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Book SynopsisThe first English-language biography of Dmytro Dontsov, the “spiritual father” of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, this book contextualizes Dontsov’s works, activities, and identity formation diachronically, reconstructing the cultural, political, urban, and intellectual milieus within which he developed and disseminated his worldview.Trade ReviewIn addition to providing a thoroughly-researched story of Dontsov’s ideas and their evolution, Erlacher puts them into their proper historical context, providing an excellent overview of Ukrainian history in the early twentieth century. The picture of Dontsov that emerges is complex and controversial…[An] impressive work…A very useful tool for those that would like to understand the origins of the ideas that fueled Ukrainian nationalists and to do so in a way that is free from both Soviet propaganda and the patriotic fervor of some of the more recent Ukrainian historians. -- Maria Genkin * Apofenie *A nuanced, balanced, and much needed transnational intellectual history…Dontsov, his life, work, and thought have been presented in all their messy complexity. Those interested in Ukrainian integral nationalism will profit from reading this enlightening book. -- Patrice M. Dabrowski * Canadian Slavonic Papers *Erlacher has written the first definitive English language biography of Dmytro Dontsov, a scholarly tour de force…His study will provide an important addition to the relatively small number of academic studies of Ukrainian nationalism that are available in the English language. -- Taras Kuzio * Europe–Asia Studies *Engaging…A welcome contribution to European intellectual history as well as Russian, East European, and Ukrainian history. -- William Risch * Russian Review *Perhaps the most influential Ukrainian thinker of the twentieth century, Dmytro Dontsov underwent an ideological evolution that highlighted the trends common for much of East Central Europe. An unorthodox Marxist early on, he became the principal ideologue of interwar radical nationalism, then turned religious and conservative as an émigré in North America. It is impossible to understand Ukrainian nationalism without Dontsov, even if his flirtations with fascism represented a dead-end that was the opposite of the civic version of national identity embraced by post-Soviet, independent Ukraine. A tour-de-force of intellectual history, Trevor Erlacher’s book is a must for any person interested in Ukraine and its diaspora, as well as in the radical right of interwar Europe. -- Serhy Yekelchyk, author of Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to KnowUkrainian Nationalism in the Age of Extremes makes an important contribution to the study of the history of Ukrainian integral nationalism. Basing his study on the intellectual biography of the movements of main ideologue, Dmytro Dontsov, Trevor Erlacher explores the history of integral nationalism from its roots in the late Russian Empire all the way to the Cold War, examining it in various regional, cultural, and intellectual contexts. Erlacher shows how Dontsov’s views were shaped by widely varied experience: by living on political and cultural frontiers (first, in the Russian-Ukrainian state and later in the Ukrainian-Polish state), by his cosmopolitan interests and goals, and by his life journey, which took him to a number of different countries. This is, to date, the most successful endeavor to write a complete intellectual biography of perhaps the most controversial of Ukrainian political thinkers. The book is a must-read for students of nationalism in general and Eastern Europe and Ukraine in particular, and it will certainly find its way to a broad audience. -- Oleksandr Zaitsev, author of A Nationalist in the Age of Fascism: Dmytro Dontsov’s Lviv Period (1922–39)The son of a merchant in small-town, Russified Ukraine, Dmytro Dontsov experienced World War I and the Ukrainian struggle for independence and soon became the chief Ukrainian publicist propagating fanatical violence, hatred of Russians and Jews, and an alliance with Nazi Germany despite its anti-Ukrainian policies. Traveling widely and imitating foreign ideas and institutions, Dontsov was not only xenophobic but also cosmopolitan. His authoritarianism was accompanied by an iconoclastic dismissal of Ukrainian traditions and most of his fellow Ukrainians, including nationalist devotees. This book by Trevor Erlacher shows and explains in meticulous, spell-binding detail how this highly polarizing figure became the spiritual father of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. -- Karel C. Berkhoff, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and author of Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine under Nazi Rule

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Book SynopsisAn evolutionary framework is used to examine how the Chinese state relates with non-state actors across several fields of governance. This approach provides insight into the circumstances wherein the party-state exerts its coercive power versus engaging in more flexible responses or policy adaptations.

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Book SynopsisThe China Questions 2 assembles top experts to explore key issues in USChina relations today, including conflict over Taiwan, economic and military competition, public health concerns, and areas of cooperation. Rejecting a new Cold War mindset, the authors call for dealing with the world's most important bilateral relationship on its own terms.Trade ReviewA fresh, lively and insightful book that can be read by student and specialist alike in search of a synoptic view of the relationship. -- John Delury * Global Asia *A timely book. For general readers and students alike, these concise essays on critical aspects of the US-China relationship work very well. An impressive roster of authors collectively provides a broad overview of the many aspects of the relationship, going well beyond diplomacy and politics. The essays also work beautifully by themselves. -- Odd Arne Westad, author of Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea RelationsFocusing on the turbulent bilateral relationship between China and the United States, The China Questions 2 offers a wide range of accessible essays on topics from international relations to culture, in a tone that is lively and argumentative but always balanced. Overall, the book has a powerful message: the United States needs informed and clear-eyed engagement with China. -- Rana Mitter, author of China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New NationalismRequired reading. The authors are a who’s who of American scholars on US–China relations, and the topics include virtually everything that would be of concern to students, academics, and practitioners. At a time when there are too few books on the relationship generally, this fills a wide gap. The editors have my admiration. -- Stephen A. Orlins, President of the National Committee on United States–China Relations

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Book SynopsisVietnam focuses on how the country's governance shapes its politics, economy, social development, and international relations, as well as on the reforms required if it is to become a sustainable and modern high-income nation in the coming decades. This book features work by scholars from Vietnam, North America, and Europe.Trade ReviewIf you are going to read only one book on Vietnam to get up to speed with the state of scholarship on the country, this should be the one. A stellar cast of scholars looking at Vietnam from the rise of the party-state to its socioeconomic and diplomatic evolution gives readers an admirable compendium. -- Nayan Chanda, Ashoka University, former editor of Far Eastern Economic Review This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in how Vietnam transitioned from a poor, isolated country one generation ago to a rising Asian success story. Contributions cover both the economics and the politics of this ongoing transformation. -- David Dollar, Brookings Institution, former World Bank country economist for Vietnam and China This compilation provides a penetrating ringside glimpse into how Vietnam transitioned from a crippled centrally-planned economy into a global trading powerhouse and from a diplomatic pariah into a close partner of the U.S. and the West. The authors, including Vietnamese practitioners in and foreign advisers to the country's remarkable reform, detail the challenges Vietnam faces along the road to becoming a high-income nation, including a rigid political system, rampant corruption, growing economic inequality, serious environmental degradation, and a weak secondary education system. It is an invaluable read for anyone trying to understand this complex and dynamic country. -- Murray Hiebert, Center for Strategic and International Studies, author of Under Beijing's Shadow: Southeast Asia's China Challenge This is a critically important book that will be embraced by scholars of Vietnam and economic/political development more generally. The editors have assembled an astounding group of experts in a range of specialties from political science to economics to health to diplomatic history. Each chapter provides new insights that will enrich the knowledge of even long-term students of the country. -- Edmund Malesky, Duke University How can a communist party state coexist with a plural society? Read this book to find out! -- Stein Tonnesson, Peace Research Institute Oslo

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Book SynopsisThis book is an inquiry into the possibilities of politics in exile. The Mensheviks, driven out of Soviet Russia, functioned abroad in the West for a generation. For several years they also continued to operate underground in Soviet Russia, and succeeded in impressing their views on social democratic parties and Western thinking about the U.S.S.R.Trade Review[An] important new book...From the Other Shore raises the question of what would have happened if the Mensheviks had prevailed in 1917. Would they have gone the route of the Bolsheviks, laying the groundwork for the repressive totalitarianism to follow? Or would they have found another path committing themselves to a radical transformation of Russian society while at the same time...respecting the political liberties of their opponents?...Although Liebich identifies closely with Martov's group, he avoids the temptation of reading back into its history an early and absolute division from the Bolsheviks...Liebich asks us to see the Mensheviks as something more than political losers. They stand, he writes, 'at the very heart of the crisis of Marxism.' Our judgment of them as political actors and thinkers--as a possible alternative leadership for a revolutionary Russia--can help determine whether Marxism has any legitimate claim as a serious and honorable political tradition or deserves nothing better than its current consignment to the dustbin of history. -- Maurice Isserman * New York Times Book Review *This book is a tremendous piece of scholarship, charting the evolution of the Russian Menshevik leaders during 40 years of exile and their influence within the wider social-democratic parties, especially in Germany and Austria…for uncovering the extent of their influence and the significance of their analyses, Professor Liebich deserves our gratitude. -- Paul Hampton * Workers' Liberty *While the Bolsheviks have long had books--even libraries--devoted to them, the Mensheviks have had to wait until now for a first-rate account of their work and fate. André Liebich...has finally done justice to a group which history had dealt with unjustly. -- Theodore Draper * New York Review of Books *Table of ContentsPart 1 The Menshevik Family: a group portrait; a portrait gallery. Part 2 1903-1921: Mensheviks and Bolsheviks - a phenomenology of factions, the second congress and its aftermath, revolutionary rehearsal, after the revolution (1905), into the Great War; from exile to exile - war, revolution, facing Bolshevik power, within the party, personal itineraries. Part 3 1921-1933: inside and outside - settling into exile, the political economy of NEP, the nature of NEP Russia, the party underground, watching the Kremlin; Mensheviks and the wider world - into the international arena, Menshevik foreign relations, fraternal parties; Stalin's revolution - the great turn, socialist debates, the Menshevik trial. Part 4 1933-1965: hard times - life in France, contacts, the totalitarian nexus, purges and politics, search for unity, division and defeat; sea change - new roads and old, the last of the Martov line, the end of the foreign delegation, waging the Cold War, the American file, the final campaign; conclusion.

