November 2011
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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. 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
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Who We Are
29 November 2011: Added to the French Zinoviev Archive:
La révolution internationale en 1917-1920 [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
29 November 2011: Added to the Daniel De Leon Internet Archive are 31 new editorials by De Leon for the month of December 1910:
1910, December 1 – Tobin, Scab-Herder
1910, December 2 – Goal and Means
1910, December 3 – Cumulated Travossosism
1910, December 4 – Knocking Out Itself
1910, December 5 – Conclusions From Documents
1910, December 6 – Mary Baker Eddy
1910, December 7 – The Message
1910, December 8 – A Ringing Slap to Gompers's Face
1910, December 9 – The Mexican Liberal Party
1910, December 10 – The Antisugar Trust Bill
1910, December 11 – "Expressio Unius," Etc.
1910, December 12 – A Tinkling Cymbal
1910, December 13 – What "Neutrality" Amounts To
1910, December 14 – Smith and Martine
1910, December 15 – Irving Scott in Jehovah's Role
1910, December 16 – Lest We Become Chinese Worshippers
1910, December 17 – No Wonder Gompers Winced
1910, December 18 – Carnegie's International Mortgage
1910, December 19 – Try Another Bait
1910, December 20 – Three SP Figures
1910, December 21 – Populism Yclept Socialism
1910, December 22 – The Fresno Mystery
1910, December 23 – The Uses of Political Action
1910, December 24 – Another Death Bed Confession
1910, December 25 – Jules Guesde on Cooperatives
1910, December 26 – Like Press, Like Readers
1910, December 27 – A More Human Prescription
1910, December 28 – Tobinism-Capitalism
1910, December 29 – A Matter of History
1910, December 30 – Moving; Whither?
1910, December 31 – The American Invasion
[Thanks to Robert Bills and the Socialist Labor Party of the US]
29 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Marx/Engels Archive:
A forma-valor ou o valor de troca, terceira parte da obra O Capital.
[Thanks to Edições Avante! and Fernando Araújo]
28 November 2011: Added to the Added to the Chinese Language section:
Tom BottormoreTheories of Modern Capitalism (1985)
James P. Cannon: The Revolutionary Party & Its Role in the Struggle for Socialism (1967)
[Thanks to the Chinese Language Volunteers]
28 November 2011: Added to the Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line:
In the section for the United States:
A new section has been opened in the New Communist Movement: Anti-Dogmatists Unable to Unite, 1978-1980. This section covers the unity efforts of “the trend” groups which emerged as an alternative to the perceived dogmatism of the NCM.
The following document has been added to “The Guardian and the Guardian Clubs Part Ways” section of “Anti-Dogmatists Unable to Unite, 1978-1980:”
The State of the Party Building Movement–July 1978 [1978] (The Guardian explains why it will not join the newly formed Organizing Committee for an Ideological Center.)
The following documents have been added to the “Background Primary Materials” section of “First Wave, 1946-1958:”
On the Question of Revisionism by William Z. Foster [1945] (Foster links the emergence of revisionists like Browder to expansionist periods by U.S. imperialism.)
On the Dissolution of the Communist Party of the United States by Jacques Duclos [1946] (A leader of the French Communist Party launches an attack against the dissolution of the CPUSA by Earl Browder and the formation of the Communist Political Association.)
The Path of a Renegade. Why Earl Browder Was Expelled from the Communist Party by Robert Thompson [1946] (A speech by a member of the National Secretariat on the struggle against Earl Browder.)
Eugene Dennis Indicts the Wall Street Conspirators [1948] (An address by the General Secretary of the Communist Party on the charges leveled against 12 party members of “conspiring” to establish an organization which teaches “force and violence.”)
On Guard Against Browderism, Titoism, Trotskyism by John Gates [1951] (The editor of The Daily Worker furthers the critique of Browderism and other revisionist currents in the communist movement.)
The section also contains a link to an external site that contains the “Telegram to Comrade William Z. Foster” by Mao Zedong.
The following document has been added to the “U.S. Marxist-Leninists Take Sides: the China-Albania Split” section:
Enver Hoxha and the Crisis of Anti-Revisionism by Neil Eriksen-Schmidt and Paul Costello [1979] (Theoretical Review offers a critical assessment of Hoxha’s book, Imperialism and the Revolution and some associated positions within the New Communist Movement.)
[Thanks to Paul, Sam, Malcolm and others of the EROL team]
26 November, 2011: Added to the Spanish section, a pdf edition of:
Obras Escogidas de Marx & Engels, en 3 tomos (1974)
[Thanks to Koba & Bolchetvo]
26 November 2011: Added to the Chris Harman Archive:
Imperialism’s new facade (2005) (unsigned editorial)
The Strangling of Africa (2005) (unsigned editorial)
The battle over Venezuela’s union (2006) (unsigned editorial)
New Labour’s meltdown? (2006) (unsigned editorial)
Springtime in Europe (2006) (unsigned editorial)
Taking on the multinationals in Bolivia (2006) (unsigned editorial)
1956 and the rebirth of socialism from below (2006) (unsigned editorial)
The painful passing of Tony Blair (2006) (unsigned editorial)
[Thanks to Einde O’Callaghan and International Socialism journal]
26 November 2011: Added to the French Communist International Archive:
Aux socialistes des Etats-Unis [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
24 November 2011: Added to the Marx/Engels index:
Капитал. Критика политической экономии. Том 3 [Capital, Volume 3 (complete)]
[Thanks to Mark Harris]
24 November 2011: Added to the French Lenin Archive:
La lutte dans le Parti Socialiste Italien [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
24 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Marx/Engels Archive:
Carácter duplo do trabalho exposto nas mercadorias, primeira parte da obra O Capital.
