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To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921 (Historical Materialism) - Softcover

Book 72 of 316: Historical Materialism
 
9781608466351: To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921 (Historical Materialism)

Synopsis

Debates at world Communism’s 1921 congress reveal Lenin’s International at a moment of crisis. A policy of confrontational initiatives by a resolute minority contends with the perspective of winning majority working-class support on the road to the revolutionary conquest of power. A frank debate among many currents concludes with a classic formulation of Communist strategy and tactics.

This newly translated treasure of 1,000 pages of source material, available for the first time in English, is supplemented by an analytic introduction, detailed footnotes, a glossary with 430 biographical entries, a chronology, a comprehensive index, and thirty-two appendices, many never before published in any language, portray delegates’ behind-the-scenes exchanges.

To the Masses represents the final installment in a decades long project to make available the proceedings of the congresses of the Communist International (comintern) held during Lenin’s time.

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About the Author

John Riddell has translated and edited eight volumes of documents of the Communist movement in the era of the Russian revolution, such as Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, 1922 (Haymarket, 2013). A further volume now in preparation will complete this ambitious project.

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