Left Americana
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Haymarket Books
Published:16th Mar '17
Should be back in stock very soon
Reviews in Truthout, In These Times, New Left Review, Revolutionary History, Historical Materialism, International Socialist Review, Jacobin, and other left-wing journals Publicity and Promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements.
Essays highlighting socialist and left-wing traditions that helped shape US history in the direction of liberty and justice for all".From the Marxist-tinged anarchism of the Haymarket martyrs to the Occupy Wall Street movement, these essays give a vibrant sense of the central role of the Left in social movements and struggles of the past and present, and highlights some of the amazing individuals, whose unstoppable energies generated remarkable transformations. Left Americana considers both the limitations and successes of Christian socialists, Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists and the 'New Left' activists of the '60s and '70s in creating profound social and political change.
“Left Americana offers an open-minded overview of select experiences and thinkers in the context of “what is to be done” in America. Le Blanc does not seek or offer a formula; he simply asks that leftists think anew about what kind of revolutionary organization can overcome the global triumph of capitalism. How can an organization be thoroughly democratic yet disciplined enough to be successful without just replicating the authoritarian society it wishes to replace? What specific national factors must American radicals take into account? The only given in Le Blanc’s view is that a viable American left must exemplify the values and governance of the new society it advocates.” —International Socialist Review
ISBN: 9781608466825
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350 pages