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Essential works of Lenin

"What is to be done?" and other writings
1987
Presents Vladimir Lenin's significant written works on capitalism, communism, class consciousness, social democracy, revolution, and Marxism, including the complete "Imperialism, the Highest State of Capitalism" and "What Is to Be Done?" and sections from "The Development of Capitalism in Russia.".

The political spectrum

opposing viewpoints
1981

Socialism

2008
Examines the history of socialism, how it has evolved, and its effect on other forms of government.

Castro's Cuba

2004
Eyewitness accounts help describe the political, social, economic, and cultural atmosphere of Cuba under the rule of Fidel Castro.

Global justice

liberation and socialism
2002
These classic works by Che Guevara present a revolutionary view of a different world in which human solidarity and understanding replace aggressive capitalist competition and exploitation.

What is to be done?

burning questions of our movement
1969
A reprint of the early twentieth-century text in which Russian leader V. I. Lenin elaborates the principles upon which the Bolshevik, or Communist Party was founded.

Today's isms

socialism, capitalism, fascism, communism
1994
Discusses the historical background, psychological roots, strengths, weaknesses, practices, evolution, and future of these political systems.

Socialism

opposing viewpoints
1986
An anthology presenting opposing viewpoints on the theory of socialism.

Behind the wall

the inner life of Communist Germany
1995
Discusses the psychological issues at work in the lives of East Germans as a result of living under Communist rule which are making it difficult for the people to adjust to democracy, and expresses concern that the two Germanies, in their rush to reunification, have failed to deal with their Nazi past.

The road to Wigan Pier

1958
Presents George Orwell's report on conditions among the unemployed as well as the employed in the north of England in 1937,and includes his views on the failures of socialism and socialists, and features an introductory rebuttal by Victor Gollancz, one of the founders of the Left Book Club which commissioned Orwell's article.

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