Author : Leon Trotsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258006464
In Defense of Marxism
Leon Trotsky
In Defence Of Marxism
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In Defence of Marxism
Leon Trotsky
Author : Leon Trotsky
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
In Defence of Marxism by Leon Trotsky Pdf
This book is correctly regarded as one of Trotsky's finest classics. It is a product of a sharp polemic within the American Trotskyist movement during the period 1939-40. This was a dispute which touched on the very fundamentals of Marxism. It was for this reason that Trotsky himself participated in this struggle in the form of a series of articles and letters that are brought together in this volume. The issues covered concern the essence of Marxist theory and deal with such questions as: * The class nature of the Soviet state. * The defence of the Soviet Union against imperialist attack. * Bolshevik principles of organisation. * Dialectical Materialism. This book is Trotsky at his best: profound, concise and theoretically razor sharp.
In Defense of Marxism
Leon Trotsky,Lev Trotskii
Author : Leon Trotsky,Lev Trotskii
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Communism
ISBN : LCCN:73133395
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The Revolutionary Philosophy of Marxism
Karl Marx ,Friedrich Engels ,Alan Woods ,V.I. Lenin ,Leon Trotsky
Author : Karl Marx ,Friedrich Engels ,Alan Woods ,V.I. Lenin ,Leon Trotsky
Publisher : Marxist Books
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The Revolutionary Philosophy of Marxism by Karl Marx ,Friedrich Engels ,Alan Woods ,V.I. Lenin ,Leon Trotsky Pdf
A Selection of Writings on Dialectical Materialism by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Plekhanov, and Luxemburg, and Alan Woods. Edited by John Peterson with an Introduction by Alan Woods. On the bicentennial of his birth, Karl Marx’s ideas are more relevant than ever. While he is perhaps best known for his writings on economics and history, anyone who wishes to have a fully rounded understanding of his method must strive to master dialectical materialism, which itself resulted from an assiduous study and critique of Hegel. Dialectical materialism is the logic of motion, development, and change. By embracing contradiction instead of trying to write it out of reality, dialectics allows Marxists to approach processes as they really are, not as we would like them to be. In this way we can understand and explain the essential class interests at stake in our fight against capitalist exploitation and oppression. At every decisive turning point in history, scientific socialists must go back to basics. Marxist theory represents the synthesized experience, historical memory, and guide to action of the working class. The Revolutionary Philosophy of Marxism aims to arm the new generation of revolutionary socialists with these essential ideas.
What is Marxism?
Rob Sewell,Alan Woods
Author : Rob Sewell,Alan Woods
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781900007573
What is Marxism? by Rob Sewell,Alan Woods Pdf
In this epoch of instability, crisis, war and ever-growing inequality, Marxism is becoming an increasingly attractive proposition to millions of workers and young people around the world. The old mole of revolution, to use Karl Marx’s own phrase, is burrowing deep into the foundations of society. And yet we are repeatedly told that Marxism is either irrelevant, or out-dated, or even dead. Yet, if that were true, why are so many books and articles churned out year-on-year attacking Marxism? Clearly the powers that be are rattled or indeed frightened by these “dead” ideas. So what is this set of ideas that frightens them so much? Marxism – or scientific socialism – is the name given to the body of ideas first worked out by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels more than 150 years ago. In their totality, these ideas provide a fully worked-out theoretical basis for the struggle of the working class to attain a higher form of human society – socialism. This book is aimed specifically at newcomers to Marxism. A bestseller now in its second edition, it comprises introductory pieces on the three component parts of Marxist theory, corresponding broadly to philosophy, social history and economics: dialectical materialism, historical materialism and Marxist economics. Complementing these introductions are key extracts from some of the great works of Marxism written by its most outstanding figures – Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky.
