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Belomor: $12. Cover. The White Sea-Baltic
Canal was constructed with prison labor. This 1935 book, by
a team of Soviet writers led by Gorky, shows how kulaks and
other wreckers were transformed through labor.
Russian Justice. $8. Cover. This 1935 book by
noted American penologist Mary Stevenson Callcott,
describes how the Soviet prison system was designed for
rehabilitation, not punishment.
Marx: Critica al programa de Gotha.
$6. 1875. Critica de Marx sobre los errores oportunistas en
la nueva programa de los social-demócratas alemanes. Portada.
Reflections on the Middle East,
1958-1983, by Enver
Hoxha. $12. Cover. This
325 page book contains Hoxha's memoirs on the struggle of
the Palestinian people against Israel and U.S.
imperialism, of the people of Iran against the Shah and
U.S. imperialism, and of the Afghan people against Soviet
social-imperialism. :
Lenin: Letters from Afar, March, 1917.
$5. Cover. Five letters written by
Lenin before his return to Russia, exposing in detail the
role of the Provisional Government and of the opportunist
parties supporting it.
Lenin: Cartas desde
lejos, marzo, 1917. $5. Portada. Cinco cartas de
Lenin antes de su regreso a Rusia, exponiendo en detalle
el papel del Gobierno Provisional y el papel de los
partidos oportunistas los cuales lo apoyaban.
Unity &
Struggle #47. Nivember 2023. $7. Cover. Journal of the
International Conference of M-L Parties and Organizations
(ICMLPO).
Unidad y Lucha #47. Noviembre
2023. $7. Portada. Revista de la
Conferencia Internacional de Partidos y Organizaciones M-L
(CIPOML).
Albania Challenges
Khrushchev Revisionism, 1979. $14. Cover. This 330 page book
contains Hoxha's 1960 speech at the 1960 meeting of 81
communist and workers' parties, in which Hoxha made the
first public speech criticizing Khrushchev revisionism, The
book also contains background material, including Hoxha's
discussion about the speech to the Central Committee of the
Party of Labor of Albania before and after the meeting.
The Munich Conspiracy.
Andrew Rothstein. 1958. Cover. This
670 page book provides a very detailed account, by a
leading member of the Communist Party of Great Britain,
of how the ruling classes of Britain and France sold out
Czechoslovakia to the Nazis in in 1938. Internet only.
Five
books by D. N. Pritt. Pritt was a left-wing Member of
Parliament from the Labour Party, but was expelled from the
Labour Party for supporting Russia in its war with Finland in
1939-1940. He was an independent Labour MP until 1940. Light on Moscow, 1940, 140 p. $8.
Cover A good explanation,
especially useful for those new ro socialism, of the role of
the Soviet Union during the period of the non-aggression pact
with Germany. Must the War Spread? 1940, 219 p.
$10 Cover Russia is for Peace, 1951, 100 p.
$7. Cover The Fall of the French Republic,
1940, 140 p. $8. Cover Discusses the
role of French imperialism from World War I to its
collapse with the Nazi invasion of June 1940. It
includes a lengthy discussion of the Popular Front
and its betrayal. The State Department and the Cold
War, A commentary on its publication, “Nazi-Soviet
Relations, 1939-1941”. 1948, 93 p. $7. Cover
Trotskismo: Contrarrevolución
disfrazada. M.J. Olgin. $7. Portada. Una excelente
respuesta a las principales calumnias trotskista contra la
Unión Soviética y Stalin.Incluye capítulos
sobre el socialismo en un solo país, la revolución y el
campesinado, la revolución china, la situación alemana y
la cuestión del socialfascismo, y más. Traducido en
español por primera vez por Trabajadores y Estudiantes
Comunistas por el Cambio Social de Puerto Rico.
