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Die Neue Zeit
13th April 2010, 01:06
History of the Marxist internationals (part 1, the IWA) (http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/history-of-the-marxist-internationals-part-1-the-iwa/)

History of the Marxist internationals (part 2, the Second International) (http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/history-of-the-marxist-internationals-part-2-the-second-international/)

History of the Marxist Internationals (part 3, the Comintern) (http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/history-of-the-marxist-internationals-part-3-the-comintern/)

History of the Marxist Internationals (part 4, the Centrists) (http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/history-of-the-marxist-internationals-part-3-the-centrists/)

History of the Marxist Internationals (part 5, Trotskyist origins) (http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/history-of-the-marxist-internationals-part-5-trotskyist-origins/)
History of the Marxist Internationals (part 6, Trotskyist collapse) (http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/history-of-the-marxist-internationals-part-6-trotskyist-collapse/)

History of the Marxist Internationals (conclusion, the call for a Fifth International) (http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/history-of-the-marxist-internationals-conclusion-the-call-for-a-fifth-international/)

Bonobo1917
17th April 2010, 07:14
Yes, I have seen, and partly read, that series. The title - "History of the Marxist Internationals" - is a bit odd. The First International was not a "Marxist International" at all, with all the different traditions within it, from moderate trade unionists to Bakunin and other anarchists. Marxists formed a small, though influential, minority. The Second International was only Marxist in a formal sense, unless one equates Marxism with reformist social-democracy (shich was what most parties represented, certainly after the first few years). Still, an interesting read.