{"title":"Ted Grant","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"russia-from-revolution-to-counter-revolution-paperback","title":"Russia: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe October Russian Revolution, led by Lenin and Trotsky, swept away landlordism and capitalism and placed the working class in power for the first time. It transformed the idea of socialism from theory into practice. From this point of view, the Bolshevik revolution can be considered the greatest event in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revolution changed the course of world history and the last century has been dominated by its consequences. Ted Grant's book traces the evolution of Soviet Russia from the Bolshevik victory of 1917, through the rise of Stalinism and the political counter-revolution, its emergence as a super-power after the Second World War, and the crisis of Stalinism and its eventual collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book, which was first published in 1997, has been updated and edited in the light of new developments and the subsequent re-establishment of capitalism in Russia. Grant based his analysis on that of Leon Trotsky, who first analysed Stalinism in his \u003cem\u003eRevolution Betrayed\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the counter-revolution has attempted to bury the memory of October, the new crisis of world capitalism has led to a revival of interest in Marxism and the significance of Bolshevism. The republication of Ted Grant's book in this centenary year of the revolution therefore comes at a fitting time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367721894111,"sku":"9781900007726","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DMj3N5KNTq9781900007726.webp?v=1789113375"},{"product_id":"lenin-and-trotsky-what-they-really-stood-for-paperback","title":"Lenin and Trotsky - What They Really Stood For - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 1968, I was one of the national leaders of the Young Communist League. I used to have many ding-dong arguments with Alan Woods and other 'Trots' and did everything I could to undermine them. I was very pleased with our efforts in producing the 'Cogito' article on Leon Trotsky. 'That will shut them up!' I said. Then 'they' produced Lenin and Trotsky - What They Really Stood For. I read it and re-read it. The careful, honest presentation of the historical facts and political arguments led me to become a whole-hearted supporter of the Marxist tendency now embodied in Socialist Appeal [Now the Revolutionary Communist International].\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Jim Brookshaw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChair of Young Communist League 1965-68, YCL International Secretary 1969\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ideas of Lenin and Trotsky are without doubt the most distorted and slandered ideas in history. For more than eighty years, they have been subjected to an onslaught from the apologists of capitalism, who have attempted to present their ideas -- Bolshevism -- as both totalitarian and utopian. An entire industry was developed in an attempt to equate the crimes of Stalinism with the regime of workers' democracy that existed under Lenin and Trotsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, ever since the invention of 'Trotskyism' in 1924, the Stalinist bureaucracy has systematically falsified the real relationship between these two leaders of the October Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally written as a reply to Monty Johnstone, a leading theoretician of the British Communist Party, this book uncovers the real ideas of Lenin and Trotsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368929263839,"sku":"9781916936317","price":26.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/PsqvTot1yI9781916936317.webp?v=1789135889"},{"product_id":"reason-in-revolt-marxist-philosophy-and-modern-science-paperback","title":"Reason in Revolt: Marxist Philosophy and Modern Science - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of the 21st century, science and philosophy are at the crossroads. The achievements of science and technology in the previous century are unparalleled in history. They provide the potential for the solution of all the problems faced by the planet, and equally for its total destruction. Allegedly scientific theories are being used to \"prove\" that criminality is caused, not by social conditions, but by a \"criminal gene.\" Black people are alleged to be disadvantaged, not because of discrimination, but because of their genetic make-up. Similar arguments are used for poor people, single mothers, women, and so on. Of course, such \"science\" is highly convenient for right wing politicians intent on ruthlessly cutting welfare. In the field of theoretical physics and cosmology there is a growing tendency towards mysticism. The \"Big Bang\" theory of the origin of the universe is being used to justify the existence of a Creator, as in the book of Genesis. For the first time in centuries, science appears to lend credence to religious obscurantism. Yet that is only one side of the story. A growing number of scientists are becoming discontented with the old outlook. The rapid rise of the theory of chaos and complexity is one of the most significant developments in science at the present time. Many of the ideas expressed by this new trend are strikingly similar to the theories of dialectical materialism worked out by Marx and Engels over 160 years ago. A significant part of this present work is devoted to an explanation of the relationship between Marxist philosophy and the new theories. Will this encounter provide the basis for a new and exciting breakthrough in the methodology of science?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377653219551,"sku":"9781900007443","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SuuxiWVlU09781900007443.webp?v=1789236308"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ted-grant.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}