This bundle offer includes 3 of the best editions of ‘In Defence of Marxism’ that cover History; Numbers 35, 38 & 40. Normally £3/£4 each this bundle is a bargain £5!
IDOM 35 entitled ‘Barbarism, Civilisation And The Marxist View Of History’ features an editorial by Alan Woods ‘In Defence of Historical Materialism’, a long piece ‘The Origins Of Class Society’ around the ground-breaking archaeological evidence that further backed up many of Engels’ and H. Morgans’ previous work on the historical development of the family. It also has a piece on defending progress in society ‘Civilisation, Barbarism and The Marxist View Of History’ which argues against the pessimism of bourgeoise historians who mistake a lack of progress in capitalism to mean there is a lack of progress at all.
IDOM 38 ‘The Civil War: America’s Second Revolution’ has an editorial entitled ‘For Revolutionary Optimism!’ and then 2 longer pieces on ‘The Civil War: America’s Second Revolution’ and ‘Marxism and Inflation’. The US Civil War was an event of immense importance, as 2 economic systems struggled against one another.
IDOM 40 entitled ‘Blood and Gold: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas’ has an important editorial by Alan Woods setting the tone to avoid a moralistic view of history. It is then followed by ‘Blood & Gold: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas’, ‘The 1780 Rebellion of Tupac Amaru II and Micaela Bastidas’, ‘Don Quixote and Spain in the age of Cervantes’ and finally ‘The Decline of Feudalism and the Rise of the Bourgeoisie’.
