NEW publication from Resistance Books - 'Socialism: Utopian and Scientific' by Frederick Engels "Engels' 'Socialism: Utopian and Scientific' explains the origins of the modern socialist movement. After the Communist Manifesto, it is probably the most ionfluential work expounding the basic ideas of Marxism." The new edition includes a detailed introduction, Engels' introduction to the 1892 English edition, and explanatory footnotes. 106 pages, $7.95 Resistance bookshop - Floor 5, 407 Swanston St Melbourne (upstairs from Druids Cafe) - ph (03) 9639 8622 http://home.connexus.net.au/~benj/bookshop.htm ALSO NEW IN STOCK *Fatherland or Mother Earth? Essays on the National Question By Michael L�wy This well known French Marxist argues for a resurrection of the concepts of national issues used by Otto Bauer as well as leaning on Marx, Engels and Lenin, to develop his own attempt at a comphrehensive theory and the relationship between nationalism and internationalism. This book was given an interesting (and critical) review in the latest LINKS magazine. Pluto Press - 108 pages, $22.95 *Understanding the Nazi Genocide - Marxism after Auschwitz by Enzo Traverso "Auschwitz was a pre-eminently modern genocide. If racial hatred was its first cause, its execution required a 'rationality' typical of modern capitalism." Pluto Press - 152 pages, $24.95 *The Trade-Union Left and the Birth of a New South Africa by Claude Jacquin Critical of the ANC's current neoliberal policy, Claude Jacquin examines the birth and growth of the generation of working class activists of the 1970s that spearheaded the mass struggles of the 1980s, following the political, social and economic changes that ultimately brought an end to the apartheid system. >From Cuba: *How long doe$ it take to change the mind of a child? (in English) Round table with psychologists, psychiatrists and other specialists on the serious consequences that could be entailed for the kidnapped child Eli�n Gonz�lez if he is not returned immediately to his homeland. 62 page pamphlet - free >From Pakistan: *Of Military Regime and Future *Expulsion - The Labour Party Pakistan Case These pamphlets (in English) from the Labour Party of Pakistan explain their response to the recent military coup in that country, and their reply to the 'slanders' of the International Secretariat of the Committee for a Workers' International, from which they were recently expelled. >From India: *Three Glorious Decades of Naxalbari A short history of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), outlining their origins in the 1967 Naxalbari uprising in West Bengal, and their subsequent development through guerrilla struggle to their current perspective of mass mobilisation. Also limited copies of their monthly magazine, Liberation, and the selected works of their late leader Vinod Mishra (cloth bound book). -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
