Originally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the history of revolutions during the interwar period and of the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. James, who was a leading Trotskyist activist in Britain, outlines Russia's transition from Communist revolution to a Stalinist totalitarian state bureaucracy. He also provides an account of the ideological contestations within the Communist International while examining its influence on the development of the Soviet Union and its changing role in revolutions in Spain, China, Germany, and Central Europe. Published to commemorate the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this definitive edition of World Revolution features a new introduction by Christian Høgsbjerg and includes rare archival material, selected contemporary reviews, and extracts from James's 1939 interview with Trotsky.
- Cover
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Editor’s Note
- Introduction
- World Revolution, 1917–1936
- Preface
- Introductory
- 1.
Marxism
- 2.
The Forerunners of the Third International
- 3.
The War and the Russian Revolution
- 4.
The Failure of the World Revolution and the Foundation of the International
- 5.
Lenin and Socialism
- 6.
Stalin and Socialism
- 7.
Stalin Kills the 1923 Revolution
- 8.
The Kulak and the British General Council
- 9.
Stalin Ruins the Chinese Revolution
- 10.
The Platform and the Five-Year Plan
- 11.
Industry and the Plan
- 12.
“After Hitler, Our Turn”
- 13.
The Great Retreat
- 14.
The Revolution Abandoned
- 15.
A Fourth International the Only Hope
- Appendix on Sidney and Beatrice Webb’s Soviet Communism
- Notes
- Reviews of World Revolution
- Selected Reviews of the Original British Edition
- “The Rise and Fall of the Communist International: James’s Book Reviewed by Fenner Brockway,” in New Leader
- Reply from C. L. R. James
- “Du Côté de Chez Trotsky,” in New Statesman, by Raymond Postgate
- “Lunacy or Logic? Two Views of One Book,” in Controversy
- “Communist” by J. R. Campbell
- “Trotskyist” by Harry Wicks
- “World Revolution,” in Fight, by H[arry] W[icks]
- “World Revolution 1917–36,” in Youth Militant, by H[ans] V[adja]
- “Is There Real Democracy in Russia? Stalin and His Critics,” in Forward, by E[mrys] H[ughes]
- “Communist Internationals: An Indictment of Stalin,” in the Times Literary Supplement
- “Betrayed Revolutions,” in Information Bulletin of the British Committee for the Defence of Leon Trotsky, by Charles Sumner [Hilary Sumner-Boyd]
- “Leninism Trotskified,” in Left Review, by R. F. Andrews [Andrew Rothstein]
- “The Retreat of Moscow,” in The Plebs, by Rowland Hill
- “World Revolution,” in International Affairs, by E. H. Carr
- “Communism in Theory and Practice,” in The Advertiser (Adelaide)
- “The Third International,” in Sydney Morning Herald
- Selected Reviews of the Original American Edition
- “No Place for Communists,” in the Saturday Review, by Eugene Lyons
- “History of the CI,” in New International, by Joseph Carter [Joseph Friedman]
- “World Revolution,” in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, by Harry N. Howard
- Appendixes
- Appendix A:
C. L. R. James, Introduction to Red Spanish Notebook: The First Six Months of the Revolution and the Civil War by Mary Low and Juan Breá [1937]
- Appendix B: C. L. R. James, “Report on Activities in the Provinces” [1938]
- Appendix C:
Extracts from the Discussions between C. L. R. James and Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico, April 1939
- Index
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