Towards a libertarian socialism

Essays on labor and freedom.

Transitions to democracy

Trotsky and the problem of soviet bureaucracy

Insightful and groundbreaking, Twiss’s account of Trotsky’s theory of post-revolutionary bureaucracy will soon become the definitive work on the subject.

Trotsky on lenin

Combining Young Lenin and On Lenin in one volume, this is a fascinating political biography by fellow revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Trotsky's challenge

The debates surrounding the publication of Trotsky’s Lessons of October are here collected, translated, and explained for the first time.

Trotsky's marxism and other essays

In this introduction to the politics of Leon Trotsky, British activist Duncan Hallas analyzes his thinking and its relevance for today in clear, sharp prose. Includes essential writings by Hallas about the development of Trotskyism after Trotsky’s assassination in 1940.

Trotskyism in the united states

An outstanding set of informative essays, providing an unsurpassed account of the dynamic revolutionary socialist current known as American Trotskyism.

Truth and revolution

A poignant, compelling history of one of the most important radical groups you've never heard of.

Under the socialist banner

A collection of all the resolutions adopted by Second International congresses during the movement 's revolutionary Marxist period of 1889-1912.

Unfinished leninism

A stimulating collection of essays on the revolutionary socialist Vladimir Lenin that survey fierce controversies over his life and ideas.

Universality and utopia

This work examines the evolution of the Peruvian indigenista literary tradition in the twentieth century in its relation to the evolution of socialist thought and dialectical materialist philosophy. 

Value and crisis

A landmark collection of essays by renowned Marxist political economist Alfredo Saad-Filho.

Vanguard of the revolution

The first comprehensive political history of the communist partyVanguard of the Revolution is a sweeping history of one of the most significant political institutions of the modern world. The communist party was a revolutionary idea long before its supporters came to power. A. James McAdams argue...

Varieties of post-communist capitalism

Surveying Putin 's Russia and contemporary China, this volume theorized forms of capitalism that emerge in post-communist societies.

Venezuela in crisis

In this essential intervention, Venezuelan socialists provide an invaluable analysis of the origins and causes of their country’s crisis, and offer a critique of the Maduro regime. Venezuela in Crisis brings together a diverse array of Venezuelan thinkers and activists to grapple with the quest...

Violence and civility

Revealing the explicit relationships among globalization, capitalism, and barbarism to rid our world of violence once and for all.

War and an irish town

War and an Irish Town is Eamonn McCann's classic account of growing up Catholic in a Northern Irish ghetto.

War and revolution in catalonia, 1936-1939

This translation of a landmark study is the first monograph in English to focus on Catalonia during the Civil War.

We cannot escape history

The latest collection of essays from the Deutscher Prize winning Marxist scholar, Neil Davidson.

We still here

In the midst of loss and death and suffering, our charge is to figure out what freedom really means—and how we take steps to get there.

What is the real marxist tradition?

Trotsky makes the case that the rise of Stalinism was not the inevitable consequence of Leninism, but rather its negation.

What went wrong? the nicaraguan revolution

An indispensable reexamination of the failures of the Nicaraguan Revolution, by one of the most important Marxist-historians of Latin America.

Why china needs democracy

A realist defense of constitutional democracy in China that challenges the assumptions of the so-called China ModelWith liberal democracies under strain and the Chinese government delivering stability and prosperity to its citizens, is democracy still an ideal worth pursuing in China? In Why Chin...

Why not socialism?

A compelling case for why it's time for socialismIs socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.There ...

Wilhelm liebknecht and german social democracy

Key writings and speeches by one of the major figures of the labor movement of the 19th century.

Witness to the german revolution

In 1923 history stood at a cross roads. Serge unapologetically lent his pen to those fighting for international workers' revolution.

Witnesses to permanent revolution

The early debates about the contradictions of combined and uneven development, brought to life by a new translation of leading Marxists.

Work, ideology, and film under socialism in romania

Work, Ideology, and Film under Socialism in Romania examines the cinematic architecture of work imaginary as developed through films produced between 1960 and 1989. This book provides rich insight into the intimate configuration of cinematic thinking of work and displays of this form of social ...

Working-class politics in the german revolution

An authoritative and engaging political biography of one of the most important, yet largely unknown, leaders of the German revolution.

Writing to the rhythm of labor

Benjamin Kindler examines how writing transformed the Chinese Revolution even as the revolution remade what it meant to write.

Young reds in the big apple

The tale of New York’s Young Reds—a riveting journey through the YPA’s rise and influenceYoung Reds in the Big Apple: The New York YPA, 1923–1934 by Jack Hodgson is a compelling historical account that delves into the heart of American communism through the lens of New York City’s Young Pioneers ...

Zombie capitalism

An incisive and devastating critique of capitalism, sounding the alarm that the system poses a threat to human well-being.