From Marx To Gramsci: A Reader in Revolutionary Marxist Politics

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

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A comprehensive primer on the key figures of the Marxist tradition. The readings collected here - of Marx, Engels, Luxemburg, Lenin, Trotsky and Gramsci - reflect the experience of the labour, socialist and communist movements that did so much to shape modern history. From Marx to Gramsci aims to serve as a basic introduction through to the pimary sources containing revolutionary ideas of these influential thinkers.

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This is an extremely valuable volume. It gathers in one place material from various sources and makes it accessible to the serious student. The scholarly apparatusbibliography, short biographies, and introductory essaysmakes it especially useful both for the general reader and for teachers in the field. It should make a useful contribution in our struggle for human freedom. Dennis Brutus, South African poet and revolutionary activist "The power of this book lies in Le Blancs excellent selection and presentation of some of the most fundamental ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Luxemburg, Trotsky, and Gramsci. His choice of references and the framework for his selection rest on the premise that the central pivot of Marxism is proletarian revolutionary practice. Gill Hubbard, International Socialism The best available tool for revitalizing the consideration of socialist practice in our study groups and classrooms. Alan Wald, Radical Teacher A most welcome and needed introduction to Marxist politics from a revolutionary viewpoint . . . for students and activists. Michael Lwy, Monthly Review
This is an extremely valuable volume. It gathers in one place material from various sources and makes it accessible to the serious student. The scholarly apparatusbibliography, short biographies, and introductory essaysmakes it especially useful both for the general reader and for teachers in the field. It should make a useful contribution in our struggle for human freedom. Dennis Brutus, South African poet and revolutionary activist "The power of this book lies in Le Blancs excellent selection and presentation of some of the most fundamental ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Luxemburg, Trotsky, and Gramsci. His choice of references and the framework for his selection rest on the premise that the central pivot of Marxism is proletarian revolutionary practice. Gill Hubbard, International Socialism The best available tool for revitalizing the consideration of socialist practice in our study groups and classrooms. Alan Wald, Radical Teacher A most welcome and needed introduction to Marxist politics from a revolutionary viewpoint . . . for students and activists. Michael Lwy, Monthly Review

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Paul Le Blanc is a professor of History at La Roche College, has written on and participated in the U.S. labor, radical and civil rights movements, and is author of such books as Marx, Lenin and the Revolutionary Experience, and Lenin and the Revolutionary Party.