Workers Unite!: The International 150 Years Later - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1628922435 ISBN 13 : 9781628922431

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic USA, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

...An incredible collection.
- Noam Chomsky

Workers Unite! may be the most important piece of wisdom we will ever hear. In this book, the founding of the International Working Man's Association, receives a 150 birthday salute worthy of one of humanity's greatest, albeit least known, accomplishments. An extraordinary collection, often surprising, never dull, and full of insights and arguments, most of which sadly enough are still relevant. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to everyone young enough in mind to learn something truly new from what appears to be old and over.
- Bertell Ollman, Professor of Politics, New York University, US, and author of Alienation: Marx's Conception Of Man In Capitalist Society and Dance Of The Dialectic

This wonderful book by Musto responds to the question: What does it mean to construct a revolution? In the decade before and after the Paris Commune communists discovered what that meant, and they proposed a non-utopian project: they didn t just imagine the impossible but demonstrated how to realize it. With the foundation of the International, the working class asserted its political realism. --- Antonio Negri, Philosopher

Présentation de l'éditeur

Major political and economic shifts have succeeded one another over the past twenty-five years. The rise to prominence of ecological issues, social changes generated by neoliberal globalization, and - most recently - one of the worst world economic crises ever, compels us to reflect urgently on the need for alternatives to the capitalist system. In its brief life, the International Working Mens Association (IWMA) became the symbol of class struggle and influenced the ideas of millions of workers all over the planet. The 150th anniversary of its birth (1864-2014) offers an important opportunity to reread their resolutions, to learn from the experiences of its protagonists, and to better theorize solutions to our contemporary issues. This sourcebook includes the most valuable documents (30 appearing for the first time in English) of all the currents of the IWMA, and, in his introduction, acclaimed scholar Marcello Musto provides critical evaluations to the texts and to their historical context. Carefully selected and translated, this volume is an invaluable resource for all those interested in the foundations of labor movement historys as well as in the critique of capitalism.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic USA
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1628922435
• ISBN 13: 9781628922431
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Musto Marcello