[Thanks to Edições Avante! and Fernando Araújo]
23 November 2011: Added to the Josip Broz Tito Internet Archive:
Speech at the First Congress of Worker’s Councils (June 25, 1957)
[Thanks to Mike B.]
22 November 2011: Added to the French Bordiga and Gramsci Archives:
Le programme d'action des communistes italiens [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
22 November 2011:Added to the Portuguese Temática Archive:
Aos descendentes de homens e mulheres que cruzaram o oceano a bordo de navios negreiros e foram mortos na luta contra o regime militar - Direito à Memória e à Verdade.
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
21 November 2011:Added to the Portuguese Temática Archive:
Decisões do XX Congresso do Partido Comunista da União Soviética.
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
20 nov. 2011: French language "Trotsky" archive:
Lettre à Mme Neumann (29 mars 1932)
Discussion avec Vitsoris à propos de la Grèce (printemps 1932)
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
20 November 2011: Added to the Justice Archive:
Who and What is Peter Petroff?, Hyndman December 1915
Concerning P. Petroff, Justice December 1915
Petroff's Reply to Hyndman, January 1913
The Imprisonment of Petroff, Hyndman January 1916
Letter from J.D Macdougall, 17 January 1913
The Co-operative Union and the Labour Party, Justice, 19 April 1913
Glasgow “Worker” Explains Dublin Suppression, Justice, 5 July 1919
Mansion House Meeting Suppressed, Justice, 2 August 1919
20 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Marx/Engels Archive:
Prefácio à quarta edição, da obra O Capital.
[Thanks to Edições Avante! and Fernando Araújo]
19 November 2011: Added to the Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line:
In the section for the United States:
The following document has been added to “Communist Workers Party” section:
The Socialist Road by Jerry Tung [1981] (The leader of the CWP challenges some long-standing tenets of the New Communist Movement in his book, The Socialist Road)
In the section for the United Kingdom:
The following document has been added to the Background Materials section for “The First Wave of Anti-Revisionism: The Early 1960s:”
Whither China? by R. Palme Dutt [1967] (A well-known leader of the British Communist Party gives critical assessments of the Chinese position in the Sino-Soviet split and the emerging Cultural Revolution.)
The following document has been added to the “Communist Federation of Britain (M-L)” section:
On Practice [1973] (An article in Marxist-Leninist Quarterly examines the well-known essay by Mao, On Practice.)
The following document has been added to the “Revolutionary Communist League of Britain (M-L)” section:
China – Continuing the revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat [1991] (An internal document discusses the struggle for socialism in China from 1949 to the period after the death of Mao.)
The following documents have been added to the “ Nottingham Communist Group” section:
Controversy over China [1980] (The editor of the Communist Workers Movement’s newspaper, New Age, defends the domestic and foreign polices of the Communist Party of China against the pro-Gang of Four NCG.)
Mao on Revisionism [1980] (The NCG traces Mao’s struggle against revisionism within the Communist Party of China from 1949 to 1976 and comes to the conclusion that only total control by the proletariat of the economy and state apparatus can halt high-ranking party cadres from developing a bourgeois outlook.)
In the section for Canada:
The following document has been added to the “Bolshevik Union” section:
“CCL(ML)” The Canadian Counter-Revolutionary League (Social-Fascist) [1979] (The BU examines the political line and practice of the Canadian Communist League (M-L) and concludes that the CCL is a nascent fascist movement.)
[Thanks to Paul, Sam, Malcolm and others of the EROL team]
19 November 2011:Added to the Portuguese Temática Archive:
Resolução do XX Congresso do PCUS sobre o Informe do Comitê Central.
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
18 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Marx/Engels Archive:
Prefácio à edição inglesa, da obra O Capital.
[Thanks to Edições Avante! and Fernando Araújo]
17 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Khrushchev Archive:
Informe Sobre as Modificações nos Estatutos do PC (b) da URSS, 1952
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
16 November 2011: Added to the French Trotsky Archive:
Lettre à un syndicaliste français à propos du parti communiste [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
16 November 2011: Added to the German Archiv Karl Kautsky:
Neue Programme: Eine kritische Untersuchung (New Programmes: A Critical Investigation) (1933)
[Thanks to Einde O’Callaghan]
16 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Marx/Engels Archive:
Prefácio à terceira edição, da obra O Capital.
[Thanks to Edições Avante! and Fernando Araújo]
15 November 2011: The Greek Language Archive has opened an archive of the works of Amadeo Bordiga. Visit the archive to view the first seven documents in this collection.
[Thanks to Andreas Damaskinos and Mike B.]
15 November 2011: Added to the Early American Marxism Archive the following set of 8 documents:
“ Report of Proceedings of the Executive Committee of the Workingmen’s Party of the US,” by Philip Van Patten [August 6, 8, 11, 18, 1876] Minutes of the governing Executive Committee of the newly-organized Workingmen's Party of the United States, forerunner of the Socialist Labor Party.
“ Dr. Adolph Douai: The Gifted and Tireless Agitator Dead: A Proletarian Who Lived for the Good of Others: His Autobiography." [Jan. 28, 1888] On January 21, 1888, Dr. Adolph Douai, one of the pioneers of socialism in America, died just shy of his 69th birthday of unspecified “throat trouble” (cancer seems to be implied).
“ 1891 Annual Report of the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Labor Party of America." [Dec. 18, 1891] A year-in-review report by the governing National Executive Committee of the Socialist Labor Party, as published in the party press. The NEC notes that 1891 was a year of growth for the party, with 23 new English-language, 19 new German, 6 new Yiddish, 1 new Scandinavian, and 1 new Hungarian Section of the party established, less a loss of 2 English and 5 German sections dissolved.
“ Organization Proclamation of the Proletarian Party of America." [circa March 15, 1920] One of the earliest official documents of the Proletarian Party of America. This typewritten document, dated from internal content, declared the intention to form a new political party based upon “the principles of revolutionary socialism which have been propagated in the state of Michigan for the past number of years.”