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Book SynopsisChina's move to an open market economy ended the political chaos and economic stagnation of the Cultural Revolution and sparked an unprecedented economic boom. Yet this success came at the cost of a weakening central government, increasing inequalities, and fragmenting society. The essays here explore this contradiction.Trade ReviewIt is not often that a collection of essays by academics can be read with profit by specialists and laity alike. But The Paradox of China’s Post-Mao Reforms is an important exception. In dealing with what will be the most fateful politico-economic relationship of the 21st century—that between the United States and mainland China—most of the contributors write in unjargoned English. There is no better introduction to the complexities—Taiwan, human rights, military expenditures, economic reforms, trade—of U.S.–China relations than this volume. -- Arnold Beichman * Washington Times *The economic reforms in China have had very complex, sometimes contradictory, effects. There has been no suitable volume to which one could turn for a complete view. This work contains a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the reforms by leading scholars in the field. -- Parks M. Coble, University of NebraskaAn excellent overview of the key areas of impact of economic reform on the Chinese polity and social groups through the eighties and more particularly in the nineties. Its focus on the non-economic aspects of reform is welcome as discussions of economic reform have tended to dominate compendiums in recent years. However, the book takes the economic reforms seriously and shows how they have impacted on the Party-state, affected notions of representation, restructured relations between the Party-state and society, and affected different social groups. It is an impressive tour de force of the reforms and their impacts and will be most welcome reading not only for the China specialist but also for those interested in transitions from communist rule in particular and from authoritarian regimes more generally. -- Anthony J. Saich, The Ford FoundationTable of ContentsPreface I. Introduction 1. Dynamic Economy, Declining Party-State Merle Goldman & Roderick MacFarquhar 2. China's Transition in Economic Perspective Barry Naughton II. Limited Political Reforms 3. Elite Politics Joseph Fewsmith 4. Party-Military Relations Paul H. B. Godwin 5. The National People's Congress Murray Scot Tanner 6. The Struggle over Village Elections Lianjiang Li & Kevin J. 0 'Brien 7. Mass Political Behavior in Beijing Tianjian Shi III. Fragmenting Society 8. The Changing Role of Workers Martin King Whyte 9. Farmer Discontent and Regime Responses Thomas P. Bernstein 10. China's Floating Population Dorothy J. Solinger 11. The New Middle Class David S. G. Goodman 12. The Rise of Private Business Interests Kitten Paths 13. The Emergence of Politically Independent Intellectuals Merle Goldman 14. Crime, Corruption, and Contention Elizabeth J. Perry Conclusion 15. The "State of the State" Richard Baum & Alexei Shevchenko Notes Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn Red Legacies in China, Mao-era legacies serve as a framework to examine the cultural productions and afterlives of the communist revolution in order to understand China’s continuities and transformations from socialism to postsocialism. Essays discuss arts, literature and film, language and thought, architecture, museums, and memorials.

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Book SynopsisEurope and Russia are pushing against each other in a contest of economic doctrines and political ambitions, seemingly erasing the vision of cooperation that emerged from the end of the Cold War. Thane Gustafson argues that natural gas serves as a bridge over troubled geopolitical waters, uniting the region through common economic interests.Trade ReviewTells a story that sheds new light on postwar Europe, as well as touching on many of the most important themes of that era…A richly detailed analysis written with a relaxed, lucid style…One of Gustafson’s central themes is the way that economics have often trumped politics in the European gas trade. -- Ed Crooks * Financial Times *Tells how ingenuity, determination and the logic of commerce overcame geopolitics in a way that illuminates not only the story of a molecule, but the recent history of a whole continent. -- Rupert Darwall * Wall Street Journal *What an excellent book. Imagine somebody—in this case Thane Gustafson—taking all those snippets of gas history you used to read about and turning them into a coherent, well-written narrative…Every topic should have a book like this about it. -- Tyler Cowen * Marginal Revolution *A readable, intelligent, even-handed historical interpretation of this modern economic relationship [between Europe and Russia]. * Nature *A must-read for anyone interested in energy and European or Russian political and economic history. -- John V. Bowlus * Energy Reporters *Sets out the genesis of Russia’s gas contract with Germany—and the West—and how it yet may be blown-up by increasing geopolitical tensions. -- Jason Corcoran * bne IntelliNews *Well worth a read for those wanting more insight into the mindsets of the main actors and what might influence the flow of Russian gas to Europe in the future. -- William Powell * Natural Gas World *Gustafson recounts the fascinating history of the rise of the Russian and European gas industries and the emergence of the Russian–European gas trade from its beginnings in the early cold war to the troubled present day…With his seminal works on the history of Soviet and Russian oil and gas, Gustafson has long established himself as the doyen in his field. The Bridge is yet another essential addition for all those interested in the modern history of fossil fuels, Russian–European economic relations, and the intriguing mechanisms underlying the Soviet/Russian decision-making process in the area of energy. -- Jeronim Perović * Journal of Modern History *A useful exploration of Europe’s energy future…Gustafson shows how the European Union has used its legal powers…to limit the ability of the Russian energy giant Gazprom to monopolize supply for the continent. He also outlines how the changing nature of the gas industry itself has shifted the balance of power. -- Neil Bhatiya * Foreign Affairs *[A] seminal work on Russia’s oil and gas industry. -- Liam Denning * Bloomberg *Comprehensive analysis… By tracking the role of natural gas through several countries—Russia and Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Norway—The Bridge details both its history and its likely future. -- Dominic Lenton * Engineering and Technology *Makes a provocative argument that gas is less of a geostrategic/geopolitical threat and in fact contributes to long-term stability in Europe. * BRINK *Highly informative…By providing a detailed and comparative examination of Russian–European gas relations since the 1960s, it enables the reader to develop a broader understanding of the cooperative and conflictual nature of Russian–European relations. Moreover, it provides a comprehensive picture of the past, present and even future of Russian–European gas relations. -- Taylan Özgür Kaya * Europe-Asia Studies *Elegantly written by one of the world’s experts on the subject, The Bridge deftly combines narrative and analysis with Gustafson’s own distinctive perspective. It tells an important story—the development of the gas relationship between Russia and Europe, the politics around it, and the circumstances and interaction of personalities that have shaped it. -- Daniel Yergin, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Prize and The QuestExtraordinarily well-researched and well-argued, this book provides an account of the economics and geopolitics of gas in Europe over recent decades. Anyone looking for pointers on how gas will feature in Europe’s increasingly low-carbon energy mix would be well advised to read this keen analysis of the future prospects for this less-polluting fossil fuel. -- Sir Philip Lowe, former Director-General of Energy, European CommissionThis compelling narrative illuminates one of the most important dimensions of Europe’s relations with Russia. The Bridge explains that Russia’s gas bridge is two-way, focusing on why, despite tense political relations and U.S. opposition, it continues to bind Russia and Europe together. -- Angela Stent, author of Putin’s World: Russia against the West and with the RestThis excellent book reveals the controversial and sophisticated forces driving Russian and European gas industries and trade. While we do not know whether this bridge will prevail, the outcome will be of crucial importance for the global economic and political landscape. -- Tatiana Mitrova, Director, Energy Center, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVOThe Bridge is an extremely fact-rich and thoroughly researched story about people, technology, and ideas within and around the European gas industry. Anyone wishing to understand and navigate the politics and business of European energy cannot ignore Gustafson’s insights. -- Gert Maichel, The Mobility House, former CEO of Wingas, and former senior manager of WintershallWell-researched and well-written. A very fine book. -- Jonathan Stern, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

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Book SynopsisExplores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. This book presents a sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). It demonstrates how both investors and hosts rely on social networks to make decisions about investment.Trade Review"While the book is a must read for scholars of postsocialism, it will also be of interest to economic sociologists and scholars and students of globalization, capital mobility and foreign investment, economic change, and economic development."--Christy M. Glass, Labour "Nina Bandelj has produced an outstanding piece of work on the postsocialist transformation in Eastern and Central Europe... The theoretical arguments are sophisticated and nuanced, and the empirical research behind them is outstanding. I commend the book to anyone interested in the structure of markets, the processes underlying foreign direct investment, and the processes of globalization more generally. It will be essential reading not only to those interested in postsocialist transitions but also to economic sociologists in general and to anyone interested in the social construction of markets."--Doug Guthrie, Administrative Science Quarterly "Nina Bandelj's first book is powerful and persuasive. Its strength comes from the author's personal involvement with the subject matter... The book contributes significantly to the literature on postsocialist transformation and builds upon well-known themes that have been developed since the 1990s to analyze the deep changes of the current decade... Definitely, this is a must read for both graduate students who are approaching the study of economic geography, economic sociology, globalization, and Eastern European studies and established scholars who are working on postsocialist transformation."--Christian Sellar, Economic GeographyTable of ContentsList of Tables ix List of Figures xi Acknowledgments xiii Prologue xvii CHAPTER 1: Social Foundations of the Economy 1 The Argument 2 A Social-Constructivist Perspective on Economic Organization and Action 8 The Empirical Case: Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe 16 CHAPTER 2: From Socialism to Postsocialism 29 Socialism 30 Challenges of the Transformation: Shock Therapy versus Gradualism 43 The Context of Transformation 46 Conclusion 64 CHAPTER 3: Institutionalization of FDI in Postsocialism 65 FDI as Instituted Process 66 Legitimization of FDI Practice 70 FDI Trends since 1989 88 Explaining FDI Inflows across Countries over Time 91 How Postsocialist States Create Markets 99 Conclusion 101 CHAPTER 4: Cross-Country Patterns in FDI Flows 103 From Country Characteristics to Relations between Countries 104 Social Relations as Determinants of FDI Flows 111 Embeddedness and Globalization 126 Conclusion 130 CHAPTER 5: Embeddedness of Organizational FDI Attempts 131 Invested Transactions: The Intricacies of FDI Attempts 131 What Determines FDI Transactions? 143 Network Embeddedness 145 Cultural Embeddedness 149 Political Embeddedness 155 Macro-Institutional Embeddedness 159 Embeddedness: Structures-Power-Culture Configurations 162 Conclusion 166 CHAPTER 6: Uncertainty and the Practice of FDI Transactions 168 Rethinking Instrumental Rational Action 169 Uncertainty 174 Practical Action Model 177 Substantive Varieties of Rationality 179 Procedural Varieties of Action 181 Logic of Decision-Making Practice: Routines, Emotions, Creativity 189 Conclusion 194 CHAPTER 7: Embedded Economies 196 Creation of Markets: From One Kind of Embeddedness to Another 196 Operation of Markets: Structures-Power-Culture Configurations 200 Varieties of Postsocialist Capitalism 206 Conclusion 218 Epilogue 221 Appendix on Method and Data Sources 223 Notes 243 References 255 Index 291

