Overview

Duncan Hallas was a tireless activist, teacher and revolutionary. He not only wrote about the class struggle, but also led that movement in his life. This volume collects his writings and speeches, but also includes transcripts of some of his best speeches and additional material such as an interview about his role in leading revolt in the British army.

Full Product Details

Author:   Duncan Hallas ,  Ahmed Shawki
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
ISBN:  

9781608463893

ISBN 10:   1608463893
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   14 August 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Part I : THEORY The Meaning of Marxism Pamphlet 1971, based on SW series 1970-1971 Eighteen sections of 1000 words each 1. Why we need a theory 2. The battle for markets 3. The workers' vital role 4. Who produces the wealth? 5. The system's driving force 6. What causes the crisis? 7. The march of the giants 8. The white man's burden 9. Modern imperialism 10. Arms: key to post-war recovery 11. The end of post-war stability 12. Ideas: how the ruling class keeps its grip 13. `Greedy workers' 14. Public interest: dust in workers' eyes 15. European revolution defeated 16. The rise of Stalin's dictatorship 17. Stalin's zigzags 18. The only way forward: an international strategy The Significance of Nationalisation Socialist Review (first series) No 4, May 1951: pp 22-29 - 3200 words Role of the state in modern capitalism. The `Sinking' GBP SW 20 March 1976: p 4 - 800 words The mystification of money in capitalist society Part II : HISTORY Before the Class Struggle SW 15 March 1980: p 10 - 900 words Human society before class Jesus Christ Super-red? SW 23 December 1978: pp 4-5 - 1500 words Jesus as revolutionary in historical context The Bourgeois Revolution SR January 1988: pp 17-20 - 3800 words Bourgeois revolution in England, France, Germany, Russia, Japan Men of Property against the King SW 8 September 1973: pp 6-7 - 1200 words Civil War, then Compromise SW 15 September 1973: pp 6-7 - 1500 words Two-part history of English Civil War The `Glorious Revolution' SR October 1988]: pp ?? - 3500 words England 1688 `Terrible Ones' Take up Arms SW 6 October 1973: pp 6-7 - 1200 words Equality - but Only for a Few SW 13 October 1973: pp 6-7 - 1500 words Two-part history of the French Revolution Catholic and Protestant Unity that England had to Smash [James Walker] SW 11 September 1971: p 6 - 1300 words Wolfe Tone and United Irishmen It's Human Nature SW 10 April 1976: p 6 - 800 words The Great Pioneers SW 17 April 1976: p 6 - 800 words Two-part article on Robert Owen Whose Revolution? SW 24 April 1976: p 6 - 800 words Babeuf as pioneer of revolutionary socialism The Great Conspiracy SW 8 May 1976: p 6 - 800 words Heroism and limits of Blanqui The Turning Point SW 27 October 1973: pp 6-7 - 1200 words 1848 revolutions across Europe 1871: The First Workers' State SW 10 November 1973: p 7 - 1300 words The Paris Commune Dress Rehearsal for October SW 24 November 1973: p 7 - 1100 words Russia in 1905 The First Shop Stewards' Movement IS1/65 (1973): pp 19-26 - 6300 words Narrative account of stewards in WWI, based on Hinton book The Guns are Buried - and so are Hopes of 1916 [James Walker] SW 2 October 1971: p 6 - 1300 words The Easter Rising October 1917 SR October 1987: pp 14-18 - 4800 words Excellent narrative account of the October Revolution The Communist Party and the General Strike IS1/88 (1976): pp 16-24 - 6800 words Narrative account with political analysis Part III : STRATEGY & TACTICS Agitation and Propaganda SR September 1984: p 10 - 1100 words Distinction explained - basic revolutionary tasks What is `Economism'? IS1/56 (1973): pp 18-19 - 2300 words Economic and political struggle Do We Support Reformist Demands? IS1/54 (1973): pp. 18-19 - 1900 words Maximum, transitional demands etc. Here and Now SW 13 January 1979: p 4 - 850 words Transitional demands and socialism SW 20 January 1979: p 6 - 650 words Two-part article on transitional demands Sectarianism SR April 1985: pp 24-25 - 1500 words Basic definition Terror and Hypocrisy SW 11 October 1975: p 6 - 750 words Marxist attitude to individual terrorism Marx, Engels and the Vote SR June 1983: pp 20-21 - 2000 words On Marxism, parliamentarism and electoralism The Secret Ballot SW 31 July 1976: p 6 - 900 words Tactics in union elections APPENDIX : LIST OF OTHER ARTICLES Reforming the Labour Party? IS1/58 (1973): pp 23-24 - 1800 words Based on Miliband - critique of CP strategy The return of the workers' bomb SR 1980/11: pp 31-32 - 1400 words Socialist and nuclear weapons Is the class contracting? SR 1982/10: pp 25-27 - 3000 words Critique of Hobsbawm's abandonment of