“Lovestone’s Appeal to Party,” by Max Shachtman [Aug. 15, 1929] Jay Lovestone was expelled from the Communist Party USA late in June 1929 for violation of party discipline by leaving Moscow without permission and factional activity.
“The March 6 Demonstrations.” (Unsigned article from Revolutionary Age) [events of March 6, 1930] The Communist International proclaimed March 6, 1930 to be “International Unemployment Day,” an occasion for worldwide demonstrations against the unemployment associated with the worsening Great Depression.
“March 6 in Detroit,” by William Miller [events of March 6, 1930] The International Unemployment Day demonstration in Detroit was touted by the Communist Party USA as of of the two largest, attended by a mass of 100,000 workers.
“‘Left’ Proposals at the Socialist Party Convention,” by Jack Stachel [May 11, 1932] Commentary on the forthcoming 1932 convention of the rival Socialist Party of America by CPUSA regular Jack Stachel. Stachel notes the decisive victory of the SP center-right at the group's previous 1928 national convention, at which “Hillquit, Lee, Thomas & Co. decided that the class struggle had become out of style side by side of the chicken pot and the two auto garage.”
[Thanks to the Early American Marxism Archive]
14 November 2011: Added to the Early American Marxism Archive the following set of 7 documents:
“’The Record of the Past is the Promise of the Future,’” by C.E. Ruthenberg [June 29, 1912] C.E. Ruthenberg is remembered as one of the key leaders of the first decade of American Communism. Before that, however, Ruthenberg was a prominent leader in the Socialist Party of Ohio, standing as that organization’s gubernatorial candidate in 1912. This is an artifact of that 1912 campaign, a piece from the weekly newspaper of Local Cleveland, SPA.
“Capitalism’s Fetters on Production,” by C.E. Ruthenberg [July 27, 1912] Document of the 1912 Ohio gubernatorial campaign of Cleveland Socialist Party leader C.E. Ruthenberg. In this article from the Cleveland Socialist, Ruthenberg expounds upon Marxist theory for the party faithful, asserting that given the current technological levels of industrial production, capitalist economic relations are “hampering and limiting our productive powers” as “capitalism does not dare use to their fullest extent the productive forces of our present age.”
“The National Committee Meeting,” by Tom Clifford [events of May 11-16, 1913] Account of the 1913 annual meeting of the Socialist Party’s National Committee— a national gathering of elected delegates roughly equivalent in function to the quadrennial National Conventions of the organization.
“Let Us Build,” by Eugene V. Debs [Aug. 9, 1913] The Socialist Party’s great mediator, Gene Debs, attempts to patch up the factional war between radicals and moderates in this 1913 article from the SPA’s official bulletin. “We have heard and still hear a great deal about ‘the Reds’ and ‘the Yellows’ in the Socialist Party,” Debs remarks.
“Shortcomings of Party Fractions in Language Work." [June 1930] Official published statement on the activities of the non-English members of the Communist Party, USA. Even at this late date somewhat more than half of the party’s membership seems to have been participants in one of the CPUSA’s 16 “Language Bureaus.” The largest of these remained the Finnish, accounting for a reported 1800 members— more than double the membership of the next largest Language Bureau, the Yiddish-language Jewish Bureau.
“Right Danger and Radicalization,” by Alfred Wagenknecht [June 21, 1930] Formerly the Executive Secretary of the Communist Labor Party and United Communist Party and the head of the Friends of Soviet Russia, by 1930 Alfred Wagenknecht had been largely shunted aside from a position of top leadership in the Communist Party. This article from the Daily Worker is written from the perspective of a rank-and-filer and discusses the party’s all-out propaganda campaign among its members against the so-called “Right Danger” in Wagenknecht’s own party group.
“The Socialist Party City Convention: Groups in the SP— Perspectives of the Left Movement— The Line of the Communists,” by Will Herberg [events of Dec. 27-28, 1930] This is an assessment of the December 1930 New York City Convention of the Socialist Party of America written by one of the leaders of Jay Lovestone and Benjamin Gitlow’s Communist Party USA (Majority Group).
[Thanks to the Early American Marxism Archive]
14 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Marx/Engels Archive:
Prefácio e posfácio à edição francesa, da obra O Capital.
[Thanks to Edições Avante! and Fernando Araújo]
14 November 2011: Added to the Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line:
In the section for the United Kingdom:
The following document has been added to the General Background Material section in “The First Wave of Anti-Revisionism: The Early 1960s”:
Marxism in China Today by George Thompson [1965] (A professor of Greek at Birmingham University examines the philosophical works of Mao and its practical application in China.)
The following documents have been added to the “Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist)” section:
Unemployment – war against the workers [1974] (The CPB (ML) warns the working class not to have any illusions about the Labour Party fighting unemployment.)
Women in Class Struggle [1973] (The CPB (ML) looks at the role of women in the struggle for socialism.)
Students into Class Struggle [1971] (Students are an integral part of the working class according to the two-class analysis of the CPB (ML).)
For an Industrial Revolution! [1976] (The capitalist class is rapidly dismantling the first industrial country.)
Unity Not Devolution [1979] (The development of England, Scotland and Wales into a single British nation was a logical historical process, and devolution schemes by Scottish and Welsh nationalists can only divide the working class, says the CPB (ML).)
Protracted Struggle and the Working Class [1986] (The miners’ strike is the beginning of a protracted struggle against the destructive Thatcher government.)
The following documents have been added to the “Communist Federation of Britain (Marxist-Leninist)” section:
Vote Labour is Tailism [1975] (An internal document argues against those members who want to tactically support the Labour Party against the Tories.)
