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	NEW! Communards: The Story of the Paris Commune of 1871, As Told by those Who Fought for It. Texts selected, edited, and translated by Mitchell Abidor. Published by Marxists Internet Archive Publications, 2010. In this unique collection of texts translated into English for the first time, we hear the genuine voices of the Paris Commune of 1871. Every Communard drew something different from the experience of the Commune, and "Communards" allows all of them to have their say. No history of the Commune may be written in the future without reference to "Communards." Click here to order this book. All proceeds benefit marxists.org.
NEW! Karl Marx & Frederick Engels. The Manifesto of the Communist Party and Its Genesis. Published by the Marxists Internet Archive, 2010. This collection provides the reader with a first-hand account of the genesis of the founding ideas of communism, and allows the reader to see the relation between the development of the workers’ movement itself and the theories which give voice to that movement. Click here to order this book. All proceeds benefit marxists.org.
Classics in Activity Theory, reprints of English translations first published by Progress Publishers in the 1970s, of the second generation of Soviet followers of Lev Vygotsky. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, while remaining in the public domain, these works have become unavailable, in most cases even on the second hand market. And yet there is vast research community across the world which builds on Vygotsky and Activity theory, particularly in education departments. Each of the three books beginning the series is a collection of the English translations from one of the three authors: Alexei Leontyev’s The Development of Mind, Alexander Meshcheryakov’s Awakening To Life and Evald Ilyenkov’s The Ideal in Human Activity, plus a short preface by Prof. Mike Cole of the University of California, San Diego. Click here to purchase all three books at a special rate.
The Great Anger, by Mitchell Abidor, a collection of French revolutionary writings, translated for the first time into English. Click here to purchase.		Hegel’s Logic: Being Part One of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1830) G.W. F. Hegel with a Foreword by Andy Blunden. Click here to purchase.

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31 October 2010:Added to the Portuguese Mao Zedong Archive:

Contra o Liberalismo, 1937
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]

31 October, 2010:Added to the Swedish Henri Lefebvre Internet Archive:

The Sociology of Marx, 1966
[Thanks to Jonas Holmgren]

31 October, 2010:Added to the Periodical Directory of the Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line is

Campus Spartacus. Published as a stand alone newsletter irregularly in localized version of the U.S. Spartacist League’s national collage network, with issues published in Austin, NYC, and the Bay Area from 1965 thorugh 1971. The list below frelects these local versions.

31 October 2010: Added to the Enclyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line:

In the section for the United States:

The following documents have been added to the Primary Background Material section of the The New Communist Movement: The Early Groups, 1969-1974:

Looking Back and Looking Ahead at Revolutionary Youth Movement by Mike Klonsky [1969](A pamphlet calls on the RYM to move beyond university organizing and to reach out to working-class youth.)

SDS ousts PLP by Jack A. Smith [1969] (An account in the Guardian newspaper of the split between the various RYM factions and Progressive Labor at the SDS convention.)

Expulsion [1969] (An editorial in the Guardian supporting the expulsion of Progressive Labor from SDS.)

5 proposed principles of SDS unity [1969] (The five principles put forward by RYM-2 for SDS unity.)

RYM-2 meets [1969] (A report on a national meeting of RYM-2 in Detroit.)

Why We Carry the N.L.F. Flag! [1969] (A RYM-2 leaflet.)

The following documents have been added to the section on the Bay Area Revolutionary Union – Revolutionary Union:

Summation of Experience in Revolutionary Union and Bay Area Communist Union by Steve Hamilton [1976] (A speech given by a founding member of RU on the danger of left idealism within the Marxist-Leninist movement.)

Red Papers 4 [1972] (Documents from the debate between the RU leadership majority and the H. Bruce Franklin group over armed struggle and revolutionary strategy.)

Red Papers 5 [1972] (Revolutionary Union’s position at the time on the Black Nation thesis and the fight for Black Liberation.)

China’s Foreign Policy: A Leninist Policy [1972] (A pamphlet based on an interview with members of the delegation of the Revolutionary Union that visited China in September-October of 1971.)

The national question in the U.S. today [Review of Red Papers 5] [1973] by Carl Davidson(A critical look at the RU’s position on the “National Question” in Red Papers 5)

Debate on the national question [1973] (A reply to Carl Davidson.)

Also, a link to an external website that contains the article “The United Front against Imperialism?” by the Sojourner Truth Organization. The article questions the validity of RU’s United Front against Imperialism.

