Marxists In The Face Of Fascism

Writings by Marxists on Fascism From the Inter-war Period

David Beetham editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Haymarket Books

Published:14th Feb '19

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An unparalleled documentation of the most important Marxist analyses of fascism and the struggle to resist it.

Fascism's ascent to power across Europe in the 1920s & 30s marks one of the greatest historical defeats of the left in history. Far from inevitable, this catastrophic defeat was resisted at every turn by Marxists of varying stripes who tried, unsuccessfully, to push the mass communist and social democratic parties to organize an opposition to the rising movements of violent reaction. This important volume offers the most complete selection of Marxist writings on fascism from this period in any language and provides invaluable lessons for contemporary readers concerned with today's far-ri

"Marxists in the Face of Fascism, with a very useful introduction by David Beetham, is an unrivaled and vital piece, allowing us to grasp the major contribution of inter-war Marxism, in its great diversity of theoretical approaches and political orientations, and to deepening our understanding of fascism and to antifascist practice"—Ugo Palheta, author La Possibilité du Fascisme

ISBN: 9781608469765

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400 pages