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Workers Unite! - The International 150 Years Later (Paperback)
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Workers Unite! - The International 150 Years Later (Paperback)
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Major political and economic shifts have marked the turn into the
21st century: the collapse of the Soviet bloc; the rise to
prominence of ecological issues; social changes generated by
globalization; and, most recently, one of the worst world financial
crises ever. These developments compel us to examine the capitalist
system with a critical eye and to reflect on the need for
alternatives. The 150th anniversary of the birth of the
International Workingmen's Association (IWA) (1864-2014) offers an
important opportunity to compare present mainstream paradigms and
the political platform developed by the IWA in order to better
address our contemporary crisis?] and theorize solutions. This
sourcebook introduces and contextualizes the most valuable notes
and proceedings from these legendary meetings, and includes letters
and commentary surrounding the events themselves, many appearing
for the first time in English. The carefully compiled materials
reach beyond Marx's writings through the history of the IWA to
include the cooperative movement, trade union reformism,
collectivism, and anarchism. In his introductions to these texts,
acclaimed scholar Marcello Musto provides accessible critical
evaluations and explanations. The text also highlights how certain
themes--self-emancipation of the working class versus communist
vanguardism and the taking of political power to achieve social
ends versus oppressive Soviet-style state control--find sharp
discontinuity between Marx's thought as a political leader of the
IWA and the tradition of Soviet Marxism. Carefully selected and
painstakingly translated, this volume is an invaluable resource for
all those interested in the foundations of modern political and
labor history.
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