[Thanks to Paul, Sam, Malcolm and others of the EROL team]
12 November, 2011: We add another text to the Spanish section's new Archivo Leonid Brezhnev:
Discurso pronunciado
a la llegada a Washington (1973)
[Thanks to Juan R. Fajardo]
11 November, 2011: We start a new archive in the Spanish section, this time for the works of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, with
Un gran camino de luchas y de victorias. Discurso en ocasión del 70 aniversario del II Congreso del POSDR.
(1973)
[Thanks to Juan R. Fajardo]
11 November, 2011: We add the transcription of a speech by Yaser Arafat:
Discurso al pueblo palestino en el dia de Eid Al-Fitr (2001)
and a piece by George Habash:
to the Spanish-language subject archive on Palestine. [Thanks to Comité en Solidaridad con la Causa Arabe (CSCA)]
11 November, 2011: We add a pair to the archive for Nikita Khrushchev in the Spanish-language section:
Carta a Fidel Castro
(28 octubre 1962)
Carta a Fidel Castro (30 octubre 1962)
[Thanks to
CubaNet]
11 November, 2011: We add a biography of Argentine socialist Jorge Enea Spilimbergo to the Spanish-language Section's archive for his works:
Biografía de Jorge
Enea Spilimbergo
[Thanks to Julio Fernández Baraibar]
11 November, 2011: A new addition to the Spanish-language Archivo Franz Mehring:
Gustavo Adolfo II - La
Guerra de los Treinta Años y la construcción del estado nacional alemán
(1894)
[Thanks to Julio Fernández Baraibar]
11 November, 2011: Added to the Archivo Andreu Nin, two writings from 1914:
Socialismo y nacionalismo - Consideraciones preliminares
Socialismo y nacionalismo - Calma, calma... Con los nacionalistas, no; con el
nacionalismo, si
[Thanks to Martin Fahlgren]
11 November 2011: Added to the German Archiv Karl Kautsky:
Richtlinien für ein sozialistisches Aktionsprogramm (Guidelines for a socialist action programme) (1919)
[Thanks to Ben Lewis]
11 November 2011: Added to the Karl Kautsky Archive:
Guidelines for a Socialist Action Programme (1919)
[Thanks to Ben Lewis]
11 November 2011: Added to the German Archiv Chris Harman:
Die Chaoslinien von morgen? (Market turmoil /#8211 the shape of the chaos to come?) (2007)
Die zwei Gesichter des John Maynard Keynes (Two faces of John Maynard Keynes) (2008)
Chris Harman interviewt G. M. Tamás – „Ich bin tief beschämt“ (Hungary – “Where we went wrong”) (2009)
[Thanks to Rosemarie Nünning & the marx21 Website]
11 November 2011: Added to the Chris Harman Archive:
Market turmoil – the shape of the chaos to come? (2007)
[Thanks to Einde O’Callaghan]
11 November 2011: Added to the Ludwik Hass Archive:
Open Letter to Ozjasz Szechter (1977)
Trotskyism in Poland up to 1945 (1992)
Against All Odds – True to the Ideals of his Youth (1994)
[Thanks to Alun Morgan and Revolutionary History]
11th November 2011: Added to the Italian Language MIA section for the Leon Trotsky archive:
Una nota su Plekanov ,
Trotsky, 1922
Le prospettive di una evoluzione mondiale ,
Trotsky, 1924
Jacob Sverdlov ,
Trotsky, 1925
La quarta internazionale e la guerra ,
Trotsky, 1933
La quarta internazionale e la guerra ,
Trotsky, 1934
La questione di Kronstadt ,
Trotsky, 1938
Ancora su Kronstadt ,
Trotsky, 1938
La loro morale e la nostra ,
Trotsky, 1939
Moralisti e sicofanti contro il marxismo ,
Trotsky, 1939
L'indipendenza dell'Ucraina e i confusi settari ,
Trotsky, 1939
L'ABC della dialettica ,
Trotsky, 1939
[Thanks to Clara]
11 November 2011: Added to the Swedish Pierre Broué Internet Archive:
Trotsky and the Spanish Civil War, 1975
[Thanks to Martin Fahlgren]
11 November, 2011: Added to the Tamil Language Section of Marxists Internet Archive:
கூலியுழைப்பும் மூலதனமும் (கார்ல் மார்க்ஸ்), 1847. தமிழாக்கம்: மு.சிவலிங்கம்.
Wage-Labour and Capital (Karl Marx), 1847. Tamil Translation by M.Sivalingam.
11 November 2011:Added to the Portuguese Khrushchev Archive:
Informe Sobre a Atividade do Comitê Central do Partido Comunista da União Soviética ao XX Congresso do Partido, 1956
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
10 November, 2011: Added to the Daniel De Leon Internet Archive are 57 new editorials by De Leon for the months of October and November 1910:
1910, October 1 – Well for "Disrupters"!
1910, October 2 – Roosevelt Had His Bauble
1910, October 3 – Leakage in Education
1910, October 4 – The Day of the Young Man
1910, October 5 – The Roosevelt Storm
1910, October 6 – The Crash in Portugal
1910, October 7 – Congressional Gleanings—Doctoring the "Record"
1910, October 8 – An Eloquent Political Platform
1910, October 9 – Caesar? Catiline? Which?
1910, October 11 – Their "Service" a Damage
1910, October 12 – The Clergy in Portugal and America
1910, October 13 – The Lie and the Fatuity
1910, October 14 – A Motto That Is Not Printed
1910, October 15 – Hearst, or the SLP
1910, October 16 – The Single Tax
1910, October 17 – The Vanity of Sentiment
1910, October 18 – Certainly, They Work
1910, October 19 – Julia Ward Howe
1910, October 20 – Savva Fedorenko
1910, October 21 – "Opportunism"
1910, October 22 – Impotence of the Wail
1910, October 23 – Open Letter to Dr. Karl Liebknecht
1910, October 24 – "Economic Determinism"
1910, October 25 – The Ethical Culture Dedication
1910, October 26 – The Campaign Academy
1910, October 27 – Henry George, Jr.
