Reviews of 'To the Masses' Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/communist-international/reviews-of-to-the-masses/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:24:57 +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 Reviews of 'To the Masses' Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/communist-international/reviews-of-to-the-masses/ 32 32 22825446 ‘Heated debate and tumult’: The Comintern’s 1921 congress https://johnriddell.com/2017/12/26/heated-debate-and-tumult-the-cominterns-1921-congress/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/12/26/heated-debate-and-tumult-the-cominterns-1921-congress/#comments Tue, 26 Dec 2017 14:23:06 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=4905 To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921, edited and translated by John Riddell. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2016. $50.00. Pp. x, 1299. By Umair Muhammad. From June 22 to July 11, 1921, the Communist International (Comintern) convened its Third Congress in Moscow. Hundreds of delegates, representing groups and political parties […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/12/26/heated-debate-and-tumult-the-cominterns-1921-congress/feed/ 2 4905 Third Comintern Congress: ‘Richness, intricacy and critical thinking’ https://johnriddell.com/2017/09/25/third-comintern-congress-richness-intricacy-and-critical-thinking/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/09/25/third-comintern-congress-richness-intricacy-and-critical-thinking/#respond Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:00:00 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=4662 By Brigitte Studer, Institute of History, University of Bern, Switzerland John Riddell (ed.): To the Masses. Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2015. 1299 pp. (Historical Materialism Book Series. 91). – ISBN 978-9-00428-802-7. This voluminous book is the latest part of a wide-ranging enterprise undertaken by John Riddell to […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/09/25/third-comintern-congress-richness-intricacy-and-critical-thinking/feed/ 0 4662 Review: ‘To the Masses’ – A dive into refreshing water https://johnriddell.com/2017/03/01/review-to-the-masses-a-dive-into-refreshing-water/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/03/01/review-to-the-masses-a-dive-into-refreshing-water/#respond Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:43:44 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=3297 We continue here our series of republished reviews of the newly published proceedings of the Third Comintern Congress. The following review by Chris Bambery first appeared in Counterfire.org, 2 February 2017. For a list of other reviews, see bottom of page.–JR To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921, ed. […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/03/01/review-to-the-masses-a-dive-into-refreshing-water/feed/ 0 3297 Review: ‘To the Masses’ – debating the world revolution https://johnriddell.com/2017/02/27/review-to-the-masses-debating-the-world-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2017/02/27/review-to-the-masses-debating-the-world-revolution/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:02:51 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=3269 We continue here our series of reviews of the newly published proceedings of the Third Comintern Congress. The following review by John Rose first appeared in International Socialism #153 (3 January 2017). For a list of other reviews, see bottom of page.–John Riddell To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2017/02/27/review-to-the-masses-debating-the-world-revolution/feed/ 0 3269 Majorities, minorities, and revolutionary tactics: A review of To the Masses https://johnriddell.com/2016/07/21/majorities-minorities-and-revolutionary-tactics-a-review-of-to-the-masses/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/07/21/majorities-minorities-and-revolutionary-tactics-a-review-of-to-the-masses/#respond Thu, 21 Jul 2016 20:40:59 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2758 To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921. Edited by John Riddell. Haymarket Books, 2015, 1,299 pages, $55 The following review by Jennifer Roesch first appeared in issue #101 of International Socialist Review and is reprinted by permission. In addition to her extensive discussion of the Third Congress proceedings, Jennifer […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/07/21/majorities-minorities-and-revolutionary-tactics-a-review-of-to-the-masses/feed/ 0 2758 ‘To the Masses’ – ‘A vibrant and healthy political debate’ https://johnriddell.com/2016/04/18/to-the-masses-a-vibrant-and-healthy-political-debate/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/04/18/to-the-masses-a-vibrant-and-healthy-political-debate/#respond Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:13:30 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2593 By Mark Ugolini. Thanks to John Riddell and Mike Taber for the huge effort over many years that has brought us To the Masses and the other wonderful books that make up their series on the Communist International in Lenin’s time. Now in print is nearly the entire documentary record of the first four historic […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/04/18/to-the-masses-a-vibrant-and-healthy-political-debate/feed/ 0 2593 ‘To the Masses’ – ‘Great confusion and contradictory impulses’ https://johnriddell.com/2016/04/18/to-the-masses-great-confusion-and-contradictory-impulses/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/04/18/to-the-masses-great-confusion-and-contradictory-impulses/#respond Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:29:07 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2598 A review of “To The Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921,” edited and translated by John Riddell, Haymarket, 2016, 1299 pages, US$55 softcover. Reprinted with permission from Against the Current 180, January-February 2016. By Ted McTaggart. In late June 1921, the Third Congress of the Communist International convened amidst great […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/04/18/to-the-masses-great-confusion-and-contradictory-impulses/feed/ 0 2598 Lars Lih: ‘To the Masses’ is ‘A triumphant climax’ to an ‘epic scholarly venture’ https://johnriddell.com/2016/03/14/lars-lih-to-the-masses-is-a-triumphant-climax-to-an-epic-scholarly-venture/ https://johnriddell.com/2016/03/14/lars-lih-to-the-masses-is-a-triumphant-climax-to-an-epic-scholarly-venture/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:07:23 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2478 Lars Lih, a noted historian of Russian Marxism, here assesses the newly published proceedings of the Communist International’s Third Congress (1921), placing it in the context of a 33-year project to publish the records of the revolutionary socialist movement in the era of the great Russian revolution. –  JR By Lars T. Lih. The publication […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2016/03/14/lars-lih-to-the-masses-is-a-triumphant-climax-to-an-epic-scholarly-venture/feed/ 0 2478 20% reduction available on Third Comintern Congress proceedings https://johnriddell.com/2015/11/12/20-reduction-available-on-third-comintern-congress-proceedings/ https://johnriddell.com/2015/11/12/20-reduction-available-on-third-comintern-congress-proceedings/#respond Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:24:01 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2420 Haymarket Books is offering a 20% reduction on pre-publication orders for To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921. The Haymarket paperback edition of this 1,300-page documentary collection will ship in February 2016. To order, go to To the Masses page at the Haymarket site and add the coupon code […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2015/11/12/20-reduction-available-on-third-comintern-congress-proceedings/feed/ 0 2420 Review: An essential resource on communism’s early years https://johnriddell.com/2015/04/13/review-an-essential-resource-on-communisms-early-years/ https://johnriddell.com/2015/04/13/review-an-essential-resource-on-communisms-early-years/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:29:10 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=2269 John Riddell (ed.), To The Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921, Brill, Leiden & Boston, 2015, x + 1299 pp. By Ian Birchall. The years following the Russian Revolution of 1917 were a high-point of working-class struggle and organisation. The first four congresses of the Communist International – those attended […]

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