Revolution in the Air
Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che
Published on 10. April 2018
416 pages
978-1-78663-457-3 (ISBN)
Description
Revolution in the Air is the definitive study of how radicals from the sixties movements embraced twentieth-century Marxism, and what movements of dissent today can learn from the legacies of Lenin, Mao and Che.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78663-457-3 (9781786634573)
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04/2018
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Person
Max Elbaum was a member of Students for a Democratic Society and a leader of one of the main new communist movement organisations. His writings have appeared in the Nation and the Guardian, among others.
Content
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I: A New Generation of Revolutionaries: 1968-1973
- 1. "The System" Becomes The Target
- 2. The Appeal of Third World Marxism
- 3. The Transformation of New Left Radicalism
- Part II: Gotta Get Down to It: 1968-1973
- 4. A New Communist Movement Takes Shape
- 5. Strongest Pole on the Anticapitalist Left
- 6. Elaborate Doctrine, Weak Class Anchor
- 7. Envisioning the Vanguard
- 8. Bodies on the Line: The Culture of a Movement
- Part III: Battered by Recession, Restructuring and Reaction: 1974-1981
- 9. The Momentum Is Broken
- 10. China's New Policies Split the Movement
- 11. Rival Trends Try Party Building, Round Two
- 12. Fatal Crises and First Obituaries
- Part IV: Walking on Broken Glass: 1982-1992
- 13. The Survivors Build the Rainbow
- 14. The Collapse of Communism
- Part V: End of a Long March
- 15. Movement Veterans Adjust to Civilian Life
- 16. Lessons from the New Communist Movement
- Appendix: Glossary of New Communist Movement Organizations
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