Revolutionary Democracy, October
2023. $7. This ML journal from India
contains information on the revolutionary movement in
India, China, Russia and other countries, as well as on
historical questions of the international communist
movement. Only the contents and pictures are available
here. To see the contents in html format, go to www.RevolutionaryDemocracy.org
War and Peace in Finland, by Soviet
Russia Today, 1940. A detailed explanation of the reasons for
the Soviet-Finish war of 1939-1940, with a background of
Finland's situation from its independence after the October
Revolution. Internet only.
Harry Haywood: Black Bolshevik,
1978. Internet only. In archives of Revolutionary Democracy
journal.
Warmongers Unmasked: History of Cold
War in Germany, Wilfred Burchett.
1950. Internet only. Although this book is dated, it has
valuable historical material on how the Western powers were
the ones responsible for the division of Germany.
William Z, Foster: Toward Soviet America, 1932.
Internet only. Although some of his views were outdated by the
need for a United Front against Fascism, this book has valuable
information, particularly on the role of the Socialist Party.
The Class Nature of China Today,
2021. (P) $3. Cover. An update on
the class nature of China, including Xi Xinping's "One Belt One
Road" initiative.
Reader in Marxist
Philosophy, edited by Howard Selsam and Harry Martel.
Originally published in 1963, this edition was reprinted in
India in 2010. This 378-page book contains lengthy selection
from the works of Marx, Engels and Lenin, organized by topics.
Internet only.
Culture
in a Changing World, by V.J. Jerome. 1945, $6. Cover.
Although this 73 page book is written in a somewhat abstract
style, it is a very useful work on a Marxist view of culture. The
author was the editor of the Communist Party magazine, Political
Affairs.
Marxism and Modern Idealism, by
John Lewis. 1945. A brief, 50 page booklet that gives a clear
explanation of dialectical materialism versus idealism. Internet
only.
Economía Política: Curso para
principantes, (versión original).A. Leontiev,
1935. $6. Portada, Eso es una traducción en
español de parte de Ediciones Frente Cultural de México. Versión 2. Lo mismo como el
original, pero con citas de los clásicos del Marxismo-Leninismo
de fuentes que pueden encontrar en el internet.
A Negro Looks at Soviet Central Asia,
Langston Hughes, 1934. $6. Cover. This 64-page pamphlet,
barely known in the U.S., describes in more historical than
autobiographical form Hughes' travels through Soviet Central
Asia as in I Wonder as I Wander, with positive
comparisons of Soviet Central Asia to the degradation of the
U.S. South. (It is also not copyrighted so we can freely reprint
it.).
Fascism and the Social Revolution,
by R. Palme Dutt, November, 1934. $12. Cover. This 321 page book was
written by a leading member of the British Communist Party.
Although it is superseded by Dimitrov's United Front, written a
half-year later, it still contains worthwhile details on the
development of fascism.
Jean Boulier: I Was A
Red Priest. The autobiography of Father Boulier, who studied
to became a Jesuit priest and supported the communists, both in
the period of the united front and after. He worked with
progressive Catholic groups in Eastern Europe, and particularly in
the peace movement. This 2022 English translation is fully
annotated, with numerous appendices. Over 700 pages. $20.
Unity
& Struggle #45. November 2022. $7. Cover.
Journal of the International Conference of M-L Parties and
Organizations (ICMLPO).
Unidad y Lucha #45.
Octubre 2022. $7. Portada. Revista de la
Conferencia Internacional de Partidos y Organizaciones M-L
(CIPOML).
Engels: The Housing Question. $6. 1873,
A polemic with the followers of Proudhon, who considered the
housing question as equivalent to the exploitation of labor
power.
Engels.
Engels. Contribucion al problema de la vivienda. $6.
1873. Una polemica con los seguidores de Proudhon, los cuales
consideraron la problema de la vivienda como equivalente a la
explotacion de la fuerza laboral.
Lenin: Respuesta a P. Kievski (Y. Piatakov),
1916. (P) $4. Portada. Esta carta
de 7 paginas, que no es bien conocida, explica la tema de
democracia en relaction al socialismo.