Fascism
Leon Trotsky
Author : Leon Trotsky
Publisher : Aakar Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8187879440
Fascism by Leon Trotsky Pdf
Fascism, Which First Triumphed In Italy And Later In Germany And Afterwards In Many Countries As A Counter Revolutionary Mass Movement Showed Its Brutal Nature In Form Of A Bloody Dictatorship. It Proved Itself The Most Reactionary Rule Of The Bourgeoisie And Most Detrimental To The Working Class Movement. Today When The Advanced Capitalist Countries Also Facing The Economic Crisis, They Continuously Place Their Burden On The Underdeveloped Countries. As A Result Working Class And Toiling Masses Of Both Advanced And Backward Countries Face Immense Oppression. Alongside That The Fascist Movement Raises Its Head Everywhere. In India We Have Already Felt The Sound Of The Boots Of Indian Nazis And Seen The Terror Of Saffron Flag Bearers.This Pamphlet Is A Part Of Trotsky S Writings On Fascism. Trotsky, Along With Lenin, Developed The Theory Of Permanent Revolution In 1905, Later Was Expelled From Soviet Russia During Stalinist Regime. He Fought With His Marxist Analysis Within The Third International, But Defeated To The Bureaucratic Apparatus Of The Party. After The Communist Parties Under Moscow S Direction Made A Decisive Right Turn To Collaborate With Bourgeois Democracy Against Fascism And Thus Subordinated The Proletarian Struggle, Trotsky Founded The Fourth International In 1938. Trotsky S Ideas Still Presents Itself Between Latin American And European Mass Movements And In Some Cases In Asia Also.This New Edition Features An Introduction Looking An Eye On Indian Context With An Objective Of Reorienting The Programmatic Debate Within The Indian Left
The War Against Marxism
Tony McKenna
Author : Tony McKenna
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350201439
The War Against Marxism by Tony McKenna Pdf
Marxism has provided the ideological impetus to liberation movements, radical struggles and revolutions across the world. But in the 20th century, the emancipatory and democratic power of its thought has often been distorted and overridden by various Stalinist dictatorships which claimed to be acting in its name. A similar undermining of freedom of thought has been accomplished at an intellectual level; various schools have transformed Marxist thought in line with some of the most fashionable but gentrified forms of contemporary philosophy, shifting the focus from the democratic power of the masses and their ability to challenge the capitalist order to concentrate on superstar thinkers and elite theories. The War Against Marxism traces the war against Marxism which, paradoxically, has been conducted in the name of Marxism itself. As such it provides a fiery philosophical and polemical indictment of so-called 'Marxists' such as Adorno, Horkheimer, Althusser, Jameson, Eagleton, Mouffe, Laclau and Zizek and asks what can be done to stem this counterrevolution.
The History of Philosophy
Alan Woods
Author : Alan Woods
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The History of Philosophy by Alan Woods Pdf
Alan Woods outlines the development of philosophy from the ancient Greeks, all the way through to Marx and Engels who brought together the best of previous thinking to produce the Marxist philosophical outlook, which looks at the real material world, not as a static immovable reality, but one that is constantly changing and moving according to laws that can be discovered. It is this method which allows Marxists to look at how things were, how they have become and how they are most likely going to be in the future, in a long process which started with the early primitive humans in their struggles for survival, through to the emergence of class societies, all as part of a process towards greater and greater knowledge of the world we live in. This long historical process eventually created the material conditions which allow for an end to class divisions and the flowering of a new society where humans will achieve true freedom, where no human will exploit another, no human will oppress another. Here we see how philosophy becomes an indispensable tool in the struggle for the revolutionary transformation of society.
Karl Marx's Theory of History
G. A. Cohen
Author : G. A. Cohen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691213002
Karl Marx's Theory of History by G. A. Cohen Pdf
First published in 1978, this book rapidly established itself as a classic of modern Marxism. Cohen's masterful application of advanced philosophical techniques in an uncompromising defense of historical materialism commanded widespread admiration. In the ensuing twenty years, the book has served as a flagship of a powerful intellectual movement--analytical Marxism. In this expanded edition, Cohen offers his own account of the history, and the further promise, of analytical Marxism. He also expresses reservations about traditional historical materialism, in the light of which he reconstructs the theory, and he studies the implications for historical materialism of the demise of the Soviet Union.
In Defence of Trotskyism
Fourth International
Author : Fourth International
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015031434114
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In Defence of Lenin
Rob Sewell,Alan Woods
Author : Rob Sewell,Alan Woods
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 771 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
In Defence of Lenin by Rob Sewell,Alan Woods Pdf
John Reed, the author of Ten Days that Shook the World, once said that Lenin was the most loved and the most hated person alive. He was loved by tens of millions who wanted to change society, but hated by the ruling class and their apologists. As the leader of the Russian Revolution, Lenin was a man who changed the world. A convinced Marxist, he created the Bolshevik Party, the most revolutionary party in history. Lenin translated the ideas of Marxism into reality. It is now one hundred years since his death. The bourgeois historians continue to slander him and his ideas. The task of this book is to explain his real life and ideas, and to draw out the significance of Lenin. Given the ongoing capitalist crisis, his ideas are gaining an increasingly wide echo. In so many ways, Lenin is more relevant today than ever before. Over two volumes, this book traces Lenin’s life and explains his ideas, drawing on the colossal heritage of what he actually wrote and did. This book also features an appendix of Krupskaya’s writings on Lenin, a chronology and over 250 images.
