Once again socialism is on the political agenda! From the cover of Newsweek to news programs on TV, the word socialism has become commonplace. Yet, most of these references to socialism have very little to do with the ideas of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. What is the real socialist tradition? What are the politics of revolutionary socialism? This study series will introduce you to the revolutionary socialist tradition—its birth and development in various contexts, its theories, and its application to practice and struggle.
The study group will be held every two weeks from 5 to 7pm at The NYU Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street (just south of Houston Street) on the 4th floor.
For more info contact nyciso@gmail.com or call 212-646-452-8662.
Saturday, April 11
From Marx to the Second International:
The Rise of Mass Socialist Parties
with Brian Jones
Missed it? Watch the video.
READINGS:
Hal Draper, The Two Souls of Socialism
John Molyneux, Marxism and the Party
(Chapter 1: Karl Marx: Class and Party)
Chris Harman, The Lost Revolution, Chapter 1
(Can be found at Google books by typing in author and title)
Saturday, April 25
Lenin and the Impact of the
Russian Revolution
with Amy Muldoon
Missed it? Watch the video.
READINGS:
Chris Harman, Party and Class
(In the book Party and Class)
Paul D’Amato, Lenin and the Birth of Bolshevism
(http://www.isreview.org/issues/33/bolshevism.shtml)
John Molyneux, Marxism and the Party,
Chapter 3: “Lenin; From Russian Bolshevism to the Communist International”
Further reading (not required):
Paul LeBlanc, Lenin and the Revolutionary
RESCHEDULED! New Date TBA
World Revolution: The Comintern
with Lee Wengraf
READINGS:
Duncan Hallas, The Comintern
Chapters 1-4
Saturday, May 23
Trotsky and the Fight Against Stalinism
with Jen Roesch
READINGS:
Duncan Hallas, Trotsky’s Marxism
pp. 15-92
Chris Harman, “How the Revolution was Lost”
from Russia: From Workers’ State to State Capitalism
Saturday, June 6
World War II and Beyond
with Geoff Bailey
READINGS:
Duncan Hallas, Trotsky’s Marxism, pp. 93-110
Tony Cliff, “Fifty Years of the International Socialist Tradition”
http://www.isreview.org/issues/01/cliff_interview.shtml
John Molyxneux, What is the Real Marxist Tradition?
(chapter 3: “Third World Nationalism”)
Nigel Harris, Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism
http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/
For more info contact nyciso@gmail.com or call 212-646-452-8662.
Saturday, April 11
From Marx to the Second International:
The Rise of Mass Socialist Parties
with Brian Jones
Missed it? Watch the video.
READINGS:
Hal Draper, The Two Souls of Socialism
John Molyneux, Marxism and the Party
(Chapter 1: Karl Marx: Class and Party)
Chris Harman, The Lost Revolution, Chapter 1
(Can be found at Google books by typing in author and title)
Saturday, April 25
Lenin and the Impact of the
Russian Revolution
with Amy Muldoon
Missed it? Watch the video.
READINGS:
Chris Harman, Party and Class
(In the book Party and Class)
Paul D’Amato, Lenin and the Birth of Bolshevism
(http://www.isreview.org/issues/33/bolshevism.shtml)
John Molyneux, Marxism and the Party,
Chapter 3: “Lenin; From Russian Bolshevism to the Communist International”
Further reading (not required):
Paul LeBlanc, Lenin and the Revolutionary
RESCHEDULED! New Date TBA
World Revolution: The Comintern
with Lee Wengraf
READINGS:
Duncan Hallas, The Comintern
Chapters 1-4
Saturday, May 23
Trotsky and the Fight Against Stalinism
with Jen Roesch
READINGS:
Duncan Hallas, Trotsky’s Marxism
pp. 15-92
Chris Harman, “How the Revolution was Lost”
from Russia: From Workers’ State to State Capitalism
Saturday, June 6
World War II and Beyond
with Geoff Bailey
READINGS:
Duncan Hallas, Trotsky’s Marxism, pp. 93-110
Tony Cliff, “Fifty Years of the International Socialist Tradition”
http://www.isreview.org/issues/01/cliff_interview.shtml
John Molyxneux, What is the Real Marxist Tradition?
(chapter 3: “Third World Nationalism”)
Nigel Harris, Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism
http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/
