Trotskyism

Abstract: Part I The view from the centre: Zimmerwald and the origins of the Third International, David Kirby the history of the Comintern in the light of new documents, Kevin McDermott the structure of the Moscow apparatus of the Comintern and decision-making. Part II The parties and the Comintern - Europe: the Comintern International and the British Communist Party, Andrew Thorpe the Comintern and a "trotskyist menace" to British communism on the eve of World War II, Yevgeny Sergeev about a few things we know better concerning French communism and the Communist International, Guillaume Bourgeois the Comintern and the Italian Commuist Party in the light of some new documents, Aldo Agosti the testing-ground of world revolution - Germany in the 1920s, Aleksandr Vatlin from Lenin's comrades in arms to "Dutch donkeys" - the Communist party in the Netherlands and the Comintern of the 1920s, Gerrit Voerman the highpoint of Comintern influence? - the Comintern and the Civil War in Spain, Tim Rees nationalist or internationalist? The Portuguese Communist Party's autonomy and the Communist international, Carlos Cuhna the Communist Party of Greece of the Comintern - evaluations, instructions and subordination, Artiem Ulunian Tito and the twighlight of Comintern, Geoff Swain. The parties of Comintern - the Americas and Asia: the Communist International and the American Communist Party, Hugh Wilford from Caribbean backwater to revolutionary opportunity - Cuba's evolving relationship with Comintern, 1925-1934, Barry Carr the COmintern, the Chinese Communist Party and the three armed uprisings in Shanghai, 1926-1927, Steve Smith peasants and the peoples of the east - Indians and the rhetoric of Comintern, Wendy Singer the Comintern and Japanese Communist Party, Sandra Wilson.

Abstract: Preface Introduction 1. The Transition to Communism (1842-1844) 2. The Theory of Communist Revolution (1844-1846) 3. The Theory of the Party (1846-1848) 4. Party, Masses and Revolution, from Marx's Time to Ours Index

Abstract: Preface Stuart R. Schram Introduction John Wilson Lewis Acknowledgements Part I. The Changing Role of the Communist Party in the Revolutionary Struggle: 1. The influence of the past: how the early years helped to shape the future of the Chinese Communist Party C. Martin Wilbur 2. Transfer of legitimacy in the Chinese Communist Party: origins of the Maoist myth William F. Dorrill 3. The roles of the monolithic party under the totalitarian leader Leonard Schapiro and John Wilson Lewis Part II. The Power Elite in Theory and Practice: 4. The reign of virtue: some broad perspectives on leader and Party in the Cultural Revolution Benjamin I. Schwartz 5. The Party in Chinese Communist ideology Stuart R. Schram 6. Factionalism in the Central Committee Philip Bridgham Part III. The Communist Party and Chinese Society After the Take-Over: 7. Keeping the revolution going: problems of village leadership after land reform Thomas P. Bernstein 8. Party policies towards the intellectuals: the unique blooming and contending of 1961-2 Merle Goldman 9. Getting ahead and along in Communist China: the ladder of success on the eve of the Cultural Revolution Michel Oksenberg Part IV. The New View of Power in the Cultural Revolution Donald W. Klein 11. Army-Party relations in the light of the Cultural Revolution John Gittings Contributors Index.

Abstract: In a work of encyclopedic scope, International Trotskyism, 1929-1985 is sure to become the definitive reference work on a movement that has had a significant impact on the political culture of countries in every part of the world for more than half a century. Renowned scholar Robert J. Alexander has amassed, from disparate sources, an unprecedented amount of primary and secondary material to provide a documentary history of the origins, development, and nature of the Trotskyist movement around the world. Drawing on interviews and correspondence with Trotskyists, newspaper reports and pamphlets, historical writings including the annotated writings of Trotsky in both English and French, historical memoirs of Trotskyist leaders, and documents of the Fourth International, Alexander recounts the history of the movement since Trotsky's exile from the Soviet Union in 1929. Organized alphabetically in a double-column, country-by-country format this book charts the formation and growth of Trotskyism in more than sixty-five countries, providing biographic information about its most influential leaders, detailed accounts of Trotsky's personal involvement in the development of the movement in each country, and thorough reports of its various factions and splits. Multiple chapters are reserved for countries where the movement was more active or fully developed and various chapters are organized around crucial thematic issues, such as the Fourth International. The chapters are followed by extensive name, organization, publication, and subject indexes, which provide optimal access to the wealth of information contained in the main body of the work.