A new section has been created for the October League (Marxist-Leninist) – Georgia Communist League (Marxist-Leninist). The following documents have been added to this section:

A link to an external website that contains the essay “Building Revolution in the South: The Southern Conference Educational Fund and the New Communist Movement, 1968-1981” by Doug Michel. The essay looks at the activities of the October League (Marxist-Leninist) in the Southern Conference Educational Fund.

A link to an external website that contains the essay “Strike Fever: Labor Unrest, Civil Rights and the Left in Atlanta, 1972” by Monica Waugh-Benton. The essay looks at the role of the October League (M-L) in the wildcat at the Mead Packaging plant in Atlanta.

The family: obsolete or revolutionary? by Mike Klonsky [1970] (contribution to the Guardian’s radical forum from Michael Klonsky of Los Angeles, a former national officer of SDS and leader of the October League (M-L).)

Atlanta wildcat strike ends [1972] (A report on the wildcat strike at the Mead Corp. that was initiated and led by members of the October League (M-L).)

Plant organizers meet in Atlanta [1972] (A report on a national conference of communist labour organizers in Atlanta.)

Communists meet to discuss labor by Ron Such [1973] (A report on a labour conference in Chicago sponsored by the October League (M-L).)

Revolutionary Union: Opportunism in a “Super-Revolutionary” Disguise [1974] (A collection of articles from The Call that denounce the politics and practice of the Revolutionary Union.)

The Struggle of Small and Medium-sized Nations [1973] (The October League supports the role of third-world and non-aligned countries in the struggle against the superpowers and argues against those who call only for the overthrow of capitalism in these countries.)

An Introduction to the Red Worker [1971] (The Georgia Communist League (M-L) introduces its newspaper, Red Worker.)

Attica: Tragic or Heroic [1971] (The Georgia Communist League (M-L) attacks the Communist Party for calling the rebellion at Attica prison a disaster.)

PL Launches Cowardly Attack [1972] (The Georgia Communist League (M-L) denounces the Progressive Labor Party for attacking the Chinese government’s invitation to Nixon.)

Unity Grows in Communist Movement [1972] (An announcement in Red Worker of the unification of the Georgia Communist League (M-L) and the October League (M-L) into a single organization.)

Statement of Political Unity of the October League (ML) [1972] (The basic program of the October League (Marxist-Leninist).)

Building a New Communist Party in the U.S. [1973]

For Working Class Unity and Black Liberation [1973] (A resolution on black liberation passed at the second congress of the October League (M-L).)

A new section has been created for the Black Workers Congress. The following documents have been added to the section:

History of the Modern Black Liberation Movement and the Black Workers Congress Summed-Up [1973]

DRAFT PROPOSAL: Manifesto of the International Black Workers Congress [1970]

CONTROL, CONFLICT AND CHANGE: The Underlying Concepts of the Black Manifesto by James Forman [1971-72?] (A founder of the BWC looks at the economic, political, and ideological instruments of control over the black community in the U.S. and the struggle for reparations.)

300 Attend National Conference [1971] (A report on the first national conference of the Black Workers Congress in Gary, Indiana.)

Class Struggle and the Black Liberation Struggle: Who Will Lead? [1973] (The BWC explains its reasons for the expulsion of executive secretary, James Forman from the organization.)

A new section has been created for the Communist League. The following documents have been added to this section:

The Dialectics of the Development of the Communist League [1972] (The Communist League tracies its origins from the beginnings of the U.S. socialist movement.)

Review of our work [1964] (The Communist League looks back on its work over the past six years and perspectives for the future.)

International Report [1964] (Text of a speech delivered on May 5, 1974 in Chicago by a leading member of the Communist League.)

Which Side Are You On? Part 1 by Carl Davidson [1974] (The first of three articles that defend China's foreign policy and "theory of three worlds" against attacks from the Communist League)

Which Side Are You On? Part 2 [1974]

Which Side Are You On? Part 3 [1974]

Reformism vs. Revolutionary Struggle in the Labor Movement [1972] (A report for the Labor Conference of the Communist League, April, 1971.)

Report on the National Question [n.d]

CL Replies to Attack [1973] (The Communist League responds to a polemic by the October League (M-L) on the international situation.)

In the section for the United Kingdom:

The following documents have been added to the section on the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist):

Class, Country and Control [2000] (Document from the 12th congress)

Peace, jobs, power [2003] (Political statement from the 13th Congress.)

