Left Communist books
Dec 26 2008 11:44
Hello Comrades!
Could anyone recommend some good Left Communist/Council Communist books to read with particular reference to Otto Ruhle,Anton Pannekoek and General history. I only have a tertiary and basic knowledge of said matter and would appreciate your help if possible-thanks!
Dec 26 2008 23:57
#2
You can find a lot of Council Communist texts on www.kurasje.org
Dec 27 2008 02:59
#3
Check out Paul Mattick's "Anti-Bolshevik Communism", which includes texts on Ruhle, Pannekoek and Korsch.
Dec 27 2008 11:52
#4
'Workers Councils' is the one you want from Anton Pannekoek
Dec 27 2008 13:07
#5
Kurasje is very good. Some of those texts (and others) are also here: http://libcom.org/tags/council-communism
Dec 27 2008 14:10
#6
Thank you comrades! I have Pannekoeks Workers Councils and Ruhle's Struggle Against Fascism and would welcome expanded texts in book form by these and other authors.Thanks again to the above contributors-they helped immensely.
Dec 27 2008 22:33
#7
Specifically on Pannekoek's thought (with many excerpts from his texts) from around 1900 through to the 1950s, there is Serge Bricianier's "Pannekoek and the Workers' Councils".
Dec 28 2008 01:33
#8
Also - 'Pannekoek & Gorter's Marxism', ed. D. A. Smart.
Pannekoek; 'Lenin as Philosopher'.
Mattick; 'Marxism - Last Refuge of the Bourgeoisie?'
Jan 12 2009 11:59
#9
'Pannekoek & Gorter's Marxism', ed. D. A. Smart - is that any good?
Jan 13 2009 09:39
#10
As I remeber it is an introduction with three texts from Pannekoek and two from Gorter, four of which are online else where.
Devrim
Jan 13 2009 07:55
#11
oibri phoblacht wrote:
'Pannekoek & Gorter's Marxism', ed. D. A. Smart - is that any good?
Yes, it is good. It also contains a fairly long, informative introduction by D.A. Smart, which had a positive influence on my understanding and development.
Jan 13 2009 11:18
#12
Cheers Waslax, that sounds good. I'll pick it up.
The ICC's book on the history of the Dutch/German communist Left is very good and certainly covers this period. Amazon has reduced the price of all of our books recently, so grab yourselves a bargain or two!