Saturday May 25th, 2013

Marxism & Socialism

The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism

The Theory of Monopoly Capitalism

An Elaboration of Marxian Political Economy

This is the first systematic discussion of the Marxian political economy of Paul Baran, Paul Sweezy, Harry Magdoff, and Samir Amin. John Foster explains their theoretical contributions and situates these in the context of on-going debates on economic theory.… | more |

Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Vol III: The Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Vol III: The Dictatorship of the Proletariat

In this third volume of his definitive study of Karl Marx’s political thought, Hal Draper examines how Marx, and Marxism, have dealt with the issue of dictatorship in relation to the revolutionary use of force and repression, particularly as this debate has centered on the use of the term “dictatorship of the proletariat.” Writing with his usual wit and perception, Draper strips away the layers of misinterpretation and misinformation that have accumulated over the years to show what Marx and Engels themselves really meant by the term.… | more |

The Faltering Economy

The Faltering Economy

Paperback, 357 pages ISBN-13: 978-0-85345-604-9 Released: January 1984 The essays in this volume, by veteran economists as well as younger scholars, are part of a radical attempt to grapple with the problems of advanced capitalist development without discarding the real theoretical breakthroughs made by Keynes. The contributors argue that Keynes was correct in pointing to [...]… | more |

Late Marx and the Russian Road

Late Marx and the Russian Road

Marx and the Peripheries of Capitalism

Explores Marx’s attitude to “developing” societies. Includes translations of Marx’s notes from the 1880s, among the most important finds of the last century.… | more |

Four Lectures on Marxism

Four Lectures on Marxism

One of the 20th century’s foremost Marxian economists discusses the dialectical method, the contradictions of capitalism, and the future of Marxism.… | more |

Unity and Struggle

Unity and Struggle

Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral

Cabral is among the great figures of our time — these texts provide the evidence.… | more |

The Poverty of Theory and Other Essays

The Poverty of Theory and Other Essays

This classic collection of essays by E.P. Thompson, one of England’s most renowned socialist voices, remains a staple text in the history of Marxist theory. The bulk of the book is dedicated to Thompson’s famous polemic against Louis Althusser and what he considers the reductionism and authoritarianism of Althusserian structuralism. In lively and erudite prose, Thompson argues for a self-critical and unapologetically humanist Marxist tradition. Also included are three essays of considerable importance to the development of the New Left.… | more |

Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Vol II: The Politics of Social Classes

Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Vol II: The Politics of Social Classes

This is the second installment of Hal Draper’s exhaustive and incomparable treatment of Marx’s political theory, policy, and practice. In forceful and readable language, Draper ranges through the development of the thought of Marx and Engels on the role of classes in society.… | more |

Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Vol I: State and Bureaucracy

Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution, Vol I: State and Bureaucracy

Volume I of Hal Draper’s definitive and masterful study of Marx’s political thought, which focuses on Marx’s attitude toward democracy, the state, intellectuals as revolutionaries, and much, much more.… | more |

The National Question

The National Question

Selected Writings by Rosa Luxemburg

Provocative writings on the question of national self-determination and its relationship with socialism.… | more |