The future is ours [2006] (Political Resolution of the 14th Congress)

The following document has been added to the section on the Revolutionary Communist League of Britain:

Manifesto of the Revolutionary Communist League of Britain [1977] (The founding document of the RCLB.)

The section for the Communist Party of England (Marxist-Leninist)/Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) contain links to the RCPB (M-L) website for the following three documents:
“There is a Way Out of the Crisis” [1994]
“Draft Programme for the Working Class” [1995]
“The Line of March to a New Society” [2000]

In the section for Canada:

The following documents have been added in the section for the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist):

Make The Rich Pay! [1979] (A statement made by CPC (ML) after the spring 1979 federal election in Canada)

How the young pioneers ushered in the year of Stalin [1979] (A poem in the Voice of Youth newspaper describes a play performed by young people during a New Years Eve meeting.)

The following documents have been added to the section for the Canadian Party of Labour:

Nixon-Mao Put Counter-Revolutionary Show on the Road [1972] (An editorial in Canadian Worker says the meeting between Mao Zedong and Nixon demonstrates the revisionist nature of the Chinese Communist Party.)

Bombs, Brezhnev, and Mao Can’t Save U.S. Rulers [1972](An editorial in Canadian Worker)

The following documents have been added to the section for the Canadian Liberation Movement:

Liberationism Attacks America’s Domination of Canada’s Universities[1972] (A report by the University of Victoria newspaper of a speech given by CLM chairperson, Gary Perly, on the U.S control of Canadian universities.)

Canadian Liberation Movement Fundraising Appeal [1973] (A fundraising appeal gives an overview of CLM’s activities over the past few years.)

Canadian Unions for Canadian Workers! [1973] (A leaflet produced by the CLM front group, The National Committee for Independent Canadian Unions, calls on Canadian workers to split from U.S. unions and build independent Canadian unions.)

The following documents have been added to the section for In Struggle!:

The Third Congress of the Marxist-Leninist Organization of Canada IN STRUGGLE! [1979] (IS! adopts a political report, program, constitution, and also issues an appeal for the unity of the international communist movement around a common program.)

The goals and work of Canadian Communists in trade unions today [1978]

The following documents have been added to section for The Canadian Communist League (Marxist-Leninist)/Workers’ Communist Party:

Fascist Bains gang tries to buy off worker [1978] (The Canadian Communist League (M-L) accuses the CPC (ML) of trying to bribe a League supporter to join the CPC (ML).)

NO to in Struggle’s Compromising with Revisionism [1978] (The Forge attacks In Struggle! for supporting a conference that includes a member of the Communist Party of Israel,)

Boycott In Struggle’s ’unity’ conference [1977] (A call to boycott the Second Conference of Canadian Marxist-Leninists.)

[Thanks to Paul, Malcolm, and others of the EROL team]

30 October 2010: Added to the Swedish Ernest Mandel Internet Archive:

Introduction to Trotsky, The Struggle against Fascism in Germany (1969)
[Thanks to Martin Fahlgren]

29 October 2010: Added to the Portuguese Temática Archive:

Divergências táticas entre os bolcheviques e os mencheviques. — O III Congresso do Partido. — O livro de Lenin "As duas táticas da social-democracia na revolução democrática". — Fundamentos táticos do Partido marxista. Seção 3 do terceiro capítulo da obra História do Partido Comunista (Bolchevique) da URSS, 1938.
[Thanks to Partido Comunista Revolucionário and Fernando Araújo]

29 October 2010: Added to the H M Hyndman Archive:

Pacifism and German Aggression, January 1911
[Thanks to Ted Crawford]

29 October 2010: Added to the Th. Rothstein Archive:

The 'German Menace', January-April 1911
[Thanks to Ted Crawford]

27 October 2010: Added to the Russian Language Plekhanov index:

К шестидесятой годовщине смерти Гегеля
[Thanks to Mark Harris]

27 October 2010: Added to the Ted Grant Internet Archive:

After victory... the war goes on 1978
Witch-hunt against Militant 1976
Indian Communists go down with Mrs Gandhi 1977
Spain—Elections show class tensions 1977
Britain in Crisis 1979
The Times—Workers’ unity beats scab plan 1979
Britain: director shows the real face of capitalism 1979
A socialist policy for Labour 1965
Perspectives for Britain 1968
http://tedgrant.org/archive/grant/1969/communist.htm">Communist international conference 1969
[Thanks to Francesco Merli and tedgrant.org]