Ebook: State Capitalism and World Revolution

Originally published in 1950, this analysis by three respected activists successfully predicted the future course of Marxism. Their revolutionary critique of industrial civilization possessed a striking originality that was insular in its political context and optimistic in its expectations for the working class. They envisioned that the working class activity would defy trends away from class and social issues and toward the so-called End of Ideology. Brought forth in a new edition, this viewpoint and others reveals much, even years later, that challenges Marxist and other orthodoxies. State Capitalism and World Revolution is the most succinct version of C.L.R. James and his collaborators general conclusions about industrial culture and is a pioneering critique of Lenin and Trotsky, and a reclamation of Marx. This edition includes the original preface from Martin Glaberman and a new introduction from Paul Buhle.;Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; A Note to the 2013 edition by Paul Buhle; Fully and Absolutely Assured (C.L.R. James' Foreword to the 1986 Edition); Introduction to the Fourth Edition (1986) by Paul Buhle; Preface to the Third Edition (1968) by Martin Glaberman; Author's Preface to the Second Edition (1956); Authors' Introduction to the First Edition; I. What Is Stalinism?; II. The Stalinists and the Theory of State Capitalism; III. Lenin and State Capitalism; IV. Rearming the Party of World Revolution; V. The Class Struggle; VI. The Theory of the Party; VII. Methodology.