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This page was last updated on September 7th, 2008
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Global Document Index
A series of documents from various Trotskyist groups and tendencies.
The Port Huron Statement
Written in 1962 and adopted by Students for a Democratic Society, the Port Huron Statement is considered to be a seminal document of the New Left.
What is Dhammic Socialism?
Socialism examined from a Buddhist perspective.
Economic Socialism
A text by Henry Sidgwick which examines socialist economics, originally published in 1886 in The Contemporary Review.
archive: the left side of the brain is bigger
A constantly growing collection of writings by left-wing thinkers: Sartre, Einstein, Orwell, Gandhi, Naomi Klein, Pinter, Picasso, Marx, Gore Vidal, Oscar Wilde, GB Shaw, Beauvoir, Martin Luther King, Alice Walker and others.
Abram Leon: The Jewish Question - A Marxist Interpretation (1946)
An influential work by the Belgian-Jewish Trotskyist published in 1946.
Marxist.net
Marxist discussion and analytical resource material to guide the building of the revolutionary party and the socialist revolution. From the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)
What is to be Done?
In which Lenin outlines the concept of the vanguard revolutionary party run according to the principles of democratic centralism.
Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution
Treatise from the Independent Group of Communists in Holland, 1930.
The Fight For Socialism
Programme of the Workers' Party (1946). The WP was a "Third Camp" split from the Socialist Workers Party. It was led by Max Shachtman.
Communism Simplified
The principles of practical and ideal Communism.
CapitAllism
Calls for a cap on personal incomes as a solution to inequity.
The Communist Manifesto
The text that serves as the beginning of the communist movement
Guild Socialism Reconsidered
An essay by Roger McCain examining the guild socialism of the pre-industrial era.
Chen Duxiu and the Trotskyists
Zheng Chaolin's memoirs written in 1945 documenting the story of Chen Duxiu, founder of the Chinese Communist Party, leader of the May 4th Movement and supporter of Leon Trotsky.
International Socialist Group - Discussion Document
A 1994 document from the shortlived ISG which was formed by individuals expelled from the (British) Socialist Workers Party. Document crtiques the SWP's internal regime and its politics.
Working Class Movement Library
A collection of materials concerned with the activities, expression and enquiries of the labor movement, its allies and its enemies, since the late eighteenth century.
Autarchic Socialism
An analysis of socialism and communism which contrasts the failed experiments in the USSR and its satellites with true socialism.
The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius
Online version of George Orwell's 1941 work. The non-fiction work is in three parts, England Your England, Shopkeepers at War, and The English Revolution.
Marxists Internet Archive
The most complete database of Marxism hitherto made. The archive is divided into three major sections: Marxist writers, Marxist history, and reference materials. Marxist writers has information on Marxists from Karl Marx and Frederick Engels to Che Guevar
Towards a New Socialism
Polemic against market socialism by W. Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell.
Against the Theory of State Capitalism
A refutation of Tony Cliff's theory written in 1949 by Ted Grant. Cliff went on to found the International Socialist Tendency and what is now the Socialist Workers Party in Britain.
The Manifesto of the Communist Party
By Marx and Engels, the document that changed the world. Site includes introductions to all major releases in the nineteenth century.
Prout World
Site concerning the Progressive Utilization Theory, "Prout" a "neo-humanist" system addressing the socio-economics of liberation. This seems to be a utopian socialist theory based on eastern religious principles.
The Gotha Program (1871)
Excerpts from the founding manifesto of the German Social Democratic Party
The Transitional Program for Socialist Revolution
Formal title is "the Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International," written by Leon Trotsky this was the founding programme for the Fourth International and remains a guiding document for Trotskyists.
British Labour Party Election Manifesto, 1945
"Let Us Face the Future: A Declaration of Labour Policy for the Consideration of the Nation." Full text of the manifesto on which Labour was elected in 1945, under which they instituted the welfare state in Britain.
The SWP vs. Lenin: Bureaucratic Centralism or Democratic Centralism?
Document produced by a dissident group expelled from Socialist Workers Party in Britain in 1994 criticizing the SWP's internal regime. The SWP leads the International Socialist tendency and is best known for publishing the newspaper Socialist Worker.
Capitalism and Socialism
Freya Hastings argues that Adam Smith was critical of laissez faire capitalism and saw communism as a viable system.
Regina Manifesto
1933 founding document of Canada's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (now the NDP).
"Why Socialism?" by Albert Einstein
An indictment of capitalism by Time magazine's Man of the Century.
Socialism: Theory and Practice
Information about the different schools of socialist thought and socialist history. Includes quotes, pictures, resources library, links.
Socialism Web
An explanation and defence of socialism from an independent socialist.
The State and Revolution
The Marxist theory of the state and the tasks of the proletariat in the revolution by Lenin.
Evolutionary Socialism
Excerpts from Eduard Bernstein's revisions of Marxism which established modern social democracy.
Socialist Perspective
This site promotes socialism by critiquing capitalism, rather than by describing socialism. All material on this site can be freely distributed on a non-profit basis.
Manifesto of the Communist Party
Online text from Literature Project.
