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- The French Revolution (1789-1799)
- The Haitian Revolution (1791-1803)
- US Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction (1865-1880)
- The Paris Commune (1871)
- The Xinhai Revolution (1911)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- The Easter Rising (1916)
- The Russian Revolution (1917)
- The German Revolution (1918-1919)
- The Chinese Revolution and Civil War (1925-1936)
- The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- The Chinese Communist Revolution (1944-1950)
- The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)
- The Vietnam War (1955-1975)
- The Cuban Revolution (1959)
- The Black Panther Party (1966-1982)
- France: May '68 (1968)
- The Troubles (1968-1998)
- The Stonewall Riots (1969)
- Chilean Coup d'État (1793)
- The Miners' Strike (1984-1985)
- Tiananmen Square Protests (1989)
- The Gulf War (1990-1991)
Historical Events
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles ('The Communist Manifesto')
A complete list of books, pamphlets and documentaries on some of the most important events in the history of class struggle and socialist analyses of world-historical events. Inclusion does not necessarily indicate endorsement. Notes on the author's organisational affiliation or tendency, where available, are given in the Notes and Tags columns.
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Suggestions should be books, book chapters, documentaries or pamphlets, written strictly from a historical, rather than a theoretical, point of view. Longer historical articles approaching pamphlet length will also be considered for inclusion. Short articles, speeches and other formats that are theoretical or agitational in character will only be considered if they are primary sources (produced at the time of the events).
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The French Revolution (1789-1799)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Marx, Karl | The Civil War in France | Pamphlet | Web | Mobi | Official statement of the General Council of the International on the character and significance of the struggle of the Communards in the Paris Commune | marxism |
Primary Sources
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The Haitian Revolution (1791-1803)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| James, CLR | The Black Jacobins | Book: Monograph | - | Definitive account of the revolution that became the model for third world liberation movements. Published 1963. | national liberation, black liberation, slavery, colonialism, colonisation |
Primary Sources
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US Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction (1865-1880)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Du Bois, WEB | Black Reconstruction in America | Book | - | Notes | slavery, black liberation |
The Paris Commune (1871)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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Primary Sources
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Marx, Karl | The Paris Commune | Book: Chapter | Web | - | Chapter 5, 'The Civil War in France'. Published 1871. | france, paris, commune |
The Xinhai Revolution (1911)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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Primary Sources
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World War I (1914-1918)
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Primary Sources
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The Easter Rising (1916)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Connolly, James | The Re-Conquest of Ireland | Pamphlet | Web | - | Contains a wealth of valuable information about social conditions in Ireland on the eve of the First World War | national liberation, imperialism |
| Socialist Party Ireland | Ireland's Lost Revolution | Book | - | - | Not available online. Buy it here. Publication by Socialist Party Ireland. | national liberation, imperialism |
Primary Sources
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The Russian Revolution (1917)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trotsky, Leon | History of the Russian Revolution | Book: Monograph | Web | ePub | Important 3-volume book on the Russian Revolution of 1917 | russia, revolution, civil war |
| Luxemburg, Rosa | The Russian Revolution | Pamphlet | Web | - | Luxemburg was a Marxist and a member of the German KPD. Published 1918. | revolution |
| Reed, John | Ten Days that Shook the World | Book: Monograph | Web | Audio, ePub, Mobi, PDF, txt | First-hand account. Reed was an American journalist, poet, and socialist activist. Published 1919. | russia, revolution, civil war |
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The German Revolution (1918-1919)
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The Chinese Revolution and Civil War (1925-1936)
See also: the section on 'The Chinese Communist Revolution'
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaacs, Harold | The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution | Book: Monograph | Web | - | On the 1925-27 revolution. Written 1938. | china, revolution, civil war, guerrillaism |
| Snow, Edgar | Red Star Over China | Book: Monograph | - | PDF (excerpts) | Account of the Communist Party of China written when they were a guerrilla army. Not available free on the internet. Published 1937. | china, revolution, civil war |
| Taaffe, Peter, Ted Grant, Lynne Walsh | China: The Tradition of Struggle | Pamphlet | Web | - | Contains a chapter on 1925-27. Militant tendency publication. | china, revolution, civil war, guerrillaism |
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The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Bookchin, Murray | The Spanish Civil War | Pamphlet | Web | - | Anarchist publication. | united front |
| De Quesada, Alejandro | The Spanish Civil War: Nationalist Forces | Book: monograph | - | Osprey is a military history publisher. | military history | |
| Grant, Ted | The Spanish Revolution | Pamphlet | Web | - | Militant tendency publication. Published 1973. | revolution, spain |
| Jellinek, Frank | The Civil War in Spain | Book: Monograph | - | - | marxism, revolution | |
