An Unfinished Revolution - Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)

Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln exchanged letters at the end of the Civil War. Although they were divided by far more than the Atlantic Ocean, they agreed on the cause of free labor and the urgent need to end slavery. In his introduction, Robin Blackburn argues that Lincoln s response signaled the importance of the German American community and the role of the international communists in opposing European recognition of the Confederacy. The ideals of communism, voiced through the International Working Men s Association, attracted many thousands of supporters throughout the US, and helped spread the demand for an eight-hour day. Blackburn shows how the IWA in America born out of the Civil War sought to radicalize Lincoln s unfinished revolution and to advance the rights of labor, uniting black and white, men and women, native and foreign-born. The International contributed to a profound critique of the capitalist robber barons who enriched themselves during and after the war, and it inspired an extraordinary series of strikes and class struggles in the postwar decades. In addition to a range of key texts and letters by both Lincoln and Marx, this book includes articles from the radical New York-based journal Woodhull and Claflin s Weekly, an extract from Thomas Fortune s classic work on racism Black and White, Frederick Engels on the progress of US labor in the 1880s, and Lucy Parson s speech at the founding of the Industrial Workers of the World.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	May 2011
Authors:	Robin Blackburn
Contributors:	Abraham Lincoln • Friedrich Engels • Karl Marx • Raya Dunaevskaya
Dimensions:	198 x 132 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-1-84467-722-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-84467-722-2
Barcode:	9781844677221

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