| “A quarter-century since the demise of the USSR … the marks of the October Revolution remain … The Revolution proved that the working class and the peasantry could not only overthrow an autocratic government but that it could form its own government, in its image. It proved decisively that the working class and the peasantry could be allied. It proved as well the necessity of a vanguard party that could guide a revolution to completion. These lessons reverberated through Mongolia and into China, from Cuba to Vietnam.” – Vijay Prashad, Red Star Over the Third World Liberate the Colonies!Voices from the Global Struggle for Freedom  Liberate the Colonies! Communism and Colonial Freedom, 1917-24 ed. John Riddell, Vijay Prashad, Nazeef Mollah The role of the Comintern, the Soviet Union, and Communists from India and other colonies has faded from history books over the decades. One of the tasks LeftWord Books has taken upon itself is to re-inscribe the role of Communists in our freedom struggle. The International may not exist anymore. But the struggle hasn’t ended yet.Our volume on Comintern documents, Liberate the Colonies!, among other things, highlights howin 1920, at a conference in Baku, women won the right to comradeship on an equal basis;revolutionary leaders from Asia convinced the Moscow government to combat chauvinist abuses of Soviet power; andV.I. Lenin and M.N. Roy – the old strategist of Russia and the young rebel of India – debated and reached a common framework for unity in the freedom struggle. It innovates in Communist historical publishing in two ways:A coherent and easily accessible story told by more than thirty revolutionary voices from Asia and Africa.It’s a project conceived and executed in India, far from the traditional centres of publishing on world socialism.☭ Only social revolution brings liberation ☭Featured images (in order of appearance): Second World Congress of the Comintern; M.N. Roy’s sketch by the artist Isaak Brodsky, 1920; John Reed at the Baku Congress; Second Congress of the Comintern; Baku Congress, 1920; Claude McKay at the Fourth Congress.The essential writings of Lenin, Lenin Selected Writings and Revolution!: Lenin in 1917 in two volumes, for the radical revolutionaries of today and tomorrow. What is to be Done?‘‘Without a revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement.’ — Lenin Prakash Karat’s Introduction explains the main arguments of Lenin’s thick pamphlet — his critique of an over-reliance on spontaneity in the working class struggles, which marks out the terrain of Economism. . .Selected Ho Chi Minh‘ Poet Ho Chi Minh, who punches from Vietnam to all humanity. No cannon will erase the furrow of your rice field. The right to live in peace.’ – from Victor Jara’s poem El derecho de vivir en paz (The Right to Live in Peace), 1971Kollontai 150 Selected Writings of Alexandra Kollontai This volume, to commemorate the 150 years of Alexandra Kollontai, brings together four of her writings, as well as two introductory essays by Julia Cámara, Atiliana da Silva Vicente Brunetto and Ândrea Francine Batista that place her writings in historical perspective and assert their relevance in our times.Comrade of the Revolution Selected Speeches of Fidel Castro ‘You cannot kill ideas. Fidel, for the Third World, was not merely another leader. He was the mirror of its aspirations. That mirror will never be shattered.’ – From the IntroductionTen Days That Shook The World ‘[John Reed] rushed into the centre of wars and revolutions, strikes and demonstrations, with the eye of a movie camera, before there was one, and the memory of a tape recorder, before that existed. He made history come alive for the readers of popular magazines and impoverished radical monthlies.’ — Howard ZinnRead more books hereThe Legacy of the October Revolution (1917) in the Colonies of the World Vijay PrashadWhy did the anti-colonial Indian nationalists take such immediate inspiration from the early experience of the Soviet Republic? The main reason was that the Soviet Republic had – very quickly – solved some of the most basic problems faced by Indians who lived under colonial rule. Read more. A reminder . . .  May Day Bookstore and Studio Safdar invite you toBattle of Ideas Lecture: November edition with Prabir PurkayasthaDates and Topics:10 November (Sunday):Evolution of Homo Sapiens: Or What Makes Us Human?12 November (Tuesday):Geography of Colonialism: Politics, Economy, and Technology Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PMVenue: Studio Safdar, 2254/2A Shadi Khampur, New Ranjit Nagar,New Delhi 110008This will be a hybrid event. We will livestream it on YouTube and Facebook channels. No registration required.Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.Rosa LuxemburgVisit us at May Day Bookstore in Delhi where we have a superb collection of new and used books, with a special emphasis on independent publishers and radical lists. 2254/2A Shadi Khampur, New Ranjit Nagar, New Delhi 110008 INDIA Phone: (91 11) 4107 3807 Advisory: Avoid driving. Finding parking is tough, particularly on Saturdays and Mondays. Metro: Shadipur on BLUE line Directions: Shadipur metro – Satyam Cinema (now Inox) – cycle ricksha – ‘Biyaasi number’ – May Day next to Rahmat Medical Store. Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LINtkTeOX4LJZ3jXy3meCN Email us at: info@leftword.comWebsite | Blog A single email stored in the cloud produces 10g of CO2 per year. Please consider deleting this email. Please add info@leftword.com to your address book or safe list to ensure our emails reach your inbox. |
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