1910, October 28 – The Power of Class Instinct
1910, October 29 – The Expressmen’s Strike
1910, October 30 – "Who’s Who," Etc.
1910, October 31 – The Source of Profits
1910, November 1 – Dr. Eliot’s Leaks
1910, November 2 – How Far Away Is England, Anyway?
1910, November 4 – The Same Everywhere
1910, November 5 – The Lachapelle Case
1910, November 6 – Wahlteich’s Suppressed Speech
1910, November 7 – Well for Mayor Gaynor
1910, November 10 – Berger’s Election
1910, November 11 – Wall Street Wiser Than Its Press
1910, November 12 – Reform That Cries to Heaven
1910, November 13 – Second Open Letter to Dr. Karl Liebknecht
1910, November 14 – Woodrow Wilson’s Admonition
1910, November 15 – The Workers’ Hope
1910, November 16 – Going Back on His Lieutenants
1910, November 17 – Craft Unionism at Work in Rochester
1910, November 18 – Wickersham Off His Trolley
1910, November 19 – Prospective Don Quixotes
1910, November 20 – The Writing on the Wall
1910, November 21 – That Incorrigible Workingman!
1910, November 22 – Leo Tolstoy
1910, November 23 – "Rooseveltian Fact and Fable"
1910, November 24 – Our Thanksgiving
1910, November 26 – Porfirio Diaz
1910, November 27 – Lo, a Charitable Association
1910, November 28 – Banana Anna
1910, November 29 – Overalls and Leisure
1910, November 29 – Was Jesus a Socialist?
1910, November 30 – The Measure of Freedom
[Thanks to Robert Bills and the Socialist Labor Party of the US]
10 November 2011: Added to the French Boris Souvarine Archive:
Nécessité « d'une » scission [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
10 November 2011: Added to the French Karl Radek Archive:
Le Parti Communiste Allemand pendant l'aventure de Kapp [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
10 November 2011: Added to the German Archiv Wladimir Lenin:
Der Fünfte Internationale Kongress für den Kampf gegen die Prostitution (The Fifth International Congress for Combating Prostitution) (1913) (Critique of the bourgeois attitude to prostitution)
[Thanks to Rosemarie Nünning]
10 November 2011: Added to the PCF under the Occupation History Archive:
This is the New Order, 6 May 1941
[Thanks to Mitchell Abidor]
10 November 2011: Added to the German Archiv Leo Trotzki:
Über Brandler und Thalheimer (On Brandler and Thalheimer) (1929) (Criticism of Brandler and Thalheimer)
Nochmals über Brandler und Thalheimer (Once again on Brandler and Thalheimer) (1913) (More criticism of Brandler Thalheimer)
Rosa Luxemburg und die IV. Internationale (Rosa Luxemburg and the Fourth International) (1935) (Critique of attempts by the SAP and the KPO to claim the heritage of Rosa Luxemburg)
[Thanks to Heinz Hackelberg]
10 November 2011: Update of the Revolutionary History Mirror including complete contents of:
Vol. 5 No. 2. Germany 1918–23:
From the November Revolution to the Failed October (1994) (almost complete)
Vol. 6 No. 1. Trotskyism in Poland (1995) (almost complete)
Vol. 8 No. 2. Mutiny: Disaffection and Unrest in the Armed Forces (2002) (complete)
Vol. 9 No. 4. Pierre Broué: Revolutionary Historian (2007) (complete)
[Thanks to Alun Morgan & Revolutionary History]
10 November 2011: Added to the new Pierre Broué Archive:
Remarks on the History of the Bolshevik Party (1962)
Spartacism, Bolshevism and Ultra-Leftism in Face of the
Problems of the Proletarian Revolution in Germany (1918–1923) (1972)
The “Bloc” of the Oppositions against Stalin in the USSR in 1932 (1980)
Walter Held (1979) (short biography of young German Trotskyist executed by the Stalinists in Russia in 1941)
Rudolf Klement (1971) (short biography of young German Trotskyist murdered by Stalinist agents in Paris in 1938)
The Socialist Youth in Spain (1934–1936) – When Carrillo was a Leftist (1983)
The Bolshevik-Leninist Faction (1988)
Kurt Landau (1988)
Van Heijenoort – A Trotskyist in New York in the Second World War (1990)
In Germany for the International (1993) (Leon Sedov’s experiences in Germany)
Trotskyism in Poland (1996) (letter)
Five Years On (1997) (The situation in the Comintern in 1924)
[Thanks to Alun Morgan & Revolutionary History]
10 November 2011: Added to the Christian Rakovsky Archive:
The Origins of the Potemkin Mutiny (1908)
[Thanks to Alun Morgan and Revolutionary History]
10 November 2011: Added to the new Raymond Challinor Archive in the Encyclopaedia of Trotskyism On-Line (ETOL):
Bernard Dix (1996) (letter)
Rocking the Boat (1996) (book review)
Frank Maitland (2002) (letter
[Thanks to Alun Morgan and Revolutionary History]
10 November 2011: Added to the new Ken Coates Archive in the Encyclopaedia of Trotskyism On-Line (ETOL):
Spluttering Taper (1961) (book review)
In the woodpile (1961) (book review)
O’Casey (1961) (book review)
Charity is not enough (1961)
Socialism and the division of labour – Some notes on the views of Paul Cardan (1961)
Caribbean Pilgrim (1961)
The unions (1961) (book review)
The Mines (1962) (book review)
Reform and Revolution – Rejoinder 1 (1962)
Zweigism (1962)
Incomes Policy and Class Power (1966)
Workers’ Control Conference (1969)
Peter Fryer (1929–2006) (2008) (obituary)
[Thanks to Einde O’Callaghan, Alun Morgan & Revolutionary History]
9 November 2011: Added to the Brian Pearce Archive:
Marxism and the Asiatic Mode of Production (2002) (letter)
The Asiatic Mode of Production (2003) (letter)
[Thanks to Alun Morgan and Revolutionary History]
9 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Hermínio Sacchetta Archive:
Jorge Amado e os Porões da Decência, 1954
[Thanks to Paula Sacchetta and Fernando Araújo]
9 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Marx/Engels Archive:
Begun add O Capital, with: Carta de Marx a Engels e o Prefácio à Primeira Edição, 1867.
