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2020 (Volume 4)
A Free Retriever’s Digest Vol.4#1, January 24, 2020January – March 2020, 36 pages A4. |
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No. |
Title / Topic |
Subtitle |
Page |
Size (Words) |
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1 |
From the Editor |
2 |
482 |
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2 |
Selected Articles & News Feeds |
October 14, 2019 – January 12, 2020 (week no.’s 42 – 02) |
3 |
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3 |
The Social Struggles in France |
The IGCL’s second Communiqué on the pension strikes (January 3, 2020) |
11 |
3,533 |
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4 |
Book Presentation |
H. Lueer’s Tribute to the GIC’s Main Work |
16 |
1,421 |
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5 |
The Misery of Soviet-Style Socialism |
Extract from H. Lueer’s Book (2018) |
18 |
2,076 |
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6 |
A Debate on the Period of Transition |
Kosmoprolet, H. Lueer and R. Victor on the ‘Fundamental Principles’ |
21 |
512 |
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7 |
Documents of the historical Communist Left |
Willy Huhn (1961): On the doctrine of the revolutionary party (Part 3) |
22 |
2,246 |
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8 |
The Procrustean Bed of Pension Reform |
Blog Spartacus1918 on the struggle against precarity and pauperization |
25 |
1,697 |
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9 |
State Capitalism: Historical Mistake or Means for proletarian Dictatorship? |
A first reply to the IGCL on the ‘Fundamental Principles’ |
27 |
1,363 |
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10 |
With Special Attention |
Social revolts and imperialist war – A critical press review Part 1/2; Part 2/2. |
29 |
5,423 |
|
11 |
The US Attack on Baghdad |
F.D. on Capitalism’s drive to war and its anti-dote |
36 |
983 |
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19,736 |
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A Free Retriever’s Digest Vol.4 #2, April 21, 2020April – June 2020, 40 pages A4. |
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No. |
Title / Topic |
Subtitle |
Page |
Size (Words) |
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1 |
From the Editor |
2 |
468 |
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2 |
Selected Articles & News Feeds | January 13 – April 12, 2020 (Week no’s 03 – 15) |
3 |
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3 |
Capitalism, Wars and Epidemics | What is behind the calls for national unity against the Corona-virus pandemic? |
9 |
2,987 |
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4 |
Corona-virus and Catastrophic Crisis: The Tragic Responsibility of Communists | Communiqué by the IGCL (March 2020) |
14 |
778 |
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5 |
‘Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’ (1935) | The first complete German and English editions (Extended) |
15 |
2,279 |
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6 |
Which Alternative to Capitalism? | A Controversy on Labor Time Accounting apropos of ‘Fundamental Principles’ (GIC) |
19 |
437 |
| • A Critique of the ‘Theses on the World Commune’ (H. Lueer, January 2019) |
20 |
3,134 |
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| • Labor Time Accounting and Economic Rationality in a Post-Capitalist Society (R. Victor, November 4, 2019) |
24 |
2,842 |
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| • Utopian or Material Foundations of the Classless Society? H. Lueer’s Reply (November 30, 2019) |
27 |
2,495 |
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|
7 |
Documents of the historical Communist Left |
Re-editions of Anton Pannekoek: ‘Marxism and Darwinism’ (1909, 1914) |
31 |
1,036 |
|
8 |
Apropos “Social Contagion – Microbiological Class War in China” (Chuǎng) | Some necessary criticisms (Pantopolis, March 2020) |
33 |
1,314 |
|
9 |
Controversy on ‘Fundamental Principles’ (G.I.C.) | ‘Back to the Future’ or: How the GIC refuted its criticasters in advance |
35 |
1,715 |
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10 |
Notes from the Frontlines of the Class War | A round-up of the first proletarian reactions to the ‘Corona-virus’ emergencies (‘I.C.P.’ – Florence) |
40 |
2,000 |
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21,485 |
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A Free Retriever’s Digest Vol.4 #03, 31 July 2020July – September 2020, 32 pages A4 |
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No. |
Title / Topic |
Subtitle |
Page |
Size (Words) |