Why Did a Socialist Revolution not Occur in the United States?
An examination of why American society, especially in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was remarkably free of socialist influence. Written by Dov Ben-Shimon.
Erfurt Program, 1891
Radical program adopted by the German Social Democratic Party in 1891 which signified the party's adoption of Marxism.
The Genesis of Trotskyism
Written in 1933, this pamphlet by Max Schachtman explains the development of Trotskyism and the International Left Opposition from the point of view of a leader of the American movement.
The National Question and the Class Struggle
Thesis by Ber Borochov (1881-1917) arguing that national liberation is a necessary component of the class struggle. Distinguishes between progressive and reactionary nationalism.
A series of documents from various Trotskyist groups and tendencies.
Written in 1962 and adopted by Students for a Democratic Society, the Port Huron Statement is considered to be a seminal document of the New Left.
Socialism examined from a Buddhist perspective.
A text by Henry Sidgwick which examines socialist economics, originally published in 1886 in The Contemporary Review.
A constantly growing collection of writings by left-wing thinkers: Sartre, Einstein, Orwell, Gandhi, Naomi Klein, Pinter, Picasso, Marx, Gore Vidal, Oscar Wilde, GB Shaw, Beauvoir, Martin Luther King, Alice Walker and others.
An influential work by the Belgian-Jewish Trotskyist published in 1946.
Marxist discussion and analytical resource material to guide the building of the revolutionary party and the socialist revolution. From the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)
In which Lenin outlines the concept of the vanguard revolutionary party run according to the principles of democratic centralism.
Treatise from the Independent Group of Communists in Holland, 1930.
Programme of the Workers' Party (1946). The WP was a "Third Camp" split from the Socialist Workers Party. It was led by Max Shachtman.
The principles of practical and ideal Communism.
Calls for a cap on personal incomes as a solution to inequity.
The text that serves as the beginning of the communist movement
An essay by Roger McCain examining the guild socialism of the pre-industrial era.
Zheng Chaolin's memoirs written in 1945 documenting the story of Chen Duxiu, founder of the Chinese Communist Party, leader of the May 4th Movement and supporter of Leon Trotsky.
A 1994 document from the shortlived ISG which was formed by individuals expelled from the (British) Socialist Workers Party. Document crtiques the SWP's internal regime and its politics.
A collection of materials concerned with the activities, expression and enquiries of the labor movement, its allies and its enemies, since the late eighteenth century.
An analysis of socialism and communism which contrasts the failed experiments in the USSR and its satellites with true socialism.
Online version of George Orwell's 1941 work. The non-fiction work is in three parts, England Your England, Shopkeepers at War, and The English Revolution.
The most complete database of Marxism hitherto made. The archive is divided into three major sections: Marxist writers, Marxist history, and reference materials. Marxist writers has information on Marxists from Karl Marx and Frederick Engels to Che Guevar
Polemic against market socialism by W. Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell.
A refutation of Tony Cliff's theory written in 1949 by Ted Grant. Cliff went on to found the International Socialist Tendency and what is now the Socialist Workers Party in Britain.
By Marx and Engels, the document that changed the world. Site includes introductions to all major releases in the nineteenth century.
Site concerning the Progressive Utilization Theory, "Prout" a "neo-humanist" system addressing the socio-economics of liberation. This seems to be a utopian socialist theory based on eastern religious principles.
Excerpts from the founding manifesto of the German Social Democratic Party
Formal title is "the Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International," written by Leon Trotsky this was the founding programme for the Fourth International and remains a guiding document for Trotskyists.
"Let Us Face the Future: A Declaration of Labour Policy for the Consideration of the Nation." Full text of the manifesto on which Labour was elected in 1945, under which they instituted the welfare state in Britain.
Document produced by a dissident group expelled from Socialist Workers Party in Britain in 1994 criticizing the SWP's internal regime. The SWP leads the International Socialist tendency and is best known for publishing the newspaper Socialist Worker.
Freya Hastings argues that Adam Smith was critical of laissez faire capitalism and saw communism as a viable system.
1933 founding document of Canada's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (now the NDP).
"Why Socialism?" by Albert EinsteinAn indictment of capitalism by Time magazine's Man of the Century.
Information about the different schools of socialist thought and socialist history. Includes quotes, pictures, resources library, links.
An explanation and defence of socialism from an independent socialist.
The Marxist theory of the state and the tasks of the proletariat in the revolution by Lenin.
Excerpts from Eduard Bernstein's revisions of Marxism which established modern social democracy.
This site promotes socialism by critiquing capitalism, rather than by describing socialism. All material on this site can be freely distributed on a non-profit basis.
Online text from Literature Project.
An examination of why American society, especially in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was remarkably free of socialist influence. Written by Dov Ben-Shimon.
Radical program adopted by the German Social Democratic Party in 1891 which signified the party's adoption of Marxism.
Written in 1933, this pamphlet by Max Schachtman explains the development of Trotskyism and the International Left Opposition from the point of view of a leader of the American movement.
Thesis by Ber Borochov (1881-1917) arguing that national liberation is a necessary component of the class struggle. Distinguishes between progressive and reactionary nationalism.
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