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Book SynopsisIdentifying the role of disputes over Marxist-Leninist ideology, this book traces their impact in sowing conflict between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China in the areas of economic development, party relations, and foreign policy.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2010 Marshall Shulman Book Prize, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Winner of the 2008 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University "An astonishingly well-documented, densely detailed history of the causes and development of the Sino-Soviet conflict from virtually every relevant perspective... The Sino-Soviet Split is a major achievement in Cold War history and the standard against which future scholarship on this subject likely will be judged for many years to come."--Charles K. Armstrong, The Moscow Times "[The Sino-Soviet Split] is well-researched and compellingly-argued, and helps illuminate a critical portion of the Cold War."--R.M. Farley, Choice "This is a solid study of the breakup of the Sino-Soviet alliance... Of all the available English-language works on this topic, this study stands out as the most extensive as well as balanced in using both Russian and Chinese materials... [T]his book is a welcome addition, not only to the Cold War international history literature, but also to the studies on contemporary alliance politics. Methodologically, too, it stands as a wonderful example of how effectively a multiarchival and multilinguistic approach can and should be used in Cold War studies."--Shu Guang Zhang, Slavic Review "Lorenz M. Luthi's well-informed book supersedes the others in its thoroughness in covering the critical events and drawing on archival evidence and memoirs that were unavailable until recently. It nicely balances treatment of both countries, carefully follows changing emphases as the split widened from 1956 to 1966, and keeps the focus on identifying the causes."--Gilbert Rozman, International History Review "Luthi offers new insight into numerous foreign policy relationships central to the Cold War, while also directing our attention to a series of still unexplored issues pertinent to the vast socialist bloc and the fascinating alliance between the Russians and the Chinese."--Austin Jersild, American Historical Review "The Sino-Soviet Split is an excellent study of how China's domestic politics (and particularly Mao's efforts to remain at the helm of China's political and socioeconomic development) informed its foreign policy in general and relations with the Soviet Union in particular. Seen in the context of China's domestic-foreign policy nexus, Luthi's monograph will be of great value to scholars who are interested in China's Cold War diplomacy and, more generally, an analysis of Chinese foreign policymaking."--Czeslaw Tubilewicz, Russian Review "It is clearly the work of an industrious and skilled researcher in control of his material. The Sino-Soviet Split is a valuable work that provides a bounty of raw material and research leads for others who seek to understand the course of the Sino-Soviet split."--Steven M. Goldstein, China Quarterly "This persuasive, thorough, and balanced history of the breakdown of Sino-Soviet relations in the late 1950s and 1960s should be considered essential reading for scholars interested in the Cold War."--Peter C. Pozefsky, HistorianTable of ContentsMaps viii Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations and Terms xiii Transliteration and Diacritical Marks xix Introduction 1 Chapter One: Historical Background, 1921-1955 19 Chapter Two: The Collapse of Socialist Unity, 1956-1957 46 Chapter Three: Mao's Challenges, 1958 80 Chapter Four: Visible Cracks, 1959 114 Chapter Five: World Revolution and the Collapse of Economic Relations, 1960 157 Chapter Six: Ambiguous Truce, 1961-1962 194 Chapter Seven: Mao Resurgent, 1962-1963 219 Chapter Eight: The American Factor, 1962-1963 246 Chapter Nine: Khrushchev's Fall and the Collapse of Party Relations, 1963-1966 273 Chapter Ten: Vietnam and the Collapse of the Military Alliance, 1964-1966 302 Conclusion 340 Essay on the Sources 353 Index 361

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List""This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of China’s military doctrine as it has evolved since the founding of the People’s Republic."---Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs"Meticulously analyzes China’s military strategy since 1945 . . . . A classic that is likely to have great long-term influence . . . . In this unstable environment, Professor Fravel’s book could hardly be timelier."---Chas W. Freeman, Jr., Book Post"This book is an outstanding contribution to the canon on Chinese military and strategic affairs . . . . Fravel’s new book is an instant classic and a mandatory reference source. I would recommend this volume to students of Chinese foreign policy, international relations, and military affairs without reservation."---James Mulvenon, China Quarterly"Taylor is an authority on the People’s Liberation Army, and his latest book is deeply researched and based on primary materials, providing a picture of the ways in which strategic thought in the Chinese military context has evolved over the years. It’s easy to recommend as a necessary reference volume for anyone writing on China’s contemporary approach to military affairs, rich in context and history."---Ankit Panda, War on the Rocks"An invaluable reference with great intellectual rigor and excellent explanation of sources and methods, Active Defense belongs in a prominent place in the bookshelf of all serious students of China security issues."---Andrew S. Erickson, Journal of Chinese Political Science"Fravel’s book is a worthwhile read. China experts and enthusiasts will find it especially compelling, as will those interested in military strategy."---Shai A. Kivity, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018""A . . . successful example of big think history. If war built the state, it also helped build the Communist Party. Vladimir Lenin's faction, the Bolsheviks, was particularly aided by World War I. And Communism, once in power, reversed Clausewitz’s famous dictum and made politics war by other means. The party often attacked the people--first in the Russia of Lenin and Stalin, but most especially in Mao Zedong’s China, from the Hundred Flowers movement to the Great Leap Forward and then the Cultural Revolution, killing untold millions of people. It’s a lively if depressing story."---Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times Book Review"The historiography on Marxism, as well as communist movements in general, is notoriously inaccessible; McAdams delivers a lucid and beautifully written volume that defies the norm, providing a highly readable study of the party." * Publishers Weekly *"Important. . . . Brilliant. . . . It's been nearly a decades since Robert Service’s Comrades presented readers with a history of Communism on a global scale, and although the idea is still as dead as Jacob Marley, McAdams finds even more to tell about it, and is fascinating and judicial the whole time he does so."---Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly"A brilliant and sweeping introduction to one of the most provocative political institutions of our times. . . . Vanguard of the Revolution provides intellectual provocation, historical breadth and an inspiration to take better care of our fragile democracies."---Yvonne Howell, Times Higher Education"It is a broad, comparative history of communist parties in power, one which required a tremendous amount of knowledge to write, and subtly but successfully undermines the easy equation of communism with totalitarianism that has been a liberal talking point for far too long."---Patrick Iber, Los Angeles Review of Books"The book excels in explaining the repertoire of methods whereby the new communist regimes that came to power after the Second World War tried to maintain their momentum. . . . Carefully plotted."---Stuart Macintyre, Sydney Morning Herald"Impressive."---Joshua Muravchik, Commentary"McAdams wrestles with a . . . profound puzzle: How was it, given the failure of Marx’s prophecies, that his ideas continued to animate communist parties and eventually led them to power in 24 countries?"---Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs"A groundbreaking book, Vanguard of the Revolution is a terrific read. . . . A magnificent book on [communism's] history and impact."---Andrew Fedynsky, Ukrainian Weekly"[Vanguard of the Revolution] offers an important new historiography of the idea not just of the Communist party but of Communism in the twentieth and now twenty-first century."---Bill V. Mullen, Russian Review"[T]his remains a compelling and necessary book."---George Bodie, Slavonic & East European Review"Vanguard of the Revolution is a very readable synthesis of the history of the communist party, from Marx and Engels’s manifesto to the collapse of the USSR. McAdams handles both the global sweep and the local details of each case he covers with an impressive assurance and levelheadedness, all while keeping his distance from the tired Cold War polemics that usually surround this subject."---Tony Wood, The Nation"McAdams explores the societal conditions that brought Communist movements to power. Ranging over the particular histories of Russia, China, Cuba, and many places in between, he deftly describes the upheavals wrought by modernization, war, and colonial oppression to explain Communism’s appeal. . . . McAdams is a master of classification and discerning difference. . . . As we now focus on ever darker challenges—illiberalism and xenophobic nationalism, environmental degradation, and religious fundamentalism—we run the risk of seeing Communism as a benign, quaint bête noire of the twentieth century. Fortunately, Vanguard of the Revolution reminds us otherwise."---Catherine Epstein, American Historical Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Financial Times Best History Book of the Year 2021""A Telegraph Best Book of the Year 2021""Books of this quality and significance are rare. Haslam has mined the archives of all the main players to produce an excellent, game-changing thesis that is as convincing as it is original."---Saul David, The Times"It may be a cliché to say this is a book every intelligent person ought to read, but it really is."---Simon Heffer, The Telegraph"Anyone interested in global tensions in the interwar period will learn much from the latest book of Jonathan Haslam. . . . He draws on a lifetime of expertise on the Soviet Union and Russian foreign policy to explain how fear of communism permeated international relations after 1917."---Tony Barber, Financial Times"Drawing on sources in English, French, Russian, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish from archives across Europe (and beyond), The Spectre of War is full of fascinating stories that offer a unique glimpse into the tormented world on the eve of the Second World War. Elegantly crafted, it offers the reader the knowledge of a scholar who has worked in the field for decades."---David Motadel, Times Literary Supplement"2021’s most impressive work of history pulls together hidden threads to show how fear of Bolshevism poisoned international relations between the wars." * A Telegraph Best Book of the Year *"One of the year’s most impressive pieces of research."---Simon Heffer, A Telegraph Best New History Book

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Book SynopsisDuring the years that the German Social Democratic party organization was legally suppressed by the Socialist Law, the movement underwent a fundamental transformation in its relationship to the traditions of political democracy and socialist theory with which it began in the 1860's. This history shows how, gradually adopting Marxian economic and poTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*CONTENTS, pg. xi*I. THE EMERGENCE AND EARLY ORIENTATION OF WORKING-CLASS POLITICAL ACTION, pg. 1*II. THE MATURATION OF THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT IN THE EIGHTEEN-SEVENTIES, pg. 39*III. DISINTEGRATION AND RECOVERY, pg. 70*IV. INVITATION FROM THE LEFT: ANARCHISM AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, pg. 106*V. RADICALS AND MODERATES: Two VIEWS OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICS, pg. 129*VI. INVITATION FROM THE RIGHT: STATE SOCIALISM AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, pg. 155*VII. GROWTH OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY CREATES A MAJOR CRISIS FOR THE PARTY, pg. 176*VIII. THE DEEPENED PARLIAMENTARY INVOLVEMENT: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO REVOLUTIONARY EXPECTATIONS AND POLITICAL DEMOCRACY, pg. 213*IX. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS AT BAY, pg. 241*X. THE ST. GALL CONGRESS AND THE SUPREMACY OF AUGUST BEBEL, pg. 263*XI. THE END OF THE SOCIALIST LAW: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY'S VICTORY AND CHALLENGE, pg. 291*XII. THE HERITAGE OF THE SOCIALIST LAW EPOCH FOR SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, pg. 320*APPENDIX A. The Gotha Program, 1875, pg. 333*APPENDIX B. The Erfurt Program, 1891, pg. 335*APPENDIX C. Text of the Socialist Law, pg. 339*BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY, pg. 347*INDEX, pg. 367

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. xi*Chapter One: The Evolution of Soviet Eastern Policy: 1917-1928, pg. 1*Chapter Two: Early Soviet Policies in Practice: Southeast Asia in the 1920's, pg. 80*Chapter Three: Eastern Strategies in Abeyance: 1930-1935, pg. 142*Chapter Four: United Front in Southeast Asia: 1935-1941, pg. 207*Chapter Five: Southeast Asian Communism in Suspension: 1941-1947, pg. 249*Chapter Six: Engagement and Disengagement in Southeast Asia: 1948-1954, pg. 351*Epilogue, pg. 475*Short Biographies, pg. 485*Chronology, pg. 497*Bibliography, pg. 527*Index, pg. 551

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Book SynopsisIn 1919 American Communist Party member Benjamin Gitlow was arrested for distributing a “Left Wing Manifesto,” a publication inspired by the Russian Revolution. In recreating Gitlow, Marc Lendler opens up the world of American radicalism and brings back into focus a number of key figures in American law.

