Search Results: Titles starting with T from Resistance Books

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2009. 1. Pamphlet. New. Sri Lanka’s Tamil population is an embattled minority, facing severe oppression at the hands of successive Sinhala-majority regimes. Some have ended up in Australia’s island refugee gulags. Here is a clear explanation of the conflict and its aftermath.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2002. 1. Pamphlet. New. Terrorism is a concept much-loved by the media and government spokespeople. But they are extremely selective in the instances they choose to designate as terror. In the modern world, the wholesale state terror of the major capitalist powers is far more pervasive and on a far more massive scale than any desperate acts by small oppositional groups. This pamphlet presents a Marxist perspective on this vexed question.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2000. 1. Paperback. New. What is socialist morality? In the struggle for a better world, what is permissible and what is not? Trotsky’s two polemics from the turbulent 1930s shine a Marxist searchlight on this vexed question. He takes the view that the roots of morality lie not in heaven but come out of the life situation and needs of particular social classes.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 2018. 3. Pamphlet. New. Sets out the current views of the Socialist Alliance on the crises of capitalism and the way to overcome them. The document begins with a general outline of the nature of capitalism, continues with an outline of the development of capitalism in Australia, puts forward our perspectives on current struggles and concludes with our view of what the transition to socialism might look like.

Sydney: Resistance Books, 1999. 1. Paperback. New. Written in 1938, Trotsky’s Transitional Program is an impassioned call to action in the struggle against decaying capitalism. It highlights key themes and demands which retain all their relevance in the contemporary struggle for socialism.

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.