analyzes US policy toward communist-ruled Poland in the fields of diplomacy, economy, culture, and public diplomacy.

The struggle in projects, ideas and symbols between the strongest Communist Party in the West and an anti-communist and pro-Western government coalition was the most peculiar founding element of Italian democratic political system after World War II.

A young man comes of age surviving the chaos following the victory of the Cuban revolution, starting as the youngest military commander and then engaging in resistance and espionage activities against the government.

Trotsky--brilliant publicist, enthusiastic speaker, organizer of the Red Army, eminent member of the Bolshevik Party during the first years of the Russian Revolution--has often been depicted as a romantic figure by biographers.

Catalonia: A New History revises many traditional and romantic conceptions in the historiography of a small nation.

First published in 1977.

Economic Trends in Soviet Russia (1930) examines the economic position of the USSR a decade after the Revolution.

This book explores the rise of two resistance movements in Yugoslavia after its invasion and partition by Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria in April 1941: one led by Draza Mihailovic's Chetniks, supporters of the Serb monarchy; and the Partisans, led by Josip Broz Tito and his Communist Party.

To the surprise of many, the Dalai Lama recently declared that, 'I am a socialist'.

The Being and Event trilogy is the philosophical basis of Alain Badiou's entire oeuvre.