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Book SynopsisA collection of Marxist writings covering political economy, historical materialism, dialectics, state theory, class, and fetishismTable of ContentsIntroduction - Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn and Kosmas Psychopedis 1. Against Historical Materialism: Marxism as First-Order Discourse - Richard Gunn 2. Historical Materialist Science, Crisis and Commitment - Joseph Fracchia and Cheyney Ryan 3. Interpretation of the Class Situation Today: Methodological Aspects - Antonio Negri 4. The Inversion of Class Perspective in Marxian Theory: From Valorisation to Self-Valorisation - Harry Cleaver 5. Crisis, Fetishism, Class Composition - John Holloway

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Book SynopsisA radical overview of the post-communist world which challenges the political neurosis of the leftTrade Review'This ambitious trilogy by the Russian scholar and activist Boris Kagarlistky offers an intriguing diagnosis of the plight of the Left at a moment when its fortunes may be starting to change for the better' -- Times Literary Suplement'An ambitious assessment of the current state of the left worldwide, offers an antidote to [the] assumption that there is no alternative to neo-liberalism' -- Red PepperTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Left As it Is 2. De-Revising Marx 3. The Return of the Proletariat 4. New Technologies and New Struggles Notes Index

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Book SynopsisLively and enlightening presentation of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, educating people on the real state of affairs behind the "People's War".Trade Review'Invaluable background to the world's most vigorous Maoist movement, and insight into the theory and practice underlying contemporary Maoism elsewhere in South Asia and globally' -- Gary Leupp, professor of history at Tufts University and Coordinator of the Asian Studies Program'Probably the best, if not only, account of how the Maoists built their organisation and movement, and of how they operate and govern' -- Stephen Mikesell, author of Class, State and Struggle in Nepal: Writings 1989-1995'This is a lively, exciting and enlightening presentation of the true portrait of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal' -- Padma Ratna Tuladhar, independent left leader, senior human rights leader and one of the facilitators in the peace talks between His Majesty’s Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Map Preface:1996-2004: Eight Years of People’s War in Nepal Introduction 1. Meeting the People’s Army 2. Villages of Resistance 3. The Raid on Bethan 4. Rifles and a Vision 5. Revolutionary Work in the City 6. General Strike in Kathmandu Carrying the Story Forward: The Problem of Disinformation 7. Land in the Middle 8. Hope of the Hopeless in Gorkha 9. Preparing the Ground in the West 10. Learning Warfare by Waging Warfare in the West Carrying the Story Forward: Revolutionary Policies 11. People’s Power in Rolpa 12. Guns, Drums, and Keyboards 13. Teachers in a School of War Carrying the Story Forward: Children in the War Zone 14. Martyrs of Rolpa 15. Families of Martyrs: Turning Grief into Strength Carrying the Story Forward: The Rising Death Toll 16. Women Warriors 17. New Women, New People’s Power Carrying the Story Forward: The Fight for Women Leaders 18. Magar Liberation 19. Preparing for War in Rukum 20. Starting and Sustaining People’s War in Rukum 21. Camping with the People’s Army 22. Red Salute in the West Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat connects Marxism and Sci-fi?Trade Review'This collection marks a red shift in thinking about the history, form, and impact of science fiction literature and film. In robust dialectical manoeuvres, the essays, by a dynamic mix of scholars, simultaneously revive, critique, and transform the vibrant tradition of Marxist sf criticism. The book is a timely, readable, and incisive intervention in contemporary cultural critique' -- Tom Moylan is Glucksman Professor of Contemporary Writing in English and Director of the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies at the University of Limerick.'Shows what science fiction criticism can do when Marxist critical practice is joined by science studies and the rest of theory. The results are tremendously exciting and powerful, explaining not just a genre but our world' -- Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars trilogyTable of ContentsIntroduction Rough Guide to a Lonely Planet, from Nemo to Neo, by Mark Bould Part One: Things to come 1. The Anamorphic Estrangements of Science Fiction, by Matthew Beaumont 2. Art as 'The Basic Technique of Life': Utopian Art and Art in Utopia in The Dispossessed and Blue Mars, by William J. Burling 3. Marxism, Cinema and Some Dialectics of Science Fiction and Film Noir, by Carl Freedman 4. Spectacle, Technology and Colonialism in Sf Cinema: The Case of Wim Wenders's Until the End of the World, by John Rieder Part Two: When worlds collide 5. The Singularity is Here, by Steven Shaviro 6. Species and Species Being: Alienated Subjectivity and the Commodification of Animals, by Sherryl Vint 7. Ken MacLeod's Permanent Revolution: Utopian Possible Worlds, History and the Augenblick in the Fall Revolution quartet, by Phillip Wegner Part Three: Back to the future 8. 'Madonna in moon rocket with breeches': Weimar sf film criticism during the stabilisation period, by Iris Luppa 9. The Urban Question in New Wave Sf, by Rob Latham 10. Towards a Revolutionary Science Fiction: Althusser's Critique of Historicity, by Darren Jorgensen 11. Utopia and Science Fiction Revisited, by Andrew Milner Afterword Cognition as Ideology: A Dialectic of Sf Theory, by China Miéville Appendices Left Sf: Selected and annotated, if not always exactly recommended, works Critical and theoretical works About the contributors Index

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Book SynopsisArgues that the Second World War was about a division of the world between the great powers, as well as a rising of ordinary people against fascism.Trade Review'Superb' -- John Newsinger, Review 31'A much-needed, accessible work portraying the political and military intricacies of the Second World War from a Marxist perspective. A major achievement' -- George Clode, Deputy Editor, Military History Monthly'One of the single best popular histories of the war's origins and consequences that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I highly recommend it' -- Alex Anievas, Anna Biegun Warburg Junior Research Fellow, Oxford University'A comprehensive and detailed alternative history of the origins, cause and aftermath of World War II from a Marxist standpoint. His claim that it was in no way a war for democracy and against fascism will provoke wide-ranging debate' -- Ian Birchall, historian and author of 'Tony Cliff: A Marxist for His Time'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Competing Empires at a Time of Economic Crisis 2. The Allied Powers 3. The Axis Powers 4. The Countdown to War 5. The Early War 6. Russia: The Crucible of Victory 7. The End of the Third Reich 8. Resistance in Europe 9. Asia and the Pacific 10. The East is Red 11. The Post-War World Conclusion Timeline Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA rethinking of popular political movements, this book looks at new, emerging, mass visions and analyses their impact and potential in new ways.Trade Review'Readers will be vastly rewarded by this outstanding book and its understanding of the class struggles of social movements' -- Adam David Morton, University of Sydney, Australia'The authors refresh historical materialism and social movement theory in this imaginative, lucid book' -- Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag'A stunning read, one that every activist - and anyone concerned with the world around us - should read. Beautifully written in many places - with elegant, lucid argument, and with some great turns of phrase that open whole new windows of understanding' -- Jai Sen'A hugely important book, a must-read for those interested in movement-relevant theorising with the goal of engaging in praxis leading towards a future beyond capitalism' -- Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsPreface: About This Book 1. ‘The This-Worldliness of Their Thought’: Social Movements and Theory 2. ‘History Does Nothing’: The Primacy of Praxis in Movement Theorising 3. ‘The Authors and the Actors of Their Own Drama’: A Marxist Theory of Social Movements 4. ‘The Bourgeoisie, Historically, Has Played a Most Revolutionary Part’: Social Movements from Above and Below in Historical Capitalism 5. ‘The Point Is to Change It’: Movements from Below against Neoliberalism Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow Latino communities are transforming the politics of race, migration and labour in the US.Trade Review'A provocative book ... a timely intervention on Mexican American politics and labour' -- Congressman Raul M. Grijalva'This is a remarkable analysis of Latino politics and labour in this period of market-driven madness and unruly democracy ... a compelling critique of our political economy as well as offering us democratic alternatives' -- Rodolfo F. Acuna, Professor Emeritus and Founder, Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Northridge and author of Occupied America (2014).'Studies of Latino politics in the past have largely failed to locate their discussions in the context of the American capitalist political economy and the class divisions that it fosters and that shape so much of the country's political and cultural struggles. The Latino Question provides a pathbreaking and extraordinary account of contemporary Latino politics' -- Mario Barrera, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley and author of Race and Class in the Southwest (1979).'This is a necessary book in these political times. Well researched and clearly written it exposes the problems and possibilities emergent when engaging and understanding the intersection of Latino politics in the American context. Rich in description and analysis the authors offer a lasting reminder that there is much and overlooked diversity amongst, across and within the matrix political category whose shorthand has too often been reduced to the word 'Latino' ' -- Marcus Anthony Hunter, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, CHAIR, Department of African American Studies, UCLATable of ContentsFigures and Tables Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction 1. Mexican Mass Labour Migration in a Not-So-Changing Political Economy 2. Hegemony, War of Position and Workplace Democracy 3. Poverty in the Valley of Plenty: Mexican Families and Migrant Work in California 4. Racism, Capitalist Inequality, and the Cooperative Mode of Production 5. Working but Poor in the City of Milwaukee: Life Stories 6. Feasting on Latina/o Labour in Multicultural Los Angeles 7. After Latino Metropolis: Cultural Political Economy and Alternative Futures Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA modern, introductory approach to Antonio Gramsci’s writingsTrade Review'There is little doubt that Gramsci has become one of the most relevant thinkers of the 20th century influencing many fields of contemporary scholarship. Fillippini's Using Gramsci is a tribute to this' -- Cosimo Zene, SOAS, University of London, editor of The Political Philosophies of Antonio Gramsci and B. R. Ambedkar (Routledge, 2013)'Concise and lucid' -- Marx & Philosophy Review of BooksTable of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. Ideology 2. The Individual 3. Collective Organisms 4. Society 5. The Crisis 6. Temporality Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays exploring the Marxist and feminist theorisation in education and learning.Trade Review'A tremendously insightful, compelling book which promises to revolutionise thinking around adult learning and education' -- Aziz Choudry, Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University'Addresses the totality of capitalist social relations through a theoretical and historical lens, offering a fresh analysis of abstraction, ideology and critical consciousness' -- Kumkum Sangari, William F. Vilas Research Professor of English and the Humanities, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee'Superbly written and invites the reader into an engaging exchange on the most important theoretical development in our field today' -- John Holst, Associate Professor, Leadership, Policy and Administration, University of St ThomasTable of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Revolutionary Feminist Praxis 2. What is ‘Critical’ About Critical Educational Theory? 3. Learning and the ‘Matter’ of Consciousness in Marxist Feminism 4. Centring Marxist Feminist Theory in Adult Learning 5. Institutional Ethnography: A Marxist Feminist Analysis 6. Capitalist Imperialism as Social Relations: Implications for Praxis, Pedagogy and Resistance 7. Learning by Dispossession: Democracy Promotion and Civic Engagement in Iraq and the United States Index

