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  1. Antonio Gramsci
    Towards an Intellectual Biography

    Resource Type: Book
    This biography lifts the study of Gramsci out of the sterile search for orthodoxy or heresy and instead examines Gramsci's personality in its full moral and intellectual complexity. Davidson has succeeded in integrating the circumstances of Gramsci's life: the childhood in Sardinia, the politics of the Italian left in the 1920s, the years of exile and prison - with his developing political and philosophical ideas.
  2. The Civil War in France
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1871
    Written by Karl Marx as an address to the General Council of the International, with the aim of distributing to workers of all countries a clear understanding of the character and world-wide significance of the heroic struggle of the Paris Communards of 1871 and their historical experience to learn from.
  3. Critique of the Gotha Programme
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1875
    Karl Marx's criticisms of the programme adopted by congress to unite the two German socialist parties in 1875.
  4. The Death of the State in Marx and Engels
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1970
    Surveys the thinking of Marx and Engels on the 'dying-away' of the state in socialist (communist) society.
  5. The Difficult Dialogue
    Marxism and Nationalism

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    For over a century, Marxists and revolutionaries have had to confront the stubborn fact of nationalism. This book is a concise and independent survey of Marxists' attempts to grapple with the enduring power of this manifestation of non-class consciousness. The reader gets a lucid picture of the dynamics of the debate, and the defects that persist in Marxism's troubled relationship with nationalism.
  6. A History of Africa
    Resource Type: Book
    A succint synopsis of over 2,000 years of the continent's history, with particular emphasis on the struggles of the past century. Jaffe has made a path-breaking attempt to de-Europeanize Marxist views of African history, and provides a new theoretical perspective within which to understand the movement of African social forces.
  7. The History of Democracy
    A Marxist Interpretation

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2013
    Roper traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy. He argues that democracy cannot be understood separately from the social and economic contexts in which democratic states operate.
  8. Karl Marx and the Iroquois
    An essay on Marx's Ethnological Notebooks

    Resource Type: Article
    Franklin Rosemont delves into Marx's Ethnological Notebooks and examines their significance and relevance towards today's communist movement.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution
    Volume III: The Dictatorship of the Proletariat

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1986
    Hal Draper examines how Marx and Marxism 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." Draper strips away the layers of misinterpretation and misinformation that have accumulated over the years to show what Marx and Engels themselves meant by the term.
  12. 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.
  13. Left Communist Groups & Websites
    Resource Type: Website
    A list of left communist websites and groups.
  14. Libertarian Socialist Groups & Websites in the Connexions Directory
    Resource Type: Website
    A list of libertarian socialist websites and groups.
  15. Marx Engels Internet Archive
    Resource Type: Database
  16. Marxism.ca
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2016
    A gateway to resources about Marxism compiled by Connexions.
  17. Marxist Groups & Websites
    Resource Type: Website
    A list of Marxist websites and groups.
  18. Marxist Theories of the State Played out in Venezuela
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    The implications of Marxist state theories developed by Nicos Poulantzas and Ralph Miliband are useful for framing issues related to leftist strategy in twenty-first century Venezuela.
  19. The National Question
    Marxist Theory and National Liberation

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    This major exploration of the Marxist theory of national struggle takes issue with various modern contributors, notably Hobsbawm and Nairn. Professor Blaut draws on his wide experience of the Third World to argue that Marxist theory can be a powerful weapon for liberation struggles against colonialism and neo-colonialism. He suggests ways to strengthen the theory, particularly when trying to understand minorities in Western and Third World societies.
  20. Radical Digressions
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2017
    Ulli Diemer's website/blog featuring comment from a radical left-libertarian Marxist perspective.
  21. Radical Socialist Groups & Websites
    Resource Type: Website
    A list of radical socialist websites and groups.
  22. Revolution.international
    Resource Type: Website
    Web resources on revolutionary politics and revolution.
  23. The Socialist Register 1965
    Volume 2: A Survey of Movements & Ideas

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1965


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