Paul Le Blanc

In a blend of economic, social, and political history, Paul Le Blanc shows how important labour issues have been, and continue to be, in the forging of America's history. Within a broad analytical framework, he highlights issues of class, gender, race and ethnicity, and includes the views of key figures of United States labour.

A comprehensive primer on the key figures of the Marxist tradition. The readings collected here—of Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Lenin, Trotsky, and Gramsci—reflect the experience of the labour, socialist, and communist movements that did so much to shape modern history. From Marx to Gramsci aims to serve as a basic introduction through to the primary sources containing revolutionary ideas of these...

This is the first comprehensive examination of Leon Trotsky's view on revolutionary organisational principles and the dynamic interplay of democratic initiative and principled centralism. Mostly in his own words, these writings are grounded in Trotsky's experience in Russia's revolutionary movement, as a leader of the International Left Opposition and Fourth International. Leon Trotsky And The Organisational Principles Of The Revolutionary...

This collection will be of interest to all who want to dive deeper into one of the 20th century's most brilliant women revolutionaries, Rosa Luxemburg. The publication will coincide with the 100-year anniversary of her death in 1919. Renewed attention to the role of radical women in the historical socialist movement has been shown through increased interest in the work...

Lenin by Paul Le Blanc brings out the practical activism, principled politics, and revolutionary patience crucial to organising the oppressed on a rapidly over-heating planet. – Jodi Dean 'Crackling with intellectual life' – Lars T. Lih Vladimir Lenin lies in a tomb in Moscow's Red Square. History has not been kind to this Russian leader, his teachings reviled by modern...

In Leon Trotsky, Paul Le Blanc delves deep to understand Trotsky's complex character, relationships, actions, and ideas. Interweaving dramatic historical events with Trotsky's multi-faceted personality, this book explores his involvement with and opposition to the Soviet bureaucracy, and his efforts to revitalise the revolutionary wing of the labour movement. Revealed here are his urgent warnings of Hitler's rise and the...

Analysing intersections of race, class and gender alongside primary texts, this unique volume explores racism and anti-racism in the US. Considering the connections between class and racial oppression, and the often marginalised role of the Left in anti-racist struggles, Le Blanc skilfully introduces key texts from crucial figures in African American radicalism. The combination of rich analytical understanding with key...

Revolutionary Studies explores the relevance of Marxism to emancipatory politics through a critical examination of core concepts and key twentieth-century revolutionary figures and movements. The first part of Revolutionary Studies explores definitions of the working class, social identities, democracy, capitalism, and socialism. The second applies these understandings to the Russian, Chinese, Nicaraguan, Indian, and South African revolutionary and post-revolutionary experiences....