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the enduring legacy of Rosa Luxemburg and her importance for activists and intellectuals alike.Trade Review'An authoritative book that offers a compelling insight into the life and work of Rosa Luxemburg. Meticulously researched, this book showcases Nixon's breadth of scholarship, insight and critical imagination ... A significant contribution to the field of intellectual history' -- Tanya Fitzgerald, La Trobe University'Jon Nixon's absorbing encounter with Rosa Luxemburg's controversial legacy is at once a scholarly and thoroughly enjoyable reading of this remarkable thinker of 'the political'... and a timely reminder that Luxemburg's iconoclastic voice should play a decisive role in critical discussions of global politics today' -- Patrick Hayden, Professor of Political Theory and International Relations, University of St Andrews'Nixon is a superb biographical historian where he examines Luxemburg's life, and the story reaches through history to speak to us today. A book that is a must for all those who are committed to social justice and democracy, but recognise the challenges involve' -- Professor Helen Gunter, The University of Manchester'Jon Nixon provides us with a very well-written and detailed examination of Rosa Luxemburg and the historical and current importance of her work. This is a fine introduction to a compelling historical figure' -- Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Can Education Change Society?Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements A Note to the Reader PART I - TAKING HISTORY AS IT COMES 1. The Long Apprenticeship 2. Entering History PART II - THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN 3. Political Struggle 4. Political Agency 5. Political Purpose PART III - THINKING DIFFERENTLY 6. History is Now 7. The Long Revolution Coda: ‘I Was I Am I Shall Be’ Glossary: Dates and Events, Organisations and People Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the enduring legacy of Rosa Luxemburg and her importance for activists and intellectuals alike.Trade Review'An authoritative book that offers a compelling insight into the life and work of Rosa Luxemburg. Meticulously researched, this book showcases Nixon's breadth of scholarship, insight and critical imagination ... A significant contribution to the field of intellectual history' -- Tanya Fitzgerald, La Trobe University'Jon Nixon's absorbing encounter with Rosa Luxemburg's controversial legacy is at once a scholarly and thoroughly enjoyable reading of this remarkable thinker of 'the political'... and a timely reminder that Luxemburg's iconoclastic voice should play a decisive role in critical discussions of global politics today' -- Patrick Hayden, Professor of Political Theory and International Relations, University of St Andrews'Nixon is a superb biographical historian where he examines Luxemburg's life, and the story reaches through history to speak to us today. A book that is a must for all those who are committed to social justice and democracy, but recognise the challenges involve' -- Professor Helen Gunter, The University of Manchester'Jon Nixon provides us with a very well-written and detailed examination of Rosa Luxemburg and the historical and current importance of her work. This is a fine introduction to a compelling historical figure' -- Michael W. Apple, John Bascom Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Can Education Change Society?Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements A Note to the Reader PART I - TAKING HISTORY AS IT COMES 1. The Long Apprenticeship 2. Entering History PART II - THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN 3. Political Struggle 4. Political Agency 5. Political Purpose PART III - THINKING DIFFERENTLY 6. History is Now 7. The Long Revolution Coda: ‘I Was I Am I Shall Be’ Glossary: Dates and Events, Organisations and People Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking history of Communist organisations and struggle in the Caribbean, focusing on women, peasants of colour and black workers.Trade Review'An essential book for those who want to understand the democratic history of the world, of how ordinary people lived extraordinary lives to fight for a just and true society' -- Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World'In this ambitious and original study, Margaret Stevens uncovers networks of working class organization forged against racism, colonialism, and capitalism. Sharply argued and passionately written, Stevens compels us to both study and strive towards a bold radical vision of international solidarity' -- Christina Heatherton, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Barnard College'Recommended' -- CHOICETable of ContentsList of Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Bolshevism in Caribbean Context 1. The Dark World of 1919 2. Hands Off Haiti! 3. El Dorado Sees Red Part II: Two Steps Forward 4. Every Country Has a Scottsboro 5. The ‘Black Belt’ Turned South and Eastward Part III: Race, Nation and the Uneven Development of the Popular Front 6. The Temperament of the Age 7. Good Neighbors and Popular Fronts 8. Of ‘Dogs, Hogs and Haitians’ Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking history of Communist organisations and struggle in the Caribbean, focusing on women, peasants of colour and black workers.Trade Review'An essential book for those who want to understand the democratic history of the world, of how ordinary people lived extraordinary lives to fight for a just and true society' -- Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World'In this ambitious and original study, Margaret Stevens uncovers networks of working class organization forged against racism, colonialism, and capitalism. Sharply argued and passionately written, Stevens compels us to both study and strive towards a bold radical vision of international solidarity' -- Christina Heatherton, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Barnard College'Recommended' -- CHOICETable of ContentsList of Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Bolshevism in Caribbean Context 1. The Dark World of 1919 2. Hands Off Haiti! 3. El Dorado Sees Red Part II: Two Steps Forward 4. Every Country Has a Scottsboro 5. The ‘Black Belt’ Turned South and Eastward Part III: Race, Nation and the Uneven Development of the Popular Front 6. The Temperament of the Age 7. Good Neighbors and Popular Fronts 8. Of ‘Dogs, Hogs and Haitians’ Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the relationship between Marxist theory and Artificial Intelligence.Trade Review'Indispensable reading for all those who want to understand the relationship between artificial intelligence and capitalism' -- Christian Fuchs, author of 'Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter''A radical and provocative reading. The authors' criticisms of left accelerationism are timely and persuasive, their conclusion is bracing but necessary.' -- Sarah Kember, author of 'iMedia: The Gendering of Objects, Environments and Smart Materials''A fascinating and pioneering work that deploys Marx to understand contemporary AI capitalism. An exemplary contribution to understanding how machine learning is changing our world and transforming communist strategy' -- Nick Srnicek, author of 'Platform Capitalism''A disturbing but essential addition to the rapidly growing literature on the risks posed by capitalist-conceived AI' -- Morning StarTable of ContentsSeries Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: AI-Capital 1. Means of Cognition 2. Automating the Social Factory 3. Perfect Machines, Inhuman Labour Conclusion: Communist AI Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA compelling and accessible textbook, by a pre-eminent Marxist literary critic.Trade Review'Invigorating and lucid - a fine introduction to Marxism in general and to Marxist literary criticism. Foley has done a superb job writing a book that is useful both for novices and for teachers who wish to show how literature is inescapably connected to the material world' -- Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of 'The Sympathizer''Widely surveying contemporary critical theory and practice, Barbara Foley's magisterial book demonstrates the crucial significance of Marxism to our historical moment, and it will be a valuable resource for students, critics, and activists for years to come' -- Robert T. Tally Jr., Texas State University'Foley deftly sketches the lineaments of traditional Marxism, then some main interests of traditional criticism, and then shows in readings of literary texts what depth of insight comes from conjoining the two traditions. I warmly recommend this book especially for those who want to change the world as well as interpret it' -- Richard Ohmann, Wesleyan University'This is a book many have longed for. Readers of literature will find Foley's lucid exposition of Marxist criticism an invaluable guide.' -- Rosemary Hennessy, Rice UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Prologue PART I: MARXISM 1. Historical Materialism Materialism Production Dialectics Class Base and Superstructure Relative Autonomy Mediation Levels of Generality 2. Political Economy Commodities Commodity Fetishism Labor Power and Exploitation Surplus Value Alienation Capital 3. Ideology Three Definitions of Ideology in Marx Dominant Ideology Relative Autonomy and Mediation Revisited Ideology as Smorgasbord Reification Interpellation Hegemony and Alternative Hegemony PART II: LITERATURE 4. Literature and Literary Criticism Defining Literature Fictionality Density Depth Concreteness and Particularity Showing Not Telling Defamiliarization Universality Empathy Individuality Group Identity Formal Unity Autonomy Beauty Greatness 5. Marxist Literary Criticism Rhetoric and Interpellation Ideology Critique Symptomatic Reading Humanism Realism Proletarian Literature and Alternative Hegemony 6. Marxist Pedagogy Alienation Rebellion Nation War Money Race and Racism Gender and Sexuality Nature Mortality Art Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA passionate collection rediscovering the work of two giants of autonomist Marxism and feminism.Trade Review'An impassioned tribute' -- LSE Review of Books'In this labour of love, radical theory joins passionate praxis to honour the social thought and political vision of Silva Federici and George Caffentzis, whose work together and apart offers hope that another world can be made' -- Eileen Boris, co-author of 'Caring for America''The path breaking work of Caffentzis and Federici is continually generative for contemporary anticapitalist thinkers and activists because it is at once critical and visionary. This fine collection of essays pays homage to their writing not through mere praise, but by putting their ideas to work toward the ongoing struggle for new understandings and better worlds' -- Kathi Weeks, author of 'The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries''We need comrades with a clear sight and an open, affective heart. Many of us have found in George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici that company... And here they are, to celebrate them, with an exceptional cohort of intellectuals/activists, with compas, who are saying today what needs to be said to continue the struggle, to resist the horror and to create a new world' -- Gustavo Esteva, activist, 'deprofessionalised intellectual' and founder of Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, Mexico'No one has taught us more that communism is with us than George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici... the greatest living theorists of commoning' -- Stefano Harney, co-author of 'The Undercommons''This collection offers an extraordinary kaleidoscope of critical reflections on social reproduction and class struggle. More than that, it is fitting testimony to the inspiration and grounding that Silvia and George continue to provide for those seeking a life beyond the sway of capital' -- Steve Wright, author of Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist MarxismTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Always Struggle - Camille Barbagallo, Nicholas Beuret and David Harvie I - REVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES 1. In Conversation with George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici - Carla da Cunha Duarte Francisco, Paulo Henrique Flores, Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes and Joen Vedel 2. Comradely Appropriation - Harry Cleaver 3. The Radical Subversion of the World - Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar 4. Strange Loops and Planetary Struggles: A Postscript to Midnight Notes - Malav Kanuga II - MONEY AND VALUE 5. Cogito Ergo Habo: Philosophy, Money and Method - Paul Rekret 6. Thomas Spence’s Freedom Coins - Peter Linebaugh 7. Standardisation and Crisis : The Twin Features of Financialisation - Gerald Hanlon 8. Reading ‘Earth Incorporated’ through Caliban and the Witch - Sian Sullivan III - REPRODUCTION 9. WTF is Social Reproduction? - Nic Vas and Camille Barbagallo 10. Extending the Family: Reflections on the Politics of Kinship - Bue Rübner Hansen and Manuela Zechner 11. They Sing the Body Insurgent - Stevphen Shukaitis 12. The Separations of Productive and Domestic Labour: An Historical Approach - Viviane Gonik 13. Another Way Home: Slavery, Motherhood and Resistance - Camille Barbagallo 14. Along the Fasara – A Short Story - P.M. IV - COMMONS 15. The Strategic Horizon of the Commons - Massimo De Angelis 16. A Vocabulary of the Commons - Marcela Olivera and Alexander Dwinell 17. A Bicycling Commons : A Saga of Autonomy, Imagination and Enclosure - Chris Carlsson 18. Common Paradoxes - Panagiotis Doulos 19. The Construction of a Conceptual Prison - Edith Gonzalez V - STRUGGLES 20. In the Realm of the Self-Reproducing Automata - Nick Dyer-Witheford 21. Notes from Yesterday: On Subversion and the Elements of Critical Reason - Werner Bonefeld 22. Sunburnt Country: Australia and the Work/Energy Crisis - Dave Eden 23. Commons at Midnight - Olivier de Marcellus 24. Practising Affect as Affective Practice - Marina Sitrin Contributor Biographies Index