[Thanks to Edições Avante! and Fernando Araújo]
8 November 2011: Added to the U.S. History Publications Section are the complete run of the Western Worker for its first two years. The publication was the journal for the western United States for the Communist Party, USA from 1932 through 1937. There are 82 full and complete issues included in this latest upload, each a very high-resolution PDF. These digitized versions were made from original bound copies, not from microfilm.
Western Worker, 1932
Western Worker, 1933
[Special thanks to Marty Goodman of the Riazanov Proejct along with D. Walters from Holt Labor Library and John Durham of Bolerium Books, San Francisco, for the donation of the bound volume of broadsheet originals to the project.]
8 November 2011: Added to the Early American Marxism Archive the following set of 12 documents:
“Diary Entry Regarding the Possible Pardon of Eugene V. Debs and Other Political Prisoners by Woodrow Wilson," by Josephus Daniels [August 10, 1920] In August 1920, with World War I over for nine months, the question of a Presidential pardon for Eugene V. Debs came up at a meeting of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet.
“Letter to President Woodrow Wilson from Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson, with Enclosure by Post Office Solicitor William Lamar Regarding Postal Censorship, September 3, 1920." Letter from head of the US Post Office Department Albert Burleson to President Wilson seeking guidance on whether to continue to make use of the Espionage Act against radical publications.
Exchange of Communications between Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and President Woodrow Wilson Regarding the Case of United States v. Rose Pastor Stokes [October 1 & 4, 1920] With the November election of a new President barely a month away and the European war almost 11 months done, Attorney General Mitchell Palmer seeks direction from Woodrow Wilson as to whether he should retry prominent New York Communist Rose Pastor Stokes under the Espionage Act.
“How I Became a Rebel,” by William Ross Knudsen [June 1922] One delegate to the 4th World Congress of the Comintern was a member of the Socialist Labor Party, William Ross Knudsen. This brief memoir by Knudsen from the monthly magazine of the Trade Union Educational League recalls his process of radicalization, in which as a young man just out of high school he was slugged in the jaw by a policeman for wearing a red necktie during a radical free speech campaign in San Diego.
“Details of Foster Kidnapping Related: Story of Disguise and False Name Denied and Illegal Arrest and Bertilloning Told." [events of August 6-7, 1922] While the railroad shopmen's strike was raging, Trade Union Educational League chief William Z. Foster found himself the target of terroristic activities by the constabulary of Colorado, this Federated Press report documents. Upon arriving in Denver, Foster was kidnapped by armed plainclothes officers of the Colorado rangers, said to be acting under direction of Governor Pat Hamrock.
“Michigan Central Wreck is Pretext for Raid,” by Carl Haessler [events of Aug. 20, 1922] Report from the weekly newspaper of the Federated Press news agency concerning the raid on headquarters of the Trade Union Educational League in Chicago.
“Tribune Story Exploded by Facts,” by Carl Haessler [Aug. 26, 1922] This news story by Federated Press staff correspondent Carl Haessler answers sensational but factually correct reporting in the Chicago Tribune that Trade Union Educational League chief William Z. Foster had fled the secret Communist Party convention in Bridgman, Michigan just ahead of raiding authorities with untruth packaged as “facts.” .
“Workers! You Must Fight for Freedom! Manifesto of the Workers Party." [Sept. 23, 1922] In the aftermath of an injunction won against striking workers in the great railroad strike by Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, the Workers Party of America amped up its political rhetoric.
“The General Strike is Dead! Long Live the General Strike!” by J. Louis Engdahl [Sept. 23, 1922] Almost as quick as it was started, the American Communist movement ended its agitation for a general strike in response to Harry Daugherty's injunction obtained in the railroad strike.
“Lessons of the Shopmen’s Strike,” by William Z. Foster [October 1922] After three months of intensive battle, the Great Railroad Strike of 1922 ground to a halt in the fall, defeated by injunctions, strikebreakers, and division among the 16 railway unions of the country -- 7 of which supported the strike and 9 of which did not.
“Debs, Hero of ARU Strike Nearly 30 Years Ago, Talks for Federated Press Readers,” by Eugene V. Debs [Oct. 7, 1922] Socialist Party leader Gene Debs contributes an article for distribution by the Federated Press, the news syndicate targeted to the American labor press started by individuals close to Victor Berger's Milwaukee Leader before being effectively taken over and manipulated by the Communist Party. Debs agitates for the freedom of imprisoned California union leaders Tom Mooney and Warren Billings.
“The Skirmish in Cleveland,” by C.E. Ruthenberg [events of Dec. 11-12, 1922] This assessment of the founding conclave of the Conference for Progressive Political Action by Workers Party of America Executive Secretary C.E. Ruthenberg first appeared in the pages of The Liberator.
