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Sydney: Resistance Books, 2002. 1. Pamphlet. New. At the beginning of the 20th century, Lenin worked out his ideas on how workers can radicalise and come to embrace revolutionary socialist consciousness. Tony Cliff, the historic founder of the British Socialist Workers Party, put forward his analysis of Lenin’s views on this topic in his 1975 book Lenin: Building the Party. Bruce Landau subjects Cliff’s treatment of the subject to a withering critique.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 1999. 1. Paperback. New. A comprehensive introduction to the Marxist theory of history and politics.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 1998. 1. Paperback. New. To many of his adherents, Trotsky’s most brilliant and distinctive contribution to Marxism was his theory of permanent revolution, which deals with the development of revolutions in Third World countries. In this pioneering essay, Doug Lorimer takes issue with such assessments and subjects Trotsky’s writings on permanent revolution to a sustained critique. He shows how Trotsky’s theory is wrong on the fundamental questions.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2000. 1. Pamphlet. New. This pamphlet is a defence of the Cuban Revolution and the line followed by its leadership team around Fidel Castro. It refutes sectarian criticisms made by British Socialist Party leader Peter Taaffe. Doug Lorimer provides a convincing defence of the revolutionary, democratic, anti-bureaucratic and internationalist record of the Castro leadership.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2002. 1. Pamphlet. New. Imperialist capitalism is the dominant reality of our era: a handful of rich Western countries dominate the world and are responsible for the misery of billions of human beings. And the decisive element in this system is the United States, the world’s only superpower. Doug Lorimer traces the main features of the development of the imperialist system through the 20th century.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 1997. 2. Pamphlet. New. The collapse of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of the USSR was the most significant event of the latter half of the 20th century. It led to widespread ideological confusion and demoralisation within the international workers movement. Here is a clear Marxist analysis of what happened in the Soviet Union in the past and what the return of capitalism there means.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2001. 1. Pamphlet. New. In 1985 the Democratic Socialist Party voted to end the DSP’s affiliation to the Fourth International, the main international organisation of Trotskyist parties. The two articles in this pamphlet explain the reasons why this decision was taken.