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Russia: From Worker's State To State Capitalism

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Russia: From Worker's State To State Capitalism
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Anthony Arnove
By (author) Tony Cliff
By (author) Chris Harman
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:174
Dimensions(mm): Height 206,Width 108
ISBN/Barcode 9781608465453
ClassificationsDewey:947.0841
Audience
General
Edition Second Edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Haymarket Books
Imprint Haymarket Books
Publication Date 7 September 2017
Publication Country United States

Description

In the Russian revolution of 1917, workers took control of a major country for the first time in history. To millions throughout the world, the Russian workers' state offered new hope. People everywhere turned from the grim alternatives of a declining capitalism - unemployment, poverty, the threat of new wars - to place their hopes in the government that the soviets, councils of working people, put into power in Russia. And for a short time, their hopes were realized. Never before had such sweeping changes in society been carried out in so short a time.

Author Biography

Anthony Arnove: Anthony Arnove produced the Academy Award-nominated documentary Dirty Wars and wrote, directed, and produced The People Speak with Howard Zinn. He is the editor of several books, including Voices of a People's History of the United States, which Arnove co-edited with Zinn, The Essential Chomsky, and Iraq Under Siege, and is the author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal. He is on the editorial boards of Haymarket Books and the International Socialist Review. Tony Cliff: Tony Cliff was a lifelong organizer within the international socialist movement. His groundbreaking work established the unique interpretation of the Soviet Union as a bureaucratic, state-centered version of capitalism, rather than a workers' state. His many works include State Capitalism in Russia and the volume that follows-up from this book, All Power to the Soviets, about Lenin's political leadership from 1914 to 1917. Ahmed Shawki: Ahmed Shawki is the editor of the International Socialist Review and the author of Black Liberation and Socialism. Chris Harman: Chris Harman is the author of several books, including A People's History of the World.