About the project Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/communist-international/about-the-project/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:36:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 About the project Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/communist-international/about-the-project/ 32 32 22825446 Comintern Outreach: The Auxiliary Organizations https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/05/comintern-outreach/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/05/comintern-outreach/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2021 19:10:01 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6823 Part 1: Introduction By John Riddell: Clustered around the early Communist International’s world congresses were gatherings of an array of related organizations, ranging from the massive Red International of Trade Unions (RILU) to a small gathering of Proletarian Culture (Proletkult) enthusiasts. These auxiliary bodies greatly expanded the Comintern’s influence in the working class and beyond, […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/04/05/comintern-outreach/feed/ 2 6823 Next Steps for Comintern Publication Project https://johnriddell.com/2020/11/20/next-steps-for-comintern-publication-project/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/11/20/next-steps-for-comintern-publication-project/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:07:28 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6381 By Mike Taber: The publication project on the Communist International (Comintern) under Lenin was begun in 1983 by Pathfinder Press, under the general editorship of John Riddell. Fifteen years after Pathfinder discontinued work on the project in the early 1990s, it was restarted by John Riddell with vital publishing assistance from the Historical Materialism Book […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/11/20/next-steps-for-comintern-publication-project/feed/ 1 6381 ‘A Fascinating Volume Offering Many Treasures’ https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/13/a-fascinating-volume-offering-many-treasures/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/13/a-fascinating-volume-offering-many-treasures/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:45:55 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6205 Daniel Gaido’s review of The Communist Movement at a Crossroads The Communist Movement at a Crossroads: Plenums of the Communist International’s Executive Committee, 1922–1923, edited by Mike Taber. Trans. John Riddell. Historical Materialism Book Series. Chicago: Haymarket, 2019. $50. Pp. 808. By Daniel Gaido: Taber and Riddell have published the minutes of the three Enlarged […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/10/13/a-fascinating-volume-offering-many-treasures/feed/ 0 6205 Comintern Project Book List Tops a Dozen https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/24/comintern-project-book-list-hits-a-dozen/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/24/comintern-project-book-list-hits-a-dozen/#respond Mon, 24 Jun 2019 16:02:43 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5357 The Communist International Publishing Project 1983-2021 General Editors: John Riddell and Mike Taber With eight volumes of the originally projected series have now been published, with another scheduled for 2020. In addition, three related collaborative projects are completed or in preparation. All published books on the list, below, are available both at libraries and for […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/24/comintern-project-book-list-hits-a-dozen/feed/ 0 5357 Comintern appeal for funds goes over the top https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/23/comintern-appeal-for-funds-goes-over-the-top/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/23/comintern-appeal-for-funds-goes-over-the-top/#respond Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:34:44 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5215 ‘A project of utmost importance’ By Mike Taber: The fund drive appeal for The Communist Women’s Movement, 1920-1922 has received an overwhelming response. The new volume will tell the story of how the Communist Women’s Movement (CWM), under the leadership of Clara Zetkin, Alexandra Kollontai, and others, set out to build something new in history: […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/01/23/comintern-appeal-for-funds-goes-over-the-top/feed/ 0 5215 Comintern project publishing appeal https://johnriddell.com/2018/12/04/comintern-project-publishing-appeal/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/12/04/comintern-project-publishing-appeal/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:38:36 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5188 A letter from John Riddell and Mike Taber Dear friends, Please join us in raising funds for the ninth installment of books in the Comintern publishing series The Communist Women’s Movement, 1920-1922. To help raise $3,000 in special editorial costs, go to https://www.gofundme.com/comintern-book-on-women Begun in 1983, the Comintern publication project has aimed to present the […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/12/04/comintern-project-publishing-appeal/feed/ 1 5188 The Communist International: Its present-day relevance https://johnriddell.com/2018/05/02/the-communist-international-its-present-day-relevance/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/05/02/the-communist-international-its-present-day-relevance/#comments Wed, 02 May 2018 15:01:42 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5043 Here’s a talk I gave to The Capitalism Workshop in Toronto, April 18, 2018. The Workshop organizers insisted on an emphasis on contemporary relevance, and that is what distinguishes this text from my previous account of my Comintern work (35 Years of Comintern Publishing). By John Riddell: Thirty-five years ago I undertook to translate and […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/05/02/the-communist-international-its-present-day-relevance/feed/ 2 5043 35 years of Comintern publishing: A balance sheet https://johnriddell.com/2018/02/26/35-years-of-comintern-publishing-a-balance-sheet/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/02/26/35-years-of-comintern-publishing-a-balance-sheet/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:13:43 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5001 The following text is a much expanded and updated version of a talk that I gave in 2013, under the title “Toward the United Front: Translations for the Twenty-First Century.” For a list of my related online articles on the Communist International, see “Lenin’s Comintern Revisited: Index.” –JR By John Riddell: In June 1983, after […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/02/26/35-years-of-comintern-publishing-a-balance-sheet/feed/ 6 5001 Index: Lenin’s Comintern revisited https://johnriddell.com/2017/12/31/lenins-comintern-revisited-index/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/12/31/lenins-comintern-revisited-index/#respond Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:03:45 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=4912 Analysis of the Communist International 1919-24 The texts listed below, under subject headings, are being considered for inclusion in a forthcoming collection of writings, whose working title, is “Lenin”s Comintern Revisited: Studies in Global Revolutionary Politics,” by John Riddell. Other materials for this book will be posted as they become available. I will be glad […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/12/31/lenins-comintern-revisited-index/feed/ 0 4912 Comintern publishing effort prepares two new books https://johnriddell.com/2017/06/29/comintern-publishing-effort-prepares-two-new-books/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/06/29/comintern-publishing-effort-prepares-two-new-books/#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:40:43 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=4103 With special thanks to the many readers of this blog who have helped over the years  in ways large and small to prepare and publicize these volumes.—JR By Mike Taber and John Riddell. In 1983 a project was begun to translate into English and annotate major documents of the world socialist movement from 1907 to […]

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