Search Results: Authors starting with C from Resistance Books

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2017. 1. Pamphlet. New. What is the road to fundamental social change? How can we win mass support for socialism? These two talks from the period of struggle against the Vietnam War in the United States make a persuasive case for changing the system and also outline a realistic approach to mobilising the mass public support necessary to achieve this.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2001. 1. Paperback. New. The record of a political struggle in the Socialist Workers Party of the United States on the eve of World War II. At issue was the nature of the Soviet Union, Stalinism and the war aims of the US and its allies. Cannon was the founder and central leader of the SWP.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2000. 1. Paperback. New. An inspiring collection of speeches and articles on key issues of US and world politics. Cannon was a central figure in the early Communist Party in the US and later founded the Trotskyist movement in that country.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 1999. 1. Paperback. New. In 1941, 28 socialists and trade union militants, mostly members of the Socialist Workers Party, went on trial in Minneapolis for their opposition to US involvement in World War II. The verbatim courtroom testimony of SWP leader James P. Cannon is a powerful defence of the ideas of socialism.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2000. 1. Pamphlet. New. Two speeches by Fidel Castro illuminate the misery neoliberal globalisation has imposed on most of the world’s people and what must be done to end this intolerable situation.

Sydney: Pathfinder Press, 1984. 1. Paperback. New. The story of an epic 1983 struggle by 700 mine workers from Tasmania’s West Coast to defend their jobs and conditions.

Sydney: Pathfinder Press, 1984. 1. Hardcover. New. Story of an epic 1983 struggle by 700 mine workers from Tasmania’s West Coast to defend their jobs and conditions.

In the years before its independence in 1991, Ukraine had been among the most industrialised, technologically advanced regions of the Soviet Union. Thirty years later, it was being rated by the IMF as the poorest country in Europe — its people poorer, on average, than those in many countries of the developing world. Why did Ukraine's transition to capitalism result in such disaster? Was this purely the outcome of an ill-conceived model of 'reform'? Or was capitalism itself the wrong choice? Has 'association' with the European Union provided any answers?As Ukraine battles invasion, knowing the 'back story' of its post-Soviet experience can provide a life-raft in a media space awash with simplistic propaganda.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2014. 1. Paperback. New. Indian-born and Catholic-educated, author Michael Cooke migrated to Australia in his teens. He moved away from religion and towards the political left. In this stimulating work he focuses on issues where religion intersects with the secular society. He engages variously with the Catholic George Pell and the Muslim Waleed Aly. He also takes issue with Richard Dawkins and the so-called ‘New Athesists’.