Table of contents for Against capital : the European left on the march / William A. Pelz.

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Contents 
Acknowledgments?????????????????????..xi 
Introduction?..???????????????????????.1 
1	European Radicalism in 
1871????????????????.5 International Working Men?s 
Association??????????5 Impact of the 
IWMA???????????????????9 Franco-Prussian War 
and the Paris Commune????????10 The Commune in 
Power??.???????????????12 Fall of the Paris 
Commune????????????????14 Significance of the 
Commune???????????????15 
2	Birth and Development of Left Radicalism after 
1871?????17 Rise of the Trade 
Unions?????????????????17 Creation of Socialist 
Political Parties????????????23 Founding of the Second 
International???????????29 Socialist International and May 
Day????????????30 Women Workers and 
Socialism??????????????34 
Anarchism?..??????????????????????36 
Syndicalism???????????????????????39 
Failure of Repression???????????????????41 Anti-
Socialist Law in Germany, 1878?1890.?????????.43 
3. Splits within the European Left Before World War I ????? 
45 Revisionist Controversy in Germany???????????46 
Millerand Affair in France????????????????50 Split in 
Russian Socialism????????????????52 Anarchist 
Alienation from Socialism???????????54 Syndicalism?s 
Challenge to Socialism???????????56 European Radicalism: 
The View from Below????????59 
European Left at the end of the 19th Century????????63 
3	Left Confronts Militarism, Colonialism and Rebellion????65 
Militarism and the Threat of War?????????????66 
Encountering the Problem of Colonialism??????????70 Case 
of the Boer War???????????????????73 Socialist 
International and Colonialism???????????76 Russia?s 
Revolutionary Dress Rehearsal of 1905???????77 Birth of the 
Soviets????????????????????80 The Left and the 
Council Movement????????????82 Mass 
Strike???????????????????????83 Road to 
War??????????????????????85 European 
Radicals and the Impending War?????????88 
4	From War to Revolution, Europe 1914?
1917?????????91 World War?s Impact on 
Europe??????????????94 Women and the 
War???????????????????95 Casualties during the 
War????????????????96 Inception of Anti-War 
Activism??????????????97 
Zimmerwald.??????????????????????.99 
Divisions within Radical Organizations??????????101 March 
Revolution in Russia???????????????104 All Power to 
the Soviets?????????????????106 Bolsheviks Come 
to Power????????????????108 
5	Revolutionary Europe, 1917?
1921?????????????111 The Kaiser Goes, the Generals 
Remain???????????112 Aborted Revolution in 
Germany?????????????114 Suppression of the 
Revolutionary Left???????????116 Collapse of the Hapsburg 
Monarchy???????????119 Austro-Marxism and 
Revolutionary Vienna????????119 Soviet Republic in 
Hungary???????????????121 Collapse of the Soviet 
Government in Hungary???????123 Anti-Semitism and 
Revolutionary Movements???????124 First World War?s Impact 
on Italy?????????????125 
Biennio Rosso in Northern Italy?????????????126 
Revolutionary Dissent in France?????????????128 
Suppression of the Mutiny????????????????129 
Urban Unrest.???.??????????????????.130 
The Easter Rebellion in Ireland??????????????131 
Rebellious Britain, 1918?1919???????????????133 
Ebbing of the Revolutionary Tide?????????????134 
Conclusion: The Significance of Revolutionary Left?????135 
Reasons for Revolutionary Failures????????????135 
Legacy of the European Revolutionary Left????????141 
Further Reading??????????????????????147 

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Socialism -- Europe -- History.
Radicalism -- Europe -- History.
Revolutions -- Europe -- History.
Europe -- History -- 1871-1918.