Search Results: Authors starting with S from Resistance Books

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2005. 1. Paperback. New. Barry Sheppard was a member of the US Socialist Workers Party for 28 years, and a central leader for most of that time. This is the first of two volumes recounting his life in the party. It is a case study of the inspiration and difficulties involved in building the nucleus of a revolutionary socialist party. This book covers the years from 1960 to 1973, the period of radicalisation known as ‘The Sixties’.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2010. 1. Pamphlet. New. With the return of capitalism, China today is a highly unequal society, where workers are ruthlessly exploited and lack job security, there is national oppression, severe ecological problems and heavy restrictions of democratic rights. Chris Slee surveys the scene and explains how it came about.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2008. 1. Pamphlet. New. This short account of the history of the Cuban Revolution, both before and after the historic seizure of power in January 1959, concentrates on the role of the Cuban people in this process. Right from the start this was a broad-based movement, with deep roots among the masses, and a long and heroic history. The guerrillas in the mountains during the anti-Batista struggle could only have triumphed because they were the vanguard of a mass movement in the cities and towns as well as the countryside.