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1 |
From the Editor |
2 |
454 |
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2 |
From the Horses Mouth |
Correspondence from Iraq and Russia (Ed. Note; 1 map) |
3 |
2,020 |
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3 |
The Crisis is not Viral but Capitalist |
D-M-D’ Special Edition (#15, May 2020) |
7 |
1,014 |
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4 |
Council Communists of the World, Organize (the Workers, or Yourselves?) |
‘Left-Wing Communism’ blog: A critical review of two current initiatives |
9 |
2,667 |
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5 |
Documents of the historical Communist Left. |
G.I.C.: Theses on revolutionary enterprise nuclei, party and dictatorship (1932) – Introduction by F.C. |
13 |
570 |
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THESES ON REVOLUTIONARY ENTERPRISE NUCLEI |
14 |
3,357 |
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THESES ABOUT PARTY AND DICTATORSHIP |
16 |
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6 |
The mortal crisis of 2020? (Pantopolis, May 2020) – Introduction by AFRD. |
19 |
215 |
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3. Capitalism, Imperialism and the War of Microbes |
19 |
2,990 |
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Publication data & ‘The quotations from Marx’ |
24 |
454 |
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7 |
With Special Attention |
The new editions of the GIC’s main work and the Antonie Pannekoek Archives – Introduction by AFRD. |
25 |
149 |
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A new edition? (An appeal by the Antonie Pannekoek Archives) |
25 |
582 |
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Mail exchange with the Archives |
26 |
1,236 |
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Commentary: An extended ‘New Edition’ or a Stroke in the Water? (H.C.) |
28 |
386 |
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8 |
I.O.D.: An invitation to an open debate among proletarian internationalists |
32 |
2,760 |
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18,854 |
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A Free Retriever’s Digest Vol.4 #04, October 25, 2020October – December 2020, 36 pages A4 |
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No. |
Title / Topic |
Subtitle |
Page |
Size (Words) |
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1 |
From the Editor |
|
2 |
584 |
|
2 |
Selected Articles & News Feeds |
3rd Quarter 2020 (Weeks 27 – 40) |
3-10 |
7,280 |
|
3 |
Capitalist Crisis and Bourgeois Offensive against the Proletariat |
The IGCL on the global recession (September 2020) |
11–14 |
2,230 |
|
4 |
France isn’t a Special Case in the General Crisis of Capitalism |
Editorial of ‘Bilan et Perspectives’ #19 (Autumn 2020) |
15-16, 23 |
2,100 |
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5 |
The Viruses, the Class Societies – the Human Community |
Announcement: An essay by M. Olivier (‘Bilan et Perspectives’) |
17-18 |
898 |
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6 |
State Capitalism – Historical Mistake or Means for proletarian Dictatorship? |
II. An Exchange apropos of ‘Fundamental Principles’ (GIC,1935) |
19-23 |
112 |
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Some elements of response and the state of a discussion (Robin, IGCL, July 2020) |
19 |
1,176 |
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Back to a State Capitalist Program. How a non-discussion reveals Bordigist positions (Fredo Corvo, September 2020) |
21 |
1,295 |
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7 |
The Falsehoods of the International Communist Current (ICC) — A Critique |
24-26 |
1,079 |
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|
8 |
To be buried by capitalism or to free the entire Earth from a vampiric system? [Ph.B] |
27-30 |
2,627 |
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9 |
With Special Attention |
Discussion: How to evaluate capitalism’s tendencies towards war? |
31-33 |
182 |
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Obfuscated distortion, distorted obfuscation. The example of ‘Emancipación’(Communia)[Anibal, October 7, 2020] |
31 |
959 |
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The victory of Azerbaijani-Turkish forces in the second Karabakh war will lead to a serious strengthening of Turkey |
33 |
867 |
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10 |
G.Fontana (I.O.D.) on the Beirut explosion of August 4 [August 19, 2020] |
36, 34-35 |
2,094 |
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Total words (articles) |
23,483 |
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