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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Unrestrained by convention, lionhearted and free, Eleanor Marx (1855-98) was an exceptional woman. Hers was the first English translation of Flaubert's Madame Bovary. She pioneered the theater of Henrik Ibsen. She was the first woman to lead the British dock workers' and gas workers' trade unions. For years she worked tirelessly for her father, Karl Marx, as personal secretary and researcher. Later, she edited many of his key political works and...
Author
Publisher
Alliance Book Corp
Pub. Date
1941.
Language
English
Description
The son of a seafaring father, Richard Julius Herman Krebs, a.k.a. Jan Valtin, came of age as a bicycle messenger during a maritime rebellion. His life as an intimate insider account of the dramatic events of 1920's and 1930s, where he rose both within the ranks of the Communist Party and on the Gestapo hit list. Known for his honesty and incredible memory, Krebs dedicated his life to the Communist Party, rising to a position as head of maritime,...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
The story of the life of an American radical, Ezra Slavin, born on New York's Lower East Side around 1910 is viewed through the eyes of his daughter Merry. Through Ezra's life are presented certain historical events of the last 40-odd years, as well as instances of love and sex and friendship and birth and death.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Rose Pastor arrived in New York City in 1903, a Jewish refugee from Russia who had worked in cigar factories since the age of eleven. Two years later, she captured headlines across the globe when she married James Graham Phelps Stokes, scion of one of the legendary 400 families of New York high society. Together, this unusual couple joined the burgeoning Socialist Party and, over the next dozen years, moved among the liveliest group of activists and...
11) Rosa: a novel
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In post-World War I Berlin, Detective Inspector Nikolai Hoffner investigates a series of murders in which five women--including revolutionary leader Rosa Luxemburg--turn up dead with identical markings etched into their backs.
16) Bernie
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, Bernie Sanders was surrounded by grinding poverty that turned families against each other as they scrimped and saved to pay their bills. Bernie saw politics as his chance to give a decent life to everyone, not just those born into wealth or the lucky few who hit it big. But the Democratic Party and the country overall were moving to the right. Bernie joined a tiny independent party from Vermont. He ran for mayor....
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A giant of the political left, Rosa Luxemburg is one of the foremost minds in the canon of revolutionary socialist thought. But she was much more than just a thinker. She made herself heard in a world inimical to the voices of strong-willed women. She overcame physical infirmity and the prejudice she faced as a Jew to become an active revolutionary whose philosophy enriched every corner of an incredibly productive and creative life--her many friendships,...