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The Paris Commune: Reviving Assemblies, Building Global Movements 巴黎公社:复兴集会，建立全球运动

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1943290

Suren Moodliar

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Classic Writings in Anarchist Criminology: A Historical Dismantling of Punishment and Domination; Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement 无政府主义犯罪学经典著作:对惩罚与统治的历史解构超越生存:变革正义运动的策略和故事

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1893572

K. Williams

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The Rise of Right-Wing Populism, Authoritarianism & Fascism 右翼民粹主义、威权主义和法西斯主义的兴起

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1949778

L. Mestres

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Road to Empire: POWs and Total War in Korea 通往帝国之路:朝鲜战俘和全面战争

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1907160

Thomas Powell

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The Marx Revival: Key Concepts and New Interpretations 马克思复兴:关键概念与新解读

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1908807

Clint Jones

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Challenges Facing the US Left 美国左翼面临的挑战

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1945370

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Marxist Literary Criticism Today 今天的马克思主义文学批评

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1953429

M. Schultz

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Scotland’s Independence and the Poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid 苏格兰独立与休·麦克迪亚米德诗歌

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1936875

R. Paul

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China’s Threat to Global Capitalism: Nationalist Nonsense 中国对全球资本主义的威胁:民族主义的无稽之谈

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1890528

Jerry Harris

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Can the Working Class Change the World? 工人阶级能改变世界吗?

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08854300.2021.1920780

Kevin Sapere

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