the working class Hard Labour SR June 1990: pp 17-19 - 2800 words Experience of 1974-79 Labour Government A Soldier's Story SR May 1995: pp 11-13 - 2600 words Interview on Duncan's experiences in and after WWII In the Beginning... SR February 1984: pp 12-14 - 2500 words TU bureaucracy from 1890s to 1926 Socialism and War SR 1982:5 : pp 5-7 - 3000 words Basics of revolutionary internationalism starting from Falklands [included in Socialist Review compilation of 1998] The American working class SR June 1986: pp 17-19 - 2400 words US working class up to 1940 [included in Socialist Review compilation of 1998] The Flame of Internationalism SR July/August 1990: pp 17-18 - 1100 words On Trotsky's consistent internationalism The Sad Fate of British Trotskyism SR October 1986: p 21 - 1200 words Narrative account of WWII and after based on Bornstein-Richardson book The Fight for Revolution SR June 1994: pp 12-13 - 1200 words Reform or revolution Leon Trotsky SW 22 August 1970: pp 5-8 - 5500 words Survey of life and politics If we all got together... SW 3 January 1976: p 4 - 800 words Left unity through unity in action The insanity of unemployment... SW 10 January 1976: p 6 - 800 words How capitalism causes unemployment The Workers' State SW 21 February 1976: p 6 - 900 words Socialism? Where? SW 28 February 1976: p 6 800 words Two linked articles on the workers' state Unequal before birth? SW 4 May 1974: p 6 - 600 words `Natural' inequality and socialism It's the Butty System SW 11 May 1974: p 6 - 600 words Family and origins of women's oppression The Socialism of Fools SW 18 May 1974: p 6 - 600 words The origins of racism In a Class of Our Own SW 29 June 1974: p 6 - 700 words Socialism and state ownership The `Democracy' that is Class Rule SW 27 September 1975: p 6 - 900 words Bourgeois and proletarian democracy Marxism and Morality SW 1 November 1975: p 6 - 850 words The basis of socialist morality In a Class of Our Own SW 22 November 1975: p 6 - 1000 Definition of working class - productive/non-productive workers Who is Non-productive? SW 8 January 1977: p 6 - 800 words Productive labour in bourgeois economics Killers or Heroes? SW 11 June 1977: p 4 - 800 words Terrorism - bourgeois hypocrisy and Marxist analysis That Over Used Word Revolution SW 28 October 1972: p 10 - 950 words What Marxists mean by `revolution' How to Stop the Front SW 24 July 1976: p 6 - 750 words Case for using physical action against Nazis Death of a Prostitute SW 14 August 1976: p 6 - 900 words Richard Carlile and the struggle for a free press Will the Rich Give in? SW 21 August 1976: p 6 - 800 words Marx, Engels and the debate about peaceful transition Why Chile was Lost SW 28 August 1976: p 6 - 800 words Chilean coup and limits of reformism Why a SW Candidate? SW 4 September 1976: p 6 - 800 words Justification for revolutionary electoral strategy We won't win but... SW 11 September 1976: p 6 - 800 words More on socialist electoral strategy Great Men - and Slaves SW 25 September 1976: p 6 - 800 words Role of the individual in history Why Stalinism? SW 2 October 1976: p 6 - 800 words Argument against historical inevitability Profit and socialism? SW 27 November 1976: p 6 - 700 words The alternative to production for profit Technology is Neutral SW 4 December 1976: p 6 - 800 words Against anti-technology trend on the left Nationalisation: Is it a Job Saver? SW 7 June 1975: p 6 - 600 words Demand for nationalisation under workers' control Revolt by `Colonials' that Launched the USA SW 29 September 1973: pp 9-10 - 1000 words US Independence Russia on the Brink... SW 1 December 1973: p 7 - 1400 words Red October SW 8 December 1973: p 7 - 1400 words Two-part history of Russian Revolution Democratic Rights don't Add up to Real Democracy SW 3 July 1971: p 6 - 1100 words Limits of democracy under capitalism Violence: It Depends Who's Clenching the Fist SW 24 July 1971: p 6 - 1100 words Bourgeois hypocrisy about violence Catholic Church became Focus of

Reviews

Author Information

Duncan Hallas (1925 2002) was an internationally acclaimed British socialist author and activist. He joined the Trotskyist Workers International League during World War II and became a founding member of the Socialist Review Group, the forerunner of the Socialist Workers Party (UK) and the International Socialist Tendency. Ahmed Shawki is an Arab American socialist activist and journalist, the editor of the International Socialist Review and a leader of the International Socialist Organization. He also serves on the steering committee of the National Council of Arab-Americans. Shawki is the author of Black Liberation and Socialism (Haymarket Books, 2006).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions