Subject: M-NEWS: What is new at Socialist Appeal's In Defence of Marxism site Date: Tue, 9 Sep 97 15:32:56 +0000 From: <socappeal-AT-easynet.co.uk> What is new at Socialist Appeal's In Defence of Marxism site (September 9, 1997) Russia, from revolution to counter-revolution (still in construction) (http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~socappeal/russia/) Ted Grant, with a foreword by Trotsky's grandson Vsievolod Volkov, and an introduction by Alan Woods has already been published and we have started its publication on-line. The book, nearly 600 pages long, covers the key developments in Russia since the Revolution right up to the present day. It traces the elimination of workers' democracy, the rise of Stalinism, the advances of planned economy and the eventual collapse of the bureaucratic system under Gorbachev. Using the method of Marxism, Ted Grant uncovers the contradictory developments that have shaped the Soviet Union over the last 70 years and finally led to its downfall. He also deals in detail with the present situation in Russia under Yeltsin and assesses the possibilities for a successful restoration of capitalism. Not since the publication of Trotsky's book "The Revolution Betrayed" in 1936 has such a detailed and comprehensive Marxist study of Russia been undertaken. The parts already available on-line are: - Foreword by Vsievolod Volkov (Trotsky's grandson) - Introduction by Alan Woods - Part One: The Balance Sheet of October (covering the October Revolution, the Constituent Assembly, Russia's isolation and the period leading to the New Economic Policy) The book can be ordered from any bookshop in Britain quoting the ISBN number (1 9000 07 02 9) and the trade distributor is Central Books). For information about getting a paper copy of the book outside Britain: Wellred Publications PO Box 2626 London N1 7SQ tel: + (44) 0171 251 10 94 fax: + (44) 0171 251 10 95 email: wellred-AT-socappeal.easynet.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------- If you would like to be informed by email of new additions to the In Defence of Marxism web site send us an email to new-AT-socappeal.easynet.co.uk with "subscribe What's new" as the message body. If you want to be removed from this list send a message to the same address with "unsuscribe" as the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------- Yours in solidarity, Socialist Appeal's "In Defence of Marxism" web site http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~socappeal/IDOM.html socappeal-AT-easynet.co.uk socappeal-AT-easynet.co.uk http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~socappeal/IDOM.html PO Box 2626 London N1 7SQ Britain
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