The
June Shutdown in Ecuador. Cover. This 40 page printed pamphlet includes full-color pictures. $6. The
uprising, started by the indigenous people, was joined by major
trade unions, women, youth and others. The main cause was the
rise in prices, particularly of oil. After 18 days, and at the
cost of at least 6 dead and hundreds of wounded and arrested,
the government gave in to the main demands.
Paro de junio en Ecuador. Portada. Este panfleto de 40
paginas incluye los fotos en color. $6. El levantamiento
empezo con el movimiento indigena pero estaba juntado por
sindicatos, mujeres, jovenes, etc. La causa principal era el
alto precio de productos, particularmente petroleo. Gano del
gobierno casi todas las demandas.
The Negro Question in the United States,
by James S. Allen, 1936. A detailed explanation of why
African-Americans in the Black Belt formed a nation. Internet
only.
VII Congress of the
Communist International, Abridged Stenographic Report.
This 600 page report contains most (though not all) of the
Speeches to the Congress. Internet only..
History of the International Communist
Movement, 1848-1917. Actually from the Communist
Manifesto until the death of Marx. 1976. 162 pages. $6
The
Story of Soviet Progress, by Corliss Lamont. 1938. This
36 page pamphlet gives a short summary of the achievements of
the Soviet Union. $6
Engels: La revolución
de la ciencia de Eugenio Dühring (“Anti-Dühring”). 1894.
$7
How the Steel Was Tempered. 1933. An
autobiographical novel by a young worker in the civil war.
Published in the US under the title "The Making of a Hero."
Internet only. Cover.
Así se templó el acero.
1933. Una novela autobiográfica de un joven trabajador en la
guerra civil. Solamente en internet. Portada.
Unity &
Struggle #43. November 2021. $7. Also in pdf and cover. Journal of the
International Conference of M-L Parties and Organizations
(ICMLPO).
Unidad y
Lucha #43. Noviembre 2021. $7. Tambien en pdf
y portada. Revista de
la Conferencia Internacional de Partidos y Organizaciones M-L
(CIPOML).
Fundamentals of
Political Economy, 1974. Also known as the Shanghai
Textbook. This book shows the Chinese view of political
economy during Mao's era. There is also a lengthy critique
of this book from a Marxist-Leninist perspective. Internet only.
Cuando y porqué el
socialismo en la Unión Soviética fracasó. Portada. Escrito
originalmente por el KPD(ML) de Alemania en 1966, esta traducido
en español por primera vez en 2021. Edición imprimida: $8. Este
libro de 207 páginas es un esfuerzo de una perspectiva
marxista-leninista de explicar las raíces del desarrollo del
revisionismo en la Unión Soviética, mas allá que decir que
"Jruschov era traidor" (aunque sí era). A pesar de unos errores
políticas, es uno de los pocos esfuerzos de tratar con esta tema,
que es de suma importancia por el movimiento comunista.
Volume
2: A controversial discussion about socialism. Discussion of
the above book by various political forces in Germany. Only on
internet. This is a rough translation from the German
(particularly of the shaded phrases).
Russia and America, W.E.B. Du
Bois, 1950. This is an unpublished manuscript. While it is
valuable for its description of the Soviet Union, which Du Bois
visited several times, it is not a Marxist view, particularly in
its positive treatment of militarist Japan before World War II.
Internet only.
The Origin of Life on Earth, by A.I. Oparin, third revised
and expanded edition, 1945. This 492 page book by a Soviet author
explains how organic matter could develop from inorganic matter,
thus undermining one of the religious arguments for creation of
living beings by a supernatural being. Internet only. We
include the original image pdf since there may be
formulas that were not written correctly by the OCR software.
The Origin of Life on Earth, by A.I. Oparin, third revised
and expanded edition, 1945. This 493 page book by a Soviet author
explains how organic matter could develop from inorganic matter,
thus undermining one of the religious arguments for creation of
living beings by a supernatural being. Internet only. We
include the original image pdf since there may be
formulas that were not written correctly by the OCR software.
Relevant today as different from Critical Race Theory