Toward the United Front book launch

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Join us for a book launch of Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, 1922. The full congress record is now available for the first time in English and in paperback.

Sunday, February 3
4:00-6:00 PM
Room 5280
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
University of Toronto
252 Bloor St. W. (at St. George subway).

Editor and translator John Riddell will reflect on lessons of translating the rich conversations and debates that shaped a generation of revolutionaries, and the implications for activists in current conditions of global capitalism. John has translated and edited seven volumes of documents of the Communist movement in the era of the Russian revolution. Two further volumes are now in preparation, which will complete this extraordinary project.

And hear comments from some of those who supported the work involved in this important publication: David McNally, Suzannne Weiss, Paul Kellogg and others TBA.


Moderated by Abbie Bakan. Followed by book signing and refreshments.

Organized by Historical Materialism Toronto and Ideas Left Out.

[Grenzer]

I have this book.

I wish I could attend this event. It sounds interesting. I'm wondering what the "two further volumes" are. The SWP has translated and published the proceedings of the first two congresses of the Comintern, but I don't think there is one for the Third Congress anywhere.

[Ernest Valdemar]

The Third Congress proceedings will be published by Brill in February 2015. The book title is "To the Masses". A paperback edition will be available later.

Another volume is in preparation, dealing with transcripts and documents from the ECCI.