Selected bibliography on the history of the CPs in the Arab East
Selected bibliography put together by the Khamsin collective on the history of the Communist Parties of the Middle East, with books in five different languages.
Selected bibliography on the history of the CPs in the Arab East
Central communist journals
Articles on and by the Arab communist parties can be found in the central press of the world communist movement, in numbers varying from period to period. The main journals are:
- The Communist International, Leningrad/London.
Understanding left cults (SWP, SP, Spiked, WRP) - a reading list
Selected reading on cultlike behaviour of left-wing parties in the UK.
Whatever happens to the Socialist Workers Party in the present crisis over rape allegations, non-party activists will be working with (and against) the SWP for some time to come.
Unions - reading guide
libcom.org's reading guide around trade or labour unions and the role they play in modern society.
Key texts
- Unions - an introduction - libcom.org's clear and concise guide to unions, their function and how we think workers should relate to them.
Work - reading guide
Libcom.org's guide to reading around the subject of work and wage labour in capitalist society, and struggles against them.
Key texts
- Work - an introduction - libcom.org's, clear, short introduction to work, what is wrong with it, and what we can do about it.
Oriental Jewry annotated bibliography
During the last decade a plethora of books devoted to the subject of Oriental Jewry has been published in Israel or by Israeli authors. The following list, compiled and annotated by Avishai Ehrlich, is only partial. Unless mentioned otherwise, the books in this list are in Hebrew.
Iraq
Abraham Ben-Ya'akov, Kitzur toldot yehudei bavel (Short history of the Jews of Babylon), R. Mass, Jerusalem, 1971.
Anarcho-syndicalism - reading guide
Libcom.org's reading guide on anarcho-syndicalism, a tradition of anarchist-inspired workers' unions.
Key texts
- Anarcho-syndicalism - an introduction - Short, accessible introduction written by the libcom.org group.
Women and feminism - reading guide
Libcom.org's reading guide on feminism, women and women's struggles against patriarchy and capital.
Key texts
- Socialism, anarchism and feminism - Carol Ehrlich - Essay arguing that to be effective, feminism must not simply be socialist (opposed to capitalism), but also anarchist - opposed to all forms of domination.
libcom.org reading guide
Libcom.org's reading guides, organised by subject, including other media like film and photographs.
libcom.org further reading guide
libcom.org's reading guides, organised by subject, including other media like film and photographs.
This guide is always being expanded, so please check back.
Some of these guides have been adapted from Chris Wright's revolutionary reading guide
Sex and sexuality - further reading guide
Libcom's guide to further reading on sex, gender and sexuality.
Alexandra Kollontai:
*Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle
The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman
The Hypocrisy of Puritanism Emma Goldman
*The Sexual Contract – Carole Pateman
Sex-Pol - W. Reich
The Women, Gender and Development Reader - Visvanatham, Duggan, Nisonoff, Wiegersma, Eds.
Language, Gender and Sex in Comparative Perspective – Goodwin/Goodwin
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