Marxism and the USA
Alan Woods
Author : Alan Woods
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Marxism and the USA by Alan Woods Pdf
Marxism and the USA by Alan Woods was the first title produced by Wellred USA. The book was written at a time when George W. Bush was president, a time when many around the world – including many on the left – considered the U.S. to be one reactionary bloc, devoid of class struggle or revolutionary potential. Woods' aim was to dispel these misconceptions, draw on the marvelous traditions of struggle throughout U.S. history, and inspire those new to the ideas of Marxism to learn more – and get involved. Providing one example after another, he showed how the ideas of socialism and communism are not recent, "foreign" importations, but have deep roots in the American tradition itself. He also debunks many of the common misconceptions Americans have about socialism, taking up the question of socialism and religion, freedom vs. dictatorship, an explanation of what happened in the Soviet Union and more. Today there is an immense polarization of wealth in the U.S. between the extremely rich and the extremely poor. The years of boom have come to an end. In spite of its immense power, U.S. capitalism has entered a phase of terminal decline along with the rest of the world. This is reflected in the questioning by many ordinary working Americans of the society they live in. The ideas of Marxism can explain why society finds itself in this impasse and also offer a way out to American workers and youth. The American people and above all the American working class have a great revolutionary tradition. On the basis of great historical events they are destined to rediscover these traditions and to stand once more in the front line of the revolution as they did in 1776 and 1861. The future of the entire world ultimately depends on this perspective. And although today it may seem very far off, it is not so incredible as one might think. Marxism and the USA will serve as an introduction to the rich revolutionary history of the United States. The expanded second edition includes appendices on the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike, the early history of the Socialist Party, Shays's Rebellion, and Engels on the need for a labor party.
In Defence of Marxism
Leon Trotsky
Author : Leon Trotsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Communism
ISBN : UOM:39015001153371
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The Classics of Marxism
Karl Marx,Frederick Engels ,V.I. Lenin ,Leon Trotsky
Author : Karl Marx,Frederick Engels ,V.I. Lenin ,Leon Trotsky
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781900007900
The Classics of Marxism by Karl Marx,Frederick Engels ,V.I. Lenin ,Leon Trotsky Pdf
Following the great success of the first volume of the Classics of Marxism, a second volume is now published with five more important works. Wage Labour and Capital Karl Marx’s Wage Labour and Capital contains many important insights into the workings of the capitalist system and the way in which labour is exploited. With an excellent introduction by Frederick Engels. Value, Price and Profit Value, Price and Profit was first delivered as a speech delivered by Marx in June 1865, while he was working on the first volume of Capital that was published two years later. “Left-Wing” Communism: An Infantile Disorder In “Left-Wing” Communism we have Lenin’s exposition of the necessity to combine theoretical firmness with tactical and organizational flexibility in order to win the masses. In Defence of October Leon Trotsky’s work In Defence of October is the title of a speech delivered to a meeting of Social Democratic students in Copenhagen advancing the cause of the Russian Revolution. Stalinism and Bolshevism By contrast, in Stalinism and Bolshevism Trotsky examines the revolution’s bureaucratic degeneration which finally resulted in the Stalinist antithesis of the democratic workers’ state.
The Ideas of Karl Marx
Alan Woods
Author : Alan Woods
Publisher : Wellred Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781900007863
The Ideas of Karl Marx by Alan Woods Pdf
Marx was the best hated and most calumniated man of his time. Governments, both absolutist and republican, deported him from their territories. Bourgeois, whether conservative or ultra-democratic, vied with one another in heaping slanders upon him. All this he brushed aside as though it were a cobweb, ignoring it, answering only when extreme necessity compelled him. And he died beloved, revered and mourned by millions of revolutionary fellow workers – from the mines of Siberia to California, in all parts of Europe and America… His name will endure through the ages, and so also will his work. Two hundred years after the birth of the great revolutionary Karl Marx, across the world, the capitalist system is in crisis and the working class are moving into action to change their lives. In ruling class circles, no longer do they snidely declare the death of Marx. On the contrary, there is fear and consternation in their ranks. There has, therefore, never been a more urgent time to study his ideas. This short book, released for the two hundredth birthday of Marx, contains a series of articles on the man, his life, and his ideas: from an explanation of the philosophy of Marxism; to Marx’s battles against petty-bourgeois anarchist ideas; to Trotsky’s assessment of the Communist Manifesto. And much more! This book should be read by all class-conscious workers as the beginning of the study of the ideas of Marxism. As Lenin said, “without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement."