History Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/history/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:21:21 +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 History Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/history/ 32 32 22825446 Debates in the Second International https://johnriddell.com/2022/04/03/debates-in-the-second-international/ https://johnriddell.com/2022/04/03/debates-in-the-second-international/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:00:24 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7714 The following is an edited version of a talk given at the Online Communist Forum, based in London UK, on 27 March 2022. In it Mike Taber discusses a new book he is preparing, to be published by Haymarket Books. By Mike Taber: Thanks for the invitation to speak at the Online Communist Forum. Some […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2022/04/03/debates-in-the-second-international/feed/ 4 7714 ‘Fascinating Material’ on Pre-1914 Socialist International https://johnriddell.com/2022/02/08/fascinating-material-on-pre-1914-socialist-international/ https://johnriddell.com/2022/02/08/fascinating-material-on-pre-1914-socialist-international/#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:53:23 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7651 The following review was first published in Marx and Philosophy and is reposted with permission. Mike Taber’s 220-page collection of resolutions of the Second International is available as a paperback from Haymarket Books with bundled ebook for US$13.26. Page references are to the Haymarket edition. By Daniel Gaido: Mike Taber has edited for the first […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2022/02/08/fascinating-material-on-pre-1914-socialist-international/feed/ 0 7651 Zhang Tailei: ‘Thunderstorm’ of China’s Revolution https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/#respond Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:20:26 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7600 The following short biography of an early Chinese Communist was first published in Friends of Socialist China with the following introduction. In this paper, presented at the Fifteenth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE), held 18-19 December 2021 at the Shanghai International Studies University and online, John Riddell introduces the life of […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/feed/ 0 7600 The ‘German October’ of 1923: A Failed Bid for Workers’ Power https://johnriddell.com/2021/12/01/the-german-october-of-1923-a-failed-bid-for-workers-power/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/12/01/the-german-october-of-1923-a-failed-bid-for-workers-power/#respond Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:58:24 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7554 The text that follows will be included in a new collection, Lenin’s Comintern Revisited, scheduled for publication in 2022. By John Riddell: On 11 January 1923, France and Belgium sent their armies to occupy the Ruhr region, the industrial heartland of Germany. The invaders’ stated goal was to extract the reparations payments imposed on Germany […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/12/01/the-german-october-of-1923-a-failed-bid-for-workers-power/feed/ 0 7554 China Sets Target of ‘Common Prosperity’ https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/20/china-sets-target-of-common-prosperity/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/20/china-sets-target-of-common-prosperity/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:36:46 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7474 Effort for Social Equality Arouses Concern on Wall Street By John Riddell: Addressing the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee on 17 August  2021, Xi Jinping, president of the Chinese People’s Republic, stressed the need for “common prosperity” as a fundamental requirement of socialism.[1] The Central Committee responded by calling on high-income individuals and businesses to […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/20/china-sets-target-of-common-prosperity/feed/ 7 7474 Krestintern: The Comintern’s Troubled Peasant International https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/10/krestintern-the-cominterns-troubled-peasant-international/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/10/krestintern-the-cominterns-troubled-peasant-international/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:02:38 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7421 Part 9 of a nine-part series on auxiliary organizations of the Communist International. Launched in  1923 in Moscow, the Peasant International, or Krestintern, was at least in organizational terms perhaps the least successful of the auxiliary bodies built by the Communist International (Comintern). Within two years of its foundation, attention to the Peasant International “visibly […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/10/krestintern-the-cominterns-troubled-peasant-international/feed/ 2 7421 ‘International Manifesto Group’ Founded https://johnriddell.com/2021/09/12/international-manifesto-group-founded/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/09/12/international-manifesto-group-founded/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2021 01:16:19 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7346 A Report on the Manifesto’s 5 September Launch The newly formed group International Manifesto Group, convened by Radhika Desai, unites socialists on six continents. The text of the group’s declaration: “From Pluripolarity to Socialism: A Manifesto,” is available at the International Manifesto Group website, along with a listing of its more than 200 signatories and […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/09/12/international-manifesto-group-founded/feed/ 9 7346 Trotsky, Krupskaya, and the Bolshevik Tradition https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/29/trotsky-krupskaya-and-the-bolshevik-tradition/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/29/trotsky-krupskaya-and-the-bolshevik-tradition/#respond Mon, 30 Aug 2021 01:34:47 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7291 By Paul Le Blanc:[1] This discussion of Trotsky’s relationship to Lenin’s Bolshevik organization will be based on reflections of Nadezhda Krupskaya, one of the founders and central figures of the Bolshevik tradition, for three decades a close comrade and companion of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who led the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. The life and ideas […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/29/trotsky-krupskaya-and-the-bolshevik-tradition/feed/ 0 7291 What Are the ‘Right Lessons’ for Socialists? https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/16/what-are-the-right-lessons-for-socialists/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/16/what-are-the-right-lessons-for-socialists/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:48:53 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7263 A Reply to Eric Blanc By Mike Taber: Eric Blanc is a serious and dedicated socialist historian and activist who doesn’t hesitate to jump into the fray and take positions he knows are controversial. Such an attitude is commendable, even if I disagree with his conclusions. His latest article, “Socialists Should Take the Right Lessons […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/16/what-are-the-right-lessons-for-socialists/feed/ 8 7263 Socialists Should Take the Right Lessons from the Russian Revolution https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/09/socialists-should-take-the-right-lessons-from-the-russian-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/09/socialists-should-take-the-right-lessons-from-the-russian-revolution/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:38:00 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7212 The following article was first published in ‘Jacobin’ and is reposted by permission. Eric develops here themes discussed more fully in his new book, Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882–1917). A list of related posts by on this website is appended to the article. A comment on this article by Mike […]

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