[Thanks to the Early American Marxism Archive]
8 November 2011: Added to the French KPD Archive:
Sur la « déclaration de loyalisme » du Parti Communiste [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
8 November 2011:Opened the Agildo Barata archive in the Portuguese-language section, with:
O Generalíssimo Stálin, Chefe Militar, 1949
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo,]
7 November 2011: Added to the French Clara Zetkin Archive:
Sur la situation en Allemagne [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
7 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Stalin Archive:
Discurso na Praça Vermelha de Moscou na Comemoração do 24.º Aniversário da Revolução de Outubro, 1941
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
6 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Stalin Archive:
Discurso Perante uma Assembléia do Soviet de Moscou e Representantes de Outras Organizações, 1941
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
5 November 2011: Added to the Dreyfus Affair History Archive:
National Homage to General Mercier, L'Action Française, October 15, 1906
[Thanks to Mitchell Abidor]
5 November 2011: Added to the Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line:
In the section for the United States:
The following document has been added to the Background Materials section for “The Birth of the Anti-Revisionist, Anti-Dogmatist Trend, 1976-77:”
A Critique of Ultra-Leftism, Dogmatism and Sectarianism [1977] (The Movement for a Revolutionary Left proposes a new regroupment of the left as a counterweight to the dogmatism that infects the Marxist-Leninist movement.)
The following document has been added to the “Unification Efforts of Pro-Albania Groups” section:
U.S. Neo-Revisionism as the American Expression of the International Opportunist Trend of Chinese Revisionism [1978] (The Central Organization of U.S. Marxist-Leninists traces a direct line from Browderism in the late 1940s to support for Chinese revisionism in the 1970s.)
In the section for the United Kingdom:
The following documents have been added to “Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist)” section:
Education [1974] (A pamphlet by CPB (ML) looks at education cutbacks and its effect on the working class.)
London Murder! [1976] (A pamphlet examines the transformation of London from an industrial centre to a financial centre and decay of once-strong working class areas.)
Migration and class power [2005] (A speech by the CPB (ML) argues that the government’s open-door immigration policy is designed to undermine the wages and working conditions of the British working class.)
The Nationalism of the CPBML [2007] (The Marxist-Leninist newspaper, Lalkar, takes the CPB (ML) to task for its anti-immigration stands.)
In the section for Canada:
The following document has been added to the “Conferences of Canadian Marxist-Leninists” section:
Towards the Unification of the Canadian Marxist-Leninist Movement [1976] (In Struggle! argues that the unity of an emerging Marxist-Leninist movement can only be achieved through open and frank debate and not through a retreat into a dogmatic declarations of having a correct line.)
[Thanks to Paul, Sam, Malcolm and others of the EROL team]
5 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Temática Archive:
Três Importantes Lutas na Frente Filosófica da China.
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
5 November 2011: Added to the French Paul Levi Archive:
Lettre au Comité Central du Parti Communiste Allemand [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
4 November 2011: Added to the Early American Marxism Archive the following set of 11 documents from Socialist Labor Party, Proletarian Party, Socialist Party of Amercia and the Communist Party:
“Constitution of the Workingmen’s Party of the United States: Adopted by its Union Congress, Philadelphia, July 19-22, 1876." The first constitution of the Socialist Labor Party of America, albeit under its first organizational name.
“The Ballot Box: Resolution of the Workingmen’s Party of the United States Adopted at its Union Congress, July 19-22, 1876." This resolution was passed by the Philadelphia “Union Congress” that established the Workingmen’s Party of the United States — an organization better known as the Socialist Labor Party of America.
“Workingmen’s Party of the United States: Address of the Executive,” by Philip Van Patten & Conrad Pfeiffer." [Aug. 25, 1876] One of the most enigmatic figures in the history of American radicalism was Philip Van Patten, first Executive Secretary of the Socialist Labor Party of America — a man who “suddenly disappeared” from his post in April 1883 (in the words of historian Ira Kipnis) to take a position in the federal government bureaucracy.
“Workingmen’s Party of the United States: To the Workingmen of All Countries,” by Philip Van Patten & Conrad Pfeiffer [Sept. 8, 1876] A second official pronouncement by the Socialist Labor Party of America under its first moniker, published over the signature of Corresponding Secretary Philip Van Patten, although perhaps written in conjunction with Recording Secretary Conrad Pfeiffer.
“The Social Revolutionists,” by Philip Van Patten [circa January 20, 1881] With the anarchist movement gaining size and strength in the early 1880s, centered in the city of Chicago, electorally-oriented members of the Socialist Labor Party began to make inquiry as to whether adherents of so-called “Social Revolutionism” was compatible with party membership.
“Address of Eugene V. Debs at the Opening of the Special Convention of the American Railway Union: Handel Hall, Chicago — June 15, 1897." The first convention of the Social Democracy of America, forerunner of the Socialist Party of America, was also the last convention of the American Railroad Union, the industrial union launched by Eugene V. Debs. The gathering opened with this keynote speech by the fiery Indiana orator.
“Minutes of the Founding Convention of the Proletarian Party of America: Detroit, MI — June 27-29, 1920." After six months of uneasy alliance followed by six months of factional squabbling, the Michigan-based “Proletarian University” faction headed by Scottish-born radical John Keracher formally established itself as a rival political party at a three day convention in Detroit late in June 1920.
“Manifesto of the Communist Party of America to the Workers of the United States." [Sept. 4, 1922] This massive Labor Day 1922 missive of the Communist Party of America answers charges made in the wake of recent raids on the conventions of the party and Trade Union Educational League that the Communist movement represented a secret underground terrorist conspiracy. Pointing out the organization’s origins as an “open party” in 1919, the manifesto declares “It is only the brutal persecution that has driven us underground.”
“15,000 Russians Plan Return to First Workers’ Republic to Give Aid to the Revival and Development of Agriculture." [Sept. 16, 1922] In the fall of 1922 the government of Soviet Russia partially lifted its ban on the return of expatriate Russian citizens, this article reveals.
