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Overview
In this gripping political memoir of his time in Moscow, Rosmer draws on his unique perspective as both a delegate to the Cominternand as a member of its Executive Committeeto paint a stunning and inspiring picture of the early years of Soviet rule. From the debates sparked by the publication of Lenin’s State and Revolution and Left-Wing Communism to the efforts of the International to extend its influence beyond Europe with the Congress of the Peoples of the East in Baku, Rosmer documents key developments with an unparalleled clarity of vision and offers invaluable insights.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781608466153 |
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Publisher: | Haymarket Books |
Publication date: | 07/19/2016 |
Edition description: | Third Edition |
Pages: | 304 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Ian Birchall is a socialist historian and translator based in London. His books include The Spectre of Babeuf, Sartre Against Stalinism, A Rebel’s Guide to Lenin, and Tony Cliff: A Marxist for His Time.
Table of Contents
Translator's Introduction to the Third Edition ix
Introduction 1
Author's Foreword 11
1920
1 Europe in 1920 15
2 The journey to Moscow 19
3 May Day in Vienna 26
4 Masaryk's Czechoslovakia 29
5 Clara Zetkin. Shlyapnikov. Great demonstration at Berlin 30
6 From Stettin to Reval (Tallinn) 34
7 Petrograd. Zinoviev 37
8 Moscow: at the Executive Committee of the Communist International. Sadoul/Radek/Bukharin 39
9 Trotsky 42
10 At the Kremlin: Lenin 45
11 Among the delegates to the Second Congress of the Communist International 63
12 Radek speaks of Bakunin 67
13 Smolny: Solemn opening session of the Second Congress 69
14 The debates of the Second Congress 72
15 Trotsky's closing speech presents the Manifesto 83
16 The Eastern peoples at the congress of Baku 91
17 The Russian trade unions 98
18 The Anarchists. Death and funeral of Kropotkin 104
19 Congress of the French Socialist Party: a majority for affiliation to the Communist International 109
20 The French Communist group in Moscow 111
21 'Trotsky's Train. Wrangel. End of the Civil War 115
1921
1 The trade-union question provokes a great debate 121
2 The Kronstadt rising 124
3 Lenin presents the New Economic Policy (NEP) to the Third Congress of the Communist International 128
4 The Red International of Labour Unions holds its founding congress 141
5 Balance-sheet of seventeen months in Russia 147
6 Return to Paris-a different world 148
1922
1 Return to Moscow; the United Front; Shlyapnikov and Cachin 151
2 World economic crisis. Lloyd George proposes a conference. Cannes. 160
3 The delegates of the three internationals at Berlin 162
4 Genoa and Rapallo 167
5 The trial of the Social-Revolutionaries 169
6 Fifth anniversary of the October Revolution. Fourth Congress of the Communist International 173
7 The French Communist Party and its difficulties 179
8 Frossard resigns-Cachin remains 187
1923
1 Poincaré has the Ruhr occupied 199
2 Hamburg: Fusion of the Second International and the Vienna International 207
3 Confusion in the leadership of the Communist International. Revolutionary situation in Germany 209
1924
1 Lenin's Death 219
Appendixes 221
1 Lenin's Testament 221
2 Fortunes of Lenin's Testament 223
3 Lenin's last speech to the Communist International 224
Conclusion 227
Biographical Notes 239
Index 269