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Book SynopsisA passionate collection rediscovering the work of two giants of autonomist Marxism and feminism.Trade Review'An impassioned tribute' -- LSE Review of Books'In this labour of love, radical theory joins passionate praxis to honour the social thought and political vision of Silva Federici and George Caffentzis, whose work together and apart offers hope that another world can be made' -- Eileen Boris, co-author of 'Caring for America''The path breaking work of Caffentzis and Federici is continually generative for contemporary anticapitalist thinkers and activists because it is at once critical and visionary. This fine collection of essays pays homage to their writing not through mere praise, but by putting their ideas to work toward the ongoing struggle for new understandings and better worlds' -- Kathi Weeks, author of 'The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries''We need comrades with a clear sight and an open, affective heart. Many of us have found in George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici that company... And here they are, to celebrate them, with an exceptional cohort of intellectuals/activists, with compas, who are saying today what needs to be said to continue the struggle, to resist the horror and to create a new world' -- Gustavo Esteva, activist, 'deprofessionalised intellectual' and founder of Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, Mexico'No one has taught us more that communism is with us than George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici... the greatest living theorists of commoning' -- Stefano Harney, co-author of 'The Undercommons''This collection offers an extraordinary kaleidoscope of critical reflections on social reproduction and class struggle. More than that, it is fitting testimony to the inspiration and grounding that Silvia and George continue to provide for those seeking a life beyond the sway of capital' -- Steve Wright, author of Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist MarxismTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Always Struggle - Camille Barbagallo, Nicholas Beuret and David Harvie I - REVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES 1. In Conversation with George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici - Carla da Cunha Duarte Francisco, Paulo Henrique Flores, Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes and Joen Vedel 2. Comradely Appropriation - Harry Cleaver 3. The Radical Subversion of the World - Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar 4. Strange Loops and Planetary Struggles: A Postscript to Midnight Notes - Malav Kanuga II - MONEY AND VALUE 5. Cogito Ergo Habo: Philosophy, Money and Method - Paul Rekret 6. Thomas Spence’s Freedom Coins - Peter Linebaugh 7. Standardisation and Crisis : The Twin Features of Financialisation - Gerald Hanlon 8. Reading ‘Earth Incorporated’ through Caliban and the Witch - Sian Sullivan III - REPRODUCTION 9. WTF is Social Reproduction? - Nic Vas and Camille Barbagallo 10. Extending the Family: Reflections on the Politics of Kinship - Bue Rübner Hansen and Manuela Zechner 11. They Sing the Body Insurgent - Stevphen Shukaitis 12. The Separations of Productive and Domestic Labour: An Historical Approach - Viviane Gonik 13. Another Way Home: Slavery, Motherhood and Resistance - Camille Barbagallo 14. Along the Fasara – A Short Story - P.M. IV - COMMONS 15. The Strategic Horizon of the Commons - Massimo De Angelis 16. A Vocabulary of the Commons - Marcela Olivera and Alexander Dwinell 17. A Bicycling Commons : A Saga of Autonomy, Imagination and Enclosure - Chris Carlsson 18. Common Paradoxes - Panagiotis Doulos 19. The Construction of a Conceptual Prison - Edith Gonzalez V - STRUGGLES 20. In the Realm of the Self-Reproducing Automata - Nick Dyer-Witheford 21. Notes from Yesterday: On Subversion and the Elements of Critical Reason - Werner Bonefeld 22. Sunburnt Country: Australia and the Work/Energy Crisis - Dave Eden 23. Commons at Midnight - Olivier de Marcellus 24. Practising Affect as Affective Practice - Marina Sitrin Contributor Biographies Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is the relevance of Marx's Capital to contemporary political struggles?Trade Review'The ideal introduction to Marx for a new generation of activists, and a fresh reading for Marxist scholars. Like 'Reading Capital Politically', it demonstrates that Marx’s work speaks directly to the struggles of our time' -- Silvia Federici'Shows that Marxism can be joined with feminist and workerist thought to achieve a broader and more exacting understanding of how class struggle still shapes our world's history' -- George Caffentzis, founder of Midnight Notes Collective'Stands out from [other interpretations of 'Capital'], foregrounding the resistance of waged and unwaged people alike. Brings Marx to life and shows the continuing relevance of his work' -- Brett Caraway, Professor of Media Economics and Law, University of Toronto'This essential interpretation shows how all kinds of contemporary activists can apply Marx's analysis to pull us back from an otherwise catastrophic future. A highly charged tool for revolution' -- Anitra Nelson, author of 'Small is Necessary: Shared Living on a Shared Planet' (Pluto, 2018) 'There are many books about Marx and Capital, but Harry Cleaver's achieves a unique synthesis of energy and organisation. This is a singular work by a great Marxist scholar.' -- Nick Dyer-Witheford, author of 'Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex''Masterfully illuminates the particulars of Marx's great work. He brings alive to readers what might otherwise appear as dry, abstract concepts, and shows how people's lives are in thrall to these ideas.' -- David Sherman, author of 'Sartre and Adorno: The Dialectics of Subjectivity'Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Sources and Citations 1. Introduction 2. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy 3. Part Eight: So-called Primitive Accumulation - Chapters 26–33 4. Part One: Commodities and Money - Chapters 1–3 5. Part Two: The Transformation of Money into Capital - Chapters 4–6 6. Part Three: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value - Chapters 7–11 7. Part Four: The Production of Relative Surplus-Value - Chapters 12–15 8. Part Five: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value - Chapters 16–18 9. Part Six: Wages - Chapters 19–22 10. Part Seven: The Process of Accumulation of Capital - Chapters 23–25 11. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisA historical analysis of radical left parties and movements in Europe spanning the late 1960s to the anti-austerity movements of the late 2000sTrade Review'A rare and nothing less than perfect example of the Radical Left in Europe. It not only helps one to understand the cauldron of European politics but also contributes to a much needed (re) interpretation of the political itself' -- Michalis Spourdalakis, Emeritus Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens'The concept of ‘newness’ framing Charalambous’ sophisticated historical sociology, magnifies the significance of the New Left for subsequent mobilisations and gives serious consideration to anarchism in movement activism’ -- Ruth Kinna, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University'This interesting volume investigates the identity, rhetoric and organisation of the radical left, looking at the legacies of the past, but also to the capacity for innovation during three recent waves of protest’ -- Donatella Della Porta, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence'Astutely follows debates surrounding radical democracy, solidarity, internationalism, universalism, nationalism and anti-capitalism. Anyone interested in the trajectory of the European radical left will benefit enormously from reading this volume' -- Stefan Berger, Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute for Social Movements at Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany‘Proposes a new way to understand the European radical left […] An exciting work of scholarship, a very fresh approach’ -- Gerassimos Moschonas, Professor of Comparative Politics, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece'The ‘radical left’ has often been seen as marginal. This fascinating book reconceives it as a political family important to European political development in general. It will make readers think differently’ -- George Ross, Professor Emeritus of Labour and Social Thought, Brandeis University, US'The broad historical and intellectual sweep of this work opens the door to a new multifaceted analysis of the radical left. A valuable tool for understanding what is possible for the left in this tumultuous age' -- Kate Hudson, General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Preface Part I - Mobilisation, Resistance and the European Radical Left 1. Introducing the Approach 2. Analytical Framework Part II - ‘Newness’ across Movement Waves and through Time 3. Social Movement Identities and Left Radicalism 4. Patterns in Social Movement Rhetoric 5. Organising in (Every Subsequent) Movement Part III - Past and Present of European Radical Left Parties 6. Radical Left Party Identities in Motion 7. Continuities and Changes in Radical Left Party Rhetoric 8. Party Organisation on the European Radical Left 9. Conclusions: A Unified Retrospective Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHow can we use Social Reproduction Theory to inform political strategy?Trade Review'Timely, urgent and highly original. Jaffe provides social reproduction theory with a sustained discussion of its ethical stakes and implicit assumptions, offering important theoretical and philosophical tools to make us able to wage political struggle, and possibly win.' -- Cinzia ArruzzaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Cinzia Arruzza Introduction: Why Theorize Social Reproduction? 1. Social Reproduction Theories as Frameworks for Empirical Analysis 2. Power as Potentiality or the Critical Dimension of Labor Power 3. The Question of Immanence and the Social Form of Labor Power 4. The Body and Gender in Social Reproduction Theory 5. Reproducing Intersections and Social Reproduction 6. The Socialist Horizon of Emancipation 7. Social Reproduction Theory and Political Strategy Postscript Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe classic text on the history and theory of fascism, revised for the twentieth anniversary of its first publicationTrade Review'David Renton's thoughtful and open-minded study shines a light on this often misunderstood political current and contains vital lessons for anti-fascists today' -- Daniel Trilling, author of 'Lights in the Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe''An invaluable book showing us again why and how Marxists have been the best interpreters and fighters against fascism. Renton's updates make this even more urgent reading for taking on the return of fascist ideas in our time' -- Bill V. Mullen, author of 'James Baldwin: Living in Fire''This book is so much more than a historical survey because Renton’s detailed description of the development, growth and successful establishment of pre-war fascist regimes chimes worryingly with contemporary times' -- Morning Star'Fascism: History and Theory not only remains a thorough account of interwar Marxism’s understanding of fascism, but also provides a strong argument for a vital understanding of fascism, both in analysis and as practice' -- ROAR'A nuanced and intelligent discussion of what constitutes fascism' -- CounterpunchTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Anti-Fascist Wager 1. Interwar Fascism 2. An Alternative Method 3. Marxists against Mussolini and Hitler 4. Benjamin, Gramsci, Trotsky 5. Beyond 1933 6. Marxists and the Holocaust Conclusion: A Specific Form of Reactionary Mass Movement Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA watershed moment in transgender theoryTrade Review'A terrific collection of essays - I couldn't put it down' -- Kathi Weeks, author of 'The Problem with Work' (Duke UP, 2011)'A vibrant and much needed collection - not just for trans people - but the left in general' -- Shon Faye, author of 'The Transgender Issue' (Penguin, 2021)'Stunning ... trans becomes in these pages the vibrant event of a historical materialism from below, intimate and urgent' -- Jules Gill-Peterson, author of 'Histories of the Transgender Child' (University of Minnesota Press, 2018)'Powerful ... with stunning sophistication and insights, 'Transgender Marxism' challenges capitalism's social foundations in gendered patterns of property, work, and entitlement to develop new forms of sociality beyond the family and its dyadic sexual division' -- Petrus Liu, author of 'Queer Marxism in Two Chinas' (Duke University Press, 2015)'Brilliant, thoughtfully researched, and compelling. An immense contribution to the trans liberation struggle and to trans studies scholarship' -- Dean Spade, Associate Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law'Is there a transgender Marxism? This pioneering collection shows that the answer is there are many - inspired by psychoanalysis, union organizing, queer communities, Black struggles and more. Material realities matter, tremendously, in trans lives; and trans experiences can change our thinking about both capitalism and liberation' -- Raewyn Connell, author of 'Gender: In World Perspective' (Polity, 2020)‘A powerful contribution to the legacy of a Marx’ -- ‘Anti-Capitalist Resistance’‘This book provides the stepping-stones towards that much-needed Marxism, finally acknowledging the material realities and best strategies for all working class, oppressed trans people globally’ -- ‘Ebb magazine’Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction - Jules Joanne Gleeson and Elle O'Rourke 1. Social Reproduction and Social Cognition: Theorizing (Trans)gender Identity Development in Community Context - Noah Zazanis (reproductive health research assistant, New York) 2. Trans Work: Employment Trajectories, Labour Discipline and Gender Freedom - Michelle O'Brien (New York University) 3. Judith Butler's Scientific Revolution: Foundations for a Transsexual Marxism - Rosa Lee (editor at Viewpoint Magazine) 4. How Do Gender Transitions Happen? - Jules Joanne Gleeson 5. A Queer Marxist Transfeminism: Queer and Trans Social Reproduction - Nat Raha (University of Sussex) 6. Notes from Brazil - Virginia Guitzel (philosophy student, Federal University of ABC) 7. Queer Workerism Against Work: Strategising Transgender Labourers, Social Reproduction & Class Formation - Kate Doyle Griffiths (lecturer, Brooklyn College and editor of Spectre Journal) 8. The Bridge between Gender and Organizing - Farah Thompson (Black, bisexual trans woman who does tech while living in San Diego) 9. Encounters in Lancaster - JN Hoad (DIY transsexual in the North West of the UK) 10. Transgender and Disabled Bodies - Between Pain and the Imaginary - Zoe Belinsky (independent scholar) 11. A Dialogue on Deleuze and Gender Difference - The Conspiratorial Association for the Advancement of Cultural Degeneracy (Cultural Degeneracy and Sacrilege - a pseudonymous dialogue between friends) 12. Seizing the Means: Towards a Trans Epistemology - Nathaniel Dickson (PhD candidate, University at Bufflalo) 13. 'Why Are We Like This?' The Primacy of Transsexuality - Xandra Metcalfe (psychoanalytic communist and noise artist based in Melbourne) 14. Cosmos Against Nature in the Class Struggle of Proletarian Trans Women - Anja Heisler Weiser Flower (artist living in San Francisco) Afterword: One Utopia, One Dystopia - Jordy Rosenberg (Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst) Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA timely, ambitious and unique book that traces the history and present state of leftist politics in ChinaTrade Review'Ruckus has taken on the task of encapsulating for a western audience the history of the Left in China, where it stands today, and its prospects … comprehensive, detailed, and strikingly insightful' -- Brian Chee-Shing Hioe, Founding Editor of New Bloom'A must-read portrayal of the development of the left in China from the 1950s to the present, with important insights on how, despite its revolutionary rhetoric, the Chinese Communist Party has been an anti-left-wing force. Essential reading for global activists and scholars who believe a more egalitarian, democratic world is possible' -- Elaine Hui, School of Labour and Employment Relations, The Pennysylvania State University'In this riveting analysis, Ruckus rescues left politics' from the monopoly of the Chinese state and recenters the motor of history around social struggles from below - a much needed perspective in understanding China from the international left' -- Yige Dong, Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Buffalo, US'With the Left at odds over how to understand the Chinese party-state and its growing international influence, Ralf Ruckus’ thorough but clearly written new book does a great service by shifting our attention to the oppositional movements of Chinese workers, peasants, students, and women who have contested inequality and exploitation over the past century-plus, often in the face of severe repression' -- Manfred Elfstrom, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, and author of 'Workers and Change in China: Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness'‘Raucous’ -- ‘The Wire China’‘Ruckus … has an enviable ability to summarise complex histories in a compact and readable form’ -- ‘rs21’‘A timely and clarifying intervention … Ruckus’ careful attention to historical detail allows the categorical broadness of “the left” to instead draw out the depth and continuity of non-party dissent that suffuses the PRC’s history.’ -- ‘Lausan’Table of Contents1. Introduction: Understanding the Left in the People’s Republic 2. Against Broken Promises: Workers Claim Equality and Participation in the Socialist 1950s and 1960s 3. For a Better Future: Worker Movements Demand Democratic Reforms in the 1970s and 1980s 4. Defense and Nostalgia: Social Struggles Drive Leftist Resistance in the 1990s and 2000s 5. Social Unrest and Organizing: Challenges for the CCP in the Capitalist 2000s and 2010s 6. Conclusions: Social Discontent and Left Opposition in Socialism and Capitalism Epilogue