“Letter to C.E. Ruthenberg, Executive Secretary of the Workers Party of America in NY from John Keracher, Executive Secretary of the Proletarian Party of America in Chicago, March 3, 1923." Ultra-esoteric cover letter accompanying correspondence between the National Executive Committee of the Proletarian Party of America and the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party of America regarding a unity appeal by the former to the latter. Adds minor detail to the chronology of the exchange of communiques.
“Minutes of the National Convention of the Proletarian Party of America: Held in Chicago, Illinois — Sept. 2-4, 1923." These are minutes to the 3rd convention of the Proletarian Party of America, an organization by this date headquartered in Chicago. A total of 17 voting delegates from 12 locals were in attendance, joined by 5 non-voting fraternal delegates and 2 ex-officio officers of the party. The gathering re-elected John Keracher as National Secretary and elected a 15 member National Executive Committee. Minutes are terse and do not shed light on the group’s organizational situation.
[Thanks to the Early American Marxism Archive]
4 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Marx/Engels Archive:
Primeiro Projecto de Resposta à Carta de Vera Zassúlitch, 1881.
[Thanks to Edições Avante! and Fernando Araújo]
3 November, 2011: New addition to the Spanish-language Paul Mattick archive:
Otto Rühle y el movimiento obrero alemán (1938)
[Thanks to Jonas Holmgren]
3 November 2011: Added to the French Anton Pannekoek Archive:
Un monde nouveau [1918]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
3 November 2011: Added to the French MN Roy Archive:
Le mouvement révolutionnaire dans l'Inde [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
3 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Stalin Archive:
Discurso nos Funerais de M. V. Frunze, 1925
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
2 November 2011: Added to the French Pak Chin-sun Archive:
L'Orient révolutionnaire et l'Internationale communiste [1920]
[Thanks to the French Language Volunteers]
2 November 2011: Added to the Swedish Leon Trotsky Internet Archive:
The Spanish Kornilovs and the Spanish Stalinists (September 1932)
[Thanks to Martin Fahlgren]
2 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Bulganin Archive:
Discurso no XIX Congresso do PC (b) da URSS, 1952.
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]
1 November, 2011: We start a Spanish-language Isaac Deutscher archive with:
Las raéces de
la burocracia (1960)
[Thanks ro Martin Fahlgren]
1 November 2011: Added to the Early American Marxism Archive the following set of 9 documents from Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party of Amercia and the Communist Party:
“Labor and Work,” by Adolf Douai [April 23, 1887] A rare English language article by Marxist pioneer Dr. Adolf Douai of Texas, best remembered as the father of the kindergarten movement in America. Douai attempts a distinction between “labor,” a commodity corresponding to the capitalist process, with “work,” voluntary activity for oneself and for the benefit of society.
“Social Democrats in Convention: Large, Enthusiastic, and Intelligent Gathering." [events of March 6-9, 1900] Unsigned account from the pages of the Appeal to Reason of the so-called “1st National Convention” of the Social Democratic Party, a gathering of the Chicago-based organization which included participation by representatives of the rival organization by the same name based in Springfield, Massachusetts.
“The Social Democratic Convention has Emphasized Startling Truths,” by Eugene V. Debs [March 24, 1900] In the wake of a convention two weeks earlier which seemed to move the Social Democratic movement in America towards unity and growth, party leader and Presidential candidate Gene Debs offered the following assessment of the organization and its prospects to readers of the weekly Appeal to Reason. “The Social Democratic Party is not a reform party, but a revolutionary party,” Debs declares. “It does not propose to modify the competitive system, but to abolish it. An examination of its platform shows that it stands unequivocally for the collective ownership and control of all the means of wealth production and distribution — in a word, socialism.”
“Minutes of the Special 2nd Convention of the United Communist Party of America: Kingston, NY—Dec. 24, 1920 to Jan. 2, 1921." Despite pseudonyms and secrecy, the Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice still managed to obtain a seat at the convention, when their confidential informant, Pittsburgh District Organizer “Ryan” was elected a delegate.
“Notice of a Hearing of Expulsion for Maximilian Cohen in New York from Charles Dirba, Executive Sec. CPA, Jan. 12, 1921." One of the most outspoken pro-unity figures in the Communist Party of America was New York dentist Maximilian Cohen. Cohen’s outspoken opposition to the policy of delay and obfuscation practiced by the majority of the Central Executive Committee brought about a disciplinary attack.
“An Appeal to the Executive Committee of the Communist International,” by Maximilian Cohen [Jan. 16, 1921] Expelled from the Communist Party of America for violation of party discipline by campaigning for unity with the United Communist Party, Max Cohen made his appeal to the organization that was demanding just such a merger.
“The Communist Party and its Tasks,” by C.E. Ruthenberg [July 1921] Although imprisoned in New York state, Communist Party leader C.E. Ruthenberg still managed to publish this pseudonymous article in the official organ of the newly united Communist Party of America. Ruthenberg reveals here the almost total annihilation of the Communist Labor Party prior to its 1920 merger with a dissident minority wing of the old CPA—reduced to “less than a thousand of the original ten or fifteen thousand members.”
“Some Important CEC Decisions." [article in CPA Official Bulletin, circa Aug. 15, 1921] This summary of key decisions of the governing Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of America in June and July 1921 was sent out to the membership of the party in a printed official bulletin.
“Language Federations." [
article in CPA Official Bulletin,
circa Aug. 15, 1921] Brief review of the foreign language federation situation in the newly established unified Communist Party of America. The new organization included groups conducting their business in an astounding 21 different languages, the article reports, including several languages largely ignored in the literature, such as Armenian, Turkish, Japanese, and Spanish.
[Thanks to the Early American Marxism Archive]
1 November 2011: Added to the Portuguese Stalin Archive:
Augusto Bebel Líder dos Operários Alemães, 1910
[Thanks to Fernando Araújo]