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Communism: Setting the Record Straight
February 9, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
This eBook takes on and refutes the ruling and false narrative of capitalist society that communism has been a failure and nightmare. Raymond Lotta analyzes the actual reality of the Russian and Chinese revolutions: their liberatory aims and extraordinary accomplishments; their shortcomings and problems; and the causes of their eventual defeat. He discusses Bob Avakian’s new synthesis of communism and the basis to go further and do better in a new stage of communist revolution. The reader will come away with new, scientific understanding of how these revolutions opened a whole new chapter in world history.
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
The First Dawn—The Paris Commune
Chapter 3
1917—The Revolution Breaks Through in Russia
Chapter 4
China—One Quarter of Humanity Scaling New Heights of Emancipation
Chapter 5
Toward a New Stage of Communist Revolution
Appendix
Notes on Epistemology
Illustrated Timeline
The REAL History of Communist Revolution
An account of the history of communist revolutions that focuses on the creation of new institutions, organizations and collective practices that have been largely ignored in the standard literature.
—Michael Brown,
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology,
Northeastern University
A welcome counterpoint to the contemporary treatment of communist history, demonstrating vividly why and how so many millions of people joined these movements, or drew inspiration from them.
—Thomas Lutze,
Professor of History,
Illinois Wesleyan University
Raymond Lotta's research and argumentation demonstrate forcefully that a better world for humanity is indeed possible.
—Dongping Han,
author of The Unknown Cultural Revolution:
Life and Change in a Chinese Village
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