- American Commune
Resource Type: Film/Video
Sisters Rena and Nadine return to The Farm, the legendary hippie commune in Tennessee where they were raised, to tell the story of their alternative family and the rise and fall of America's largest utopian socialist experiment.
- Anti-Duhring
Herr Eugen Duhring's Revolution in Science
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1878
- Catch your dreams - utopia is possible!
While Marinaleda has its flaws, it reminds us that alternative economic models are not only possible, they already exist.
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
Amid Spain's general depression, Marinaleda - an Andalucian town sometimes dubbed the 'communist utopia' - is bucking the moribund trend with a heady mixture of direct action, community-level democracy, cooperation and mutual aid.
- Community Dreams
Ideas for Enriching Neighbourhood and Community Life
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1984
A compilation of vignettes, fragments and thought starters that provides stimulating ideas for practical community transformation.
- A Dictionary of Marxist Thought
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1983
- The Dispossessed
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1974
A 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness.
- A Dream of John Ball
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1888
Morris' novel describes a dream and time travel leading to an encounter between the medieval and modern worlds. Morris describes a positive image of the Middle Ages, seeing it as a golden, if brief, period when peasants were prosperous and happy and guilds protected workers from exploitation.
It contains the famous passage "... I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name..."
- The Faber Book of Utopias
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1997
- Fourier, Charles
Connexipedia Article
Resource Type: Article
French utopian socialist and philosopher. Credited with having originated the word féminisme in 1837. (1772-1837).
- Icarians
Connexipedia Article
Resource Type: Article
A French utopian movement, founded by Étienne Cabet, who led his followers to America where they established a group of egalitarian communes during the period from 1848 through 1898.
- The Joy of Revolution
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2007
Knabb says "What is needed, I believe, is a worldwide participatory-democracy revolution that would abolish both capitalism and the state. This is admittedly a big order, but I'm afraid that nothing less can get to the root of our problems. It may seem absurd to talk about revolution; but all the alternatives assume the continuation of the present system, which is even more absurd."
- Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution
Volume I: State and Bureaucracy
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1977
A wide-ranging and thorough exposition of Marx's views on democracy.
- Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution
Volume II: The Politics of Social Classes
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1978
Draper ranges through the development of the thought of Marx and Engels on the role of classes in society.
- Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution
Volume IV: Critique of Other Socialisms
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1990
Much of Karl Marx's most important work came out of his critique of other thinkers, including many socialists who differed significantly in their conceptions of socialism. Draper looks at these critiques to illuminate what Marx's socialism was, as well as what it was not.
- Main Currents of Marxism
Volume 1: The Founders
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1978
Kolakowski gives his interpretation of the origins of Marxism, and analyses the development of Marx's thought and its divergence from other forms of socialism.
- Marx and Engels Collected Works Volume 24
Marx and Engels 1874 - 1883
Resource Type: Book
Includes the Critique of the Gotha Programme, and Socialism: Utopian and Scientific.
- Marxists Internet Archive
Resource Type: Website
Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
- Minimum Utopia: Ten Theses
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2000
One person's thoughts on the subject of utopias as we approach a new century and millennium.
- Necessary and Unneccessary Utopias
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2000
Reasserts the need for a bold and revolutionary imagination, one aimed at saner ways of living and organizaing society.
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 19, 2015
Utopia
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2015
Utopian visions, be they practical or not, free our imaginations, if only for a little while, from the daily grind of struggle and worry, and allow us to dream about the kind of world we would hope to live in. Such dreams can inspire us and guide us, even if they are not always quite practical. This issue of Other Voices peers into the world of utopian visions, practical or otherwise.
- Our Generation
Volume 17 Number 1
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1985
- Owen, Robert
Connexipedia Article
Resource Type: Article
English social reformer. (1771-1858).
- Saint-Simon, Henri de
Connexipedia Article
Resource Type: Article
French utopian socialist thinker. (1760-1825).
- Seeds of Fire - January 1
Resource Type: Unclassified
- Sex and Marriage in Utopian Communities in Nineteenth Century America
Nineteenth-Century America
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1973
A look at original approaches to sex and marraige in the utopian communities of nineteenth-century America. Many of these communities abolished monogamy and individualism and sought ways of dealing with the sexual life of the group as a whole.
- Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1880
- Socialism.ca
Resource Type: Website
Published: 2016
A gateway to resources about socialism, socialist history, and socialist ideas, compiled by Connexions.
- Socialist Humanism
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1966
An international symposium whose contributors explore the humanist essence of socialism. Among the contributors are Herbert Marcuse, Maximilien Rubel, Norman Thomas, T.B. Bottomore, Raya Dunayevskaya, Ernst Bloch, and Bertrand Russell.
- The Socialist Register 1978
Volume 15: A Survey of Movements & Ideas
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1978
- The Socialist Register 1983
Volume 20: A Survey of Movements & Ideas
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1983
- Socialist Register 2000
Volume 36: Necessary and Unnecessary Utopias
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 2000
- Socialist Thought
A Documentary History
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1964
An anthology of important documents in the history of European socialist thought, from pre-revolutionary France to the 1950s.
- SOS Alternatives to Capitalism: A discussion with Richard Swift
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2014
Montreal Serai had the opportunity to discuss SOS: Alternatives to Capitalism – a handy, slim compendium of vital, essential thoughts and discussions on the concept of an alternative economy and society – with Richard Swift.
- Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century America
Original title: History of American Socialisms
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1966
Histories of communal experiments and communities in the United States.
- Utopia
Connexipedia Article
Resource Type: Article
An ideal community or society.
- Utopian Socialism
Resource Type: Article
Links to the writings and biographies of Utopians and Marxist commentaries on them, and material on 20th century utopian movements and the use of utopian and dystopian visions in literature and political polemics.
- Voyages To Utopia
From Monastery to Commune - The Search for the Perfect Society in Modern Times
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1989
The story of William McCord's exploration of utopian communities, both in person and through literature.
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