Originally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the history of revolutions during the interwar period and of the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. James, who was a leading Trotskyist activist in Britain, outlines Russia's transition from Communist revolution to a Stalinist totalitarian state bureaucracy. He also provides an account of the ideological contestations within the Communist International while examining its influence on the development of the Soviet Union and its changing role in revolutions in Spain, China, Germany, and Central Europe. Published to commemorate the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this definitive edition of World Revolution features a new introduction by Christian Høgsbjerg and includes rare archival material, selected contemporary reviews, and extracts from James's 1939 interview with Trotsky.
Author(s): C. L. R. James, Christian Høgsbjerg
Series: The C. L. R. James Archives
Publisher: Duke University Press
Year: 2017
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 545
Tags: History: World History, Postcolonial And Colonial Studies, Sociology: Social Theory, Communist International, Communism, Soviet Union: Politics And government: 1917–1936
Cover
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Contents
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Abbreviations......Page 12
Editor’s Note......Page 14
Introduction
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World Revolution, 1917–1936......Page 76
Preface......Page 80
Introductory......Page 82
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Marxism......Page 92
2.
The Forerunners of the Third International......Page 106
3.
The War and the Russian Revolution......Page 131
4.
The Failure of the World Revolution and the Foundation of the International......Page 152
5.
Lenin and Socialism......Page 172
6.
Stalin and Socialism......Page 191
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Stalin Kills the 1923 Revolution......Page 209
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The Kulak and the British General Council......Page 239
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Stalin Ruins the Chinese Revolution......Page 260
10.
The Platform and the Five-Year Plan......Page 293
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Industry and the Plan......Page 311
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“After Hitler, Our Turn”......Page 323
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The Great Retreat......Page 366
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The Revolution Abandoned......Page 378
15.
A Fourth International the Only Hope......Page 404
Appendix on Sidney and Beatrice Webb’s Soviet Communism......Page 418
Notes......Page 424
Reviews of World Revolution......Page 440
“The Rise and Fall of the Communist International: James’s Book Reviewed by Fenner Brockway,” in New Leader......Page 442
Reply from C. L. R. James......Page 446
“Du Côté de Chez Trotsky,” in New Statesman, by Raymond Postgate......Page 447
“Communist” by J. R. Campbell......Page 449
“Trotskyist” by Harry Wicks......Page 451
“World Revolution,” in Fight, by H[arry] W[icks]......Page 453
“World Revolution 1917–36,” in Youth Militant, by H[ans] V[adja]......Page 455
“Communist Internationals: An Indictment of Stalin,” in the Times Literary Supplement......Page 457
“Betrayed Revolutions,” in Information Bulletin of the British Committee for the Defence of Leon Trotsky, by Charles Sumner [Hilary Sumner-Boyd]......Page 460
“Leninism Trotskified,” in Left Review, by R. F. Andrews [Andrew Rothstein]......Page 463
“The Retreat of Moscow,” in The Plebs, by Rowland Hill......Page 472
“World Revolution,” in International Affairs, by E. H. Carr......Page 475
“Communism in Theory and Practice,” in The Advertiser (Adelaide)......Page 477
“The Third International,” in Sydney Morning Herald......Page 478
“No Place for Communists,” in the Saturday Review, by Eugene Lyons......Page 480
“History of the CI,” in New International, by Joseph Carter [Joseph Friedman]......Page 482
“World Revolution,” in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, by Harry N. Howard......Page 486
Appendix A:
C. L. R. James, Introduction to Red Spanish Notebook: The First Six Months of the Revolution and the Civil War by Mary Low and Juan Breá [1937]......Page 488
Appendix B: C. L. R. James, “Report on Activities in the Provinces” [1938]
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Appendix C:
Extracts from the Discussions between C. L. R. James and Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico, April 1939......Page 507
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