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Book SynopsisSixty illustrated profiles of those who fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil WarTrade Review'A real treasure that we can't stop exploring' -- 'La Republica''Real and very human ... Reliving these lives, today, is more important than ever' -- 'Cazarabet''Told with skill, sensitivity and rigor, [...] these are the stories that Jordi Mart-Rueda has been collecting for years. They fought for ideals in a battle against fascism - a global threat that remains to this day' -- 'El Temps''An excellent introduction to the world of the International Brigades' -- 'AB Origine''Brings us close to the most human face of war' -- 'El Salto''An extraordinary book. Perceptively written, beautifully translated and accompanied by wonderful photographs, it brings us close to the heroism and sacrifices of those who risked their lives in the fight against fascism' -- Paul Preston, author of 'The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge''A beautiful, touching tribute to the everyday heroes who battled so bravely in the fight against fascism' -- Maxine Peake, actorTable of ContentsForeword by Jordi Borràs Acknowledgments Translator’s Preface Introduction: Living and Reliving Lives of the Brigadistes: The Bravest Woman in Barcelona Painter and Miliciana The Nielsen Brothers Welcome to the War, Penny Phelps The Long March The Nurse from Harlem The Road The Enemy César Covo The Bullet That Didn’t Whistle The Girl With the Truck Words and Bullets Even the Olives Are Bleeding The Man Who Made History Smiles The Nameless The Decision Len Crome Capitana Etchebéhère Silence The Patient Dr. Jolly George Nathan’s Last Wish The Writer Who Didn’t Want to Write Hot Water Beating the Odds Mothers Harry Fisher Don’t Close Your Eyes Ernst Busch Annie Murray Erika Glaser Frank Ryan Merriman The Legend Jimmy Rutherford The Guerrilla Warrior Patience Darton The Irishman René Cazala’s Last Shot Valediction Fear The Man Who Invented Things Nan Green’s Blood The Heroine The Hill Hill 666 The Last Man A Glass of Wine Before Dying Braina Voss Courage Write My Name The Landless Paula Draxler Frida Stewart Roberto Vincenzi Where is My Home? Aileen Colonel Fabien Rol-Tanguy Notes Sources List of Photographs Index

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Book SynopsisA new take on a powerful and revolutionary movementTrade Review'I do not know of any other book that so effectively explains socialist feminism and brings it into conversation with global social movements. At a time when feminism is under fire, Afary has given us a powerful teaching tool!' -- Rosemary Hennessy, author of 'Materialist Feminism and the Politics of Discourse''A powerful critique of authoritarianism, capitalism, sexism, racism and other forms of tranny. Afary unpacks the complicated plethora of gender, race and class theories to show us the way toward a contemporary approach to socialist feminism that is revolutionary' -- Romarilyn Ralston, Black feminist abolitionist and Executive Director of Project Rebound at California State Fullerton'I highly recommend this very readable yet highly rigorous retelling and refiguring of socialist feminism. Afary's claim that humanism is far more flexible than the version that was dismissed in the 1980s is provocative and compelling' -- Judith Grant, Emerita Professor at Ohio University in Athens'When many of us are feeling discouraged with the state of our countries and of the world, Frieda Afary's timely book shows the way to understanding, consciousness, and activism. This book can help prepare young people to improve societies. As the grandmother of two African-American females, I am profoundly grateful for this amazing volume' -- Mary Elaine Hegland, Professor of Anthropology at Santa Clara University'Frieda Afary has dared to challenge the world of intellectuals to define a new action paradigm. How do women protect themselves? Afary debunks the distortions in the 'self to other' relationships, and critically analyses the conditions leading us toward peril and destruction. Whether you read this book all at once or in small settings with friends, you will be better prepared to live within the 21st century' -- Wonda Powell, Emerita Professor of History, Los Angeles Southwest College'Afary's work is important because it goes beyond theoretical inquiry to also include how the clashes of important powers impact the struggles of many people in their everyday lives today, particularly women and people of colour' -- Lisbeth Gant-Britton, author of 'Holt African American History'Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rethinking Socialist Feminism to Find a Pathway Out of Authoritarian Capitalism and Develop a Humanist Alternative 1. The Pandemic, the #MeToo Movement, and Contradictory Developments in Gender Relations 2. Distinctive Features of Authoritarian Capitalism/Imperialism Today and the New Challenges of Black Lives Matter and Global Uprisings 3. Women, Reproductive Labor, and Capital Accumulation: Theories of Social Reproduction 4. Alienated Labor and How It Relates to Gender Oppression 5. Black Feminism and Intersectionality 6. Queer Theories 7. Theorizing a Socialist Humanist and Feminist Alternative to Capitalism 8. Overcoming Domination: Reconceptualizing the Self-Other Relationship Conclusion: Socialist Feminist Revolutionary Organizing in the Twenty-First Century

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Book Synopsis150 years after the publication of Marx's Capital, this edited collection explores the book's relevance today.Trade Review'Addresses not only capital and labour, and early experiments in socialism, but also questions of gender, ecology, and imperialism. What we learn is that reading Marx's Capital in the present as history can renew our vision of a more egalitarian world beyond capitalism: that of socialism in the twenty-first century' -- John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review'Celebrates and interrogates Marx's Capital for its meaning today, as the neoliberal counterrevolution mutates into ever more grotesque political and economic forms. For reading Marx in our time, Schmidt and Fanelli have gathered a series of vital interventions on some of the most important theoretical and political themes in Marx for the struggles that lie in front of us' -- Greg Albo, Political Science, York University'[A]n ideal text for collective that has studied Capital and wants to explore the possibilities of its application. ... It can help socialists to explore new ways that they might use Capital in their political struggles and the fight for socialism.' -- Marx & Philosophy Review of BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction: Capital After 150 Years - Ingo Schmidt and Carlo Fanelli 1. Capital and the History of Class Struggle - Ingo Schmidt 2. Capital and the First International - William A. Pelz 3. Capital and Soviet Communism - Anej Korsika 4. Capital and the Labour Theory of Value - Prabhat Patnaik 5. Capital and Gender - Silvia Federici 6. Capital and its ‘Laws of Motion’: Determination, Praxis and the Human Science/Natural Science Question - Peter Gose and Justin Paulson 7. Capital and the Labour Process - Paul Thompson and Chris Smith 8. Capital and Organized Labour - Carlo Fanelli and Jeff Noonan 9. Capital and Ecology - Hannah Holleman 10. Imagining Society Beyond Capital - Peter Hudis Notes on Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis150 years after the publication of Marx's Capital, this edited collection explores the book's relevance today.Trade Review'Addresses not only capital and labour, and early experiments in socialism, but also questions of gender, ecology, and imperialism. What we learn is that reading Marx's Capital in the present as history can renew our vision of a more egalitarian world beyond capitalism: that of socialism in the twenty-first century' -- John Bellamy Foster, editor of Monthly Review'Celebrates and interrogates Marx's Capital for its meaning today, as the neoliberal counterrevolution mutates into ever more grotesque political and economic forms. For reading Marx in our time, Schmidt and Fanelli have gathered a series of vital interventions on some of the most important theoretical and political themes in Marx for the struggles that lie in front of us' -- Greg Albo, Political Science, York University'[A]n ideal text for collective that has studied Capital and wants to explore the possibilities of its application. ... It can help socialists to explore new ways that they might use Capital in their political struggles and the fight for socialism.' -- Marx & Philosophy Review of BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction: Capital After 150 Years - Ingo Schmidt and Carlo Fanelli 1. Capital and the History of Class Struggle - Ingo Schmidt 2. Capital and the First International - William A. Pelz 3. Capital and Soviet Communism - Anej Korsika 4. Capital and the Labour Theory of Value - Prabhat Patnaik 5. Capital and Gender - Silvia Federici 6. Capital and its ‘Laws of Motion’: Determination, Praxis and the Human Science/Natural Science Question - Peter Gose and Justin Paulson 7. Capital and the Labour Process - Paul Thompson and Chris Smith 8. Capital and Organized Labour - Carlo Fanelli and Jeff Noonan 9. Capital and Ecology - Hannah Holleman 10. Imagining Society Beyond Capital - Peter Hudis Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA history of Italian workerist theory, taking in Antonio Negri, Mario Tronti and Sergio BolognaTrade Review'The best account in English of the developments of autonomous politics in Italy in the 1960s and '70s' -- Michael Hardt, co-author with Antonio Negri of Empire'As the most wide-ranging, historically nuanced and theoretically incisive treatment of the contested tradition of operaismo, Wright's book is an indispensable contribution to the study, critique or revitalisation of Italy's foremost contribution to Marxian heterodoxy' -- Alberto Toscano Goldsmiths, University of London'A vital, lucid contribution to understanding how the red threads of Marxism are being rewoven into the fabric of twenty-first century radicalism' -- Nick Dyer-Witheford, author of Cyber-Proletariat and Cyber-MarxTable of ContentsForeword by Harry Cleaver Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Weathering the 1950s 2. Quaderni Rossi and the Workers' Enquiry 3. Classe Operaia 4. New Subjects 5. The Creeping May 6. Potere Operaio 7. Toni Negri and the Operaio Sociale 8. The Historiography of the Mass Worker 9. The Collapse of Workerism 10. Conclusion Postscript: Once More, With Feeling: A Bibliographic Essay Afterword to the Italian Edition by Riccardo Bellofiore & Massimiliano Tomba Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA history of Italian workerist theory, taking in Antonio Negri, Mario Tronti and Sergio BolognaTrade Review'The best account in English of the developments of autonomous politics in Italy in the 1960s and '70s' -- Michael Hardt, co-author with Antonio Negri of Empire'As the most wide-ranging, historically nuanced and theoretically incisive treatment of the contested tradition of operaismo, Wright's book is an indispensable contribution to the study, critique or revitalisation of Italy's foremost contribution to Marxian heterodoxy' -- Alberto Toscano Goldsmiths, University of London'A vital, lucid contribution to understanding how the red threads of Marxism are being rewoven into the fabric of twenty-first century radicalism' -- Nick Dyer-Witheford, author of Cyber-Proletariat and Cyber-MarxTable of ContentsForeword by Harry Cleaver Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Weathering the 1950s 2. Quaderni Rossi and the Workers' Enquiry 3. Classe Operaia 4. New Subjects 5. The Creeping May 6. Potere Operaio 7. Toni Negri and the Operaio Sociale 8. The Historiography of the Mass Worker 9. The Collapse of Workerism 10. Conclusion Postscript: Once More, With Feeling: A Bibliographic Essay Afterword to the Italian Edition by Riccardo Bellofiore & Massimiliano Tomba Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsisaeo First single--authored, comprehensive introduction to post--communism. aeo A thematic, comparative approach which also includes brief histories of each of the former communist states and a wealth of information. aeo A well--known author with an established reputation in this area.Trade Review"While the daily news from East Europe has provided many of us with a continuous sense of surprise and uncertainty ever since 1989, Holmes has sat down to write a masterful, as well as daring, synthetic account of what is going on in the region. The reader of this ambitious exercise in real time historiography, including the undergraduate beginner in the emerging sub-discipline of East European 'transitology', is offered a wealth of country portraits, original typologies, and systematic 'before-and-after' comparisons. Both in its conceptual and empirical parts, the book is a highly stimulating and insightful companion to any observer of East European history in the making." Claus Offe, Humboldt University, Berlin "As well-informed as it is broad-ranging, the book pays due attention to historical context as well as to political, social and economic change in the 1990s." Archie Brown, St Antony's College, Oxford "Clearly written and comprehensive in its scope, this is probably the best introduction to the politics of post-communism that is currently available." Stephen White, University of Glasgow "Holmes has done a great service in attempting to define post-communism. He has brought together a massive amount of data from nearly 30 countries and provided real insight through his organisation and interpretation." Survival "Leslie Holmes has written an encyclopedic introduction to post-communism as it exists in the former communist states of Eastern Europe and the former USSR ... His discussion ranges widely across countries, concepts and empirical data. Stimulating in many of the points he makes, and insightful. This book is a mine of useful information, a fine introduction to the subject.' Australian Journal of Political Science "[A] fine book." Political Studies "Holmes's volume is a very readable textbook and a comprehensive analysis of post-communism in theorectical as well as practical terms. It offers a comparision of late communism and early post-communism and highlights general phenomena in a comparative context." G?bor Stojanovits, Loughborough University, Journal of European Area StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Terminology and Map. Part I Theories and Approaches. . 1. On Communism and Post-Communism. 2. Theories of the Collapse of Communist Power. Part II Transition to post-Communism: The Revolutions of 1989-1991. . 3. Eastern Europe. 4. The USSR. 5. The Survivors. 6. A Comparative Overview. Part III Early Post-Communism. . 7. Institutional Politics. 8. The Economies. 9. Social Policies and Problems. 10. Civil or Uncivil Societies?. 11. Changing Allegiances. Part IV Conclusions. 12. Some Concluding Remarks. Bibliography. Index.

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