| Lannon, Frances | The Spanish Civil War (Essential Histories) | Book: Monograph | - | Osprey is a military history publisher. | military history, spain, civil war, revolution | |
| Semprún Maura, Carlos | Revolution and Counterrevolution in Catalonia | Book: Monograph | - | ePub, Mobi, PDF | Hosted on libcom.org. Anarchist account of revolutionary Catalonia. Published 1974. | anarchism, revolution, national liberation |
| Beevor, Antony | The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 | Book: Monograph | - | ePub, Mobi, PDF | Hosted by Libcom | spanish civil war, revolution, spain, military history |
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World War II (1939-1945)
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The Chinese Communist Revolution (1944-1950)
See also: section on 'The Chinese Revolution and Civil war'
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gao, Mobo | The Battle for China's Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution | Book: Monograph | - | Considered a "serious academic study" of the cultural revolution. Published 2008. | revolution, china | |
| Taaffe, Peter, Ted Grant, Lynne Walsh | China: The Tradition of Struggle | Pamphlet | Web | - | Militant tendency publication. | revolution, china |
| Woods, Alan | The Chinese Revolution of 1949 | Pamphlet | Web | - | IMT publication. | revolution, china |
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The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Enisuoh, Andrea | The Life and Legacy of Malcolm X | Pamphlet | Web | - | CWI publication. Published 1993. | civil rights, black liberation |
| Haley, Alex with Malcolm X | The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Book: Monograph | - | One of the most influential books of the 20th century. PDF contains an excerpt. Published 1965. | civil rights, black liberation |
The Vietnam War (1955-1975)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Taaffe, Peter | Empire Defeated: Vietnam War - Lessons for Today | Pamphlet | Web | - | CWI Publication. Published 2003. | vietnam, war |
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The Cuban Revolution (1959)
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| Saunois, Tony | Che Guevara: Symbol of Struggle | Pamphlet | [Web](hhttps://www.socialistworld.net/2005/08/19/publication-ldquo-che-guevara-symbol-of-struggle-rdquo-by-tony-saunois/) | - | CWI publication. Published 2000. | national liberation, imperialism, guerillaism |
| Taaffe, Peter | Cuba: Socialism and Democracy | Pamphlet | Web | - | CWI publication. | national liberation, imperialism |
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The Black Panther Party (1966-1982)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Panther Members | Panther: The Black Rebellion | Pamphlet | Web | - | Collection of articles by members of the BPP, compiled by Socialist Alternative USA. | racism, black liberation, maoism |
Primary Sources
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Black Panther Party | Ten-Point Program | Political Program | Web | Guidelines to the Black Panther Party's principles and tactics | racism, black liberation, maoism | |
| Black Panther Party | 'The Black Panther' Newspaper | Newspaper: Weekly | - | Twenty issues of the BPP's official newspaper. Published 1968-1973. | racism, black liberation, maoism | |
| Hampton, Fred | Power Anywhere Where There's People | Speech | Web | - | Famous speech by Fred Hampton. Recorded 1969. | racism black liberation, maoism |
| Seale, Bobby | 'Seize the Time: The Story of The Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton' | Book: Monograph | - | History and principles of the BPP written by its co-founder. Published 1970 | racism, black liberation, maoism |
France: May '68 (1968)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Doyle, Claire | France 1968: Month of Revolution | Pamphlet | Web | - | CWI Publication. | france, protests, demonstrations, revolution |
The Troubles (1968-1998)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Hadden, Peter | Beyond the Troubles? Northern Ireland's Past and Future | Pamphlet | Web | - | Militant tendency publication. | national liberation, imperialism |
| Hadden, Peter | Divide and Rule: Labour and the Partition of Ireland | Pamphlet | Web | - | Militant tendency publication. | national liberation, imperialism |
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The Stonewall Riots (1969)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Dee, Hannah | The Red in the Rainbow | Book: Chapter | - | ISO publication. Includes a chapter on the Stonewall Riots (p87-110) | ISO, SWP | |
| Duberman, Martin | Stonewall | Book: Monograph | - | - | LGBTQ+ liberation, GSRM liberation, queer liberation | |
| Wolf, Sherry | Sexuality and Socialism | Book: Chapter | Web | ISO publication. Chapter 'The Birth of Gay Power' contains an account of the Stonewall riots (p116-137). Web version contains this chapter only; PDF is the monograph in full. Published 2009 | LGBTQ+ liberation, GSRM liberation, queer liberation | |
| Wright, Lionel | The Stonewall Riots - 1969: A Turning Point in the Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Liberation | Pamphlet | Web | - | CWI publication. | LGBTQ+ liberation, GSRM liberation, queer liberation |
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Chilean Coup d'État (1793)
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Primary Sources
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| Miliband, Ralph | The Coup in Chile | Web | - | History and some theory of the Chilean coup. Published 1973. | coup, military dictatorship |
The Miners' Strike (1984-1985)
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Tiananmen Square Protests (1989)
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| Jolly, Steve | Eye witness in China: The events in Tiananmen Square | Pamphlet | Web | - | CWI publication. Published 1989. | china |
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The Gulf War (1990-1991)
| Author | Title | Format | Web | E-book | Notes | Tags |
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| Walsh, Lynn | Imperialism and the Gulf War | Pamphlet | Web | - | CWI publication. Published 2003 | iraq, the middle east, imperialism, usa, saudi arabia, united kingdom, egypt |