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The life of an unorthodox Marxist

Herman Pieterson — 2024-02-27T09:20:04Z

Incarcerated by a Greek dictator, narrowly escaping the Nazis in occupied France, and tried and convicted of aiding the Algerian revolution in the Netherlands in 1961: never a dull moment for the well-dressed revolutionary Mihalis Raptis. Hall Greenland has written a sympathetic but critical biography of the man better known as Michel Pablo, long-time secretary of the Fourth International.

- Reviews section / Marxism, Fourth International, Algeria, Reviews

Arend van de Poel 1948-2023

Herman Pieterson — 2023-01-16T22:03:41Z

“Arend van de Poel was above all a rock-solid and reliable party-activist […] equally sharp and erudite.”

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Netherlands, Obituary

Surveying Revolutionary Thought

Herman Pieterson — 2022-06-01T15:42:50Z

Proposing that “We find their contributions inseparable from (the) quality of revolutionary collectivity,” Paul Le Blanc has compiled a number of essays on revolutionary and even ex-revolutionary thinkers. (vii)

- Reviews section / Marxism, Reviews

A paradigm of modern barbarism

Herman Pieterson — 2019-11-13T09:29:53Z

In its series Notebooks for Study and Research the Amsterdam International Institute for Research and Education has published, or rather re-published, an interesting collection of essays by Enzo Traverso. Re-published because Critique of modern barbarism is an enlarged version of Traverso's Understanding the Nazi Genocide. Six more recent essays cover subjects related to the original theme, aiming to bring the understanding further and extend these findings to more general issues. Nevertheless the bulk of the book is formed by the six original texts. So a spoiler alert is warranted: those who know the original book may feel disappointed.

- Reviews section / Far Right, Reviews, Historical events and figures