The working class and its allies / L. Moskvin.

Includes bibliographical references.

Proletariat class alliances during its preparation for decisive battles in the imperialist epoch : the origins of the proletariat class alliances -- The experience of the paris commune as the proletariat's first attempt to form class alliance's -- Some lessons of the commune --

Proletariat class alliance at the beginning of this century : alliances of the working class in bourgeois-democratic revolutions in Russia -- The Leninist policy of class alliances during preparations for the realization of the October revolution -- The revolutionary upswing in Europe in 1917-1923 --

Proletariat class alliances before the Second World War : problems of the anti-fascists front in Germany and the communist international -- The experience of the popular front in France -- The popular front in Spain -- The communist international's strategy and tactics before the war --

Working-class alliances after the war : popular and national front in the countries of central and southeastern Europe -- The communist movement and the policy of democratic alliance against monopoly rule -- Some aspects of the Chilean revolution --

The working class - the leading force in the anti-monopoly struggle : the working class under the conditions of state-monopoly capitalism -- The socio-economic position of the working class in developed capitalist countries -- The growth of the proletariat's class awareness. The working class in the vanguard of the anti-monopoly struggle --

The peasantry and its place in the anti-monopoly struggle : aggravation of social contradictions in the countryside under the conditions of state-monopoly capitalism -- The working peasantry as an ally of the working class --

The traditional urban middle-sections in the class struggle : the urban petty bourgeoisie; changes in its socioeconomic position -- The urban petty bourgeoisie's political stand --

The new middle sections and their role in the anti-monopoly struggle : intellectuals and office workers; their place in the social structure and their socioeconomic position under state-monopoly capitalism -- New middle sections in the anti-monopoly struggle.

"In this book Soviet historian and expert on international affairs L. B. Moskvin analyses the establishment of alliance between the working class and other strata of the population since the beginning of the organized worker' movement. The author investigates the socio-economic position and political standpoint of the working class, of the peasantry, the traditional urban middle sections, the intelligentsia and white collar workers in developed capitalist countries; he also describes the objective and subjective preconditions for the alliance between the working class and the other social strata of working people in the struggle for peace, democracy and social progress. The book gives particularly close attention to a description of the more important tendencies of the modern stage in the development of the international works' movement, covering the period from the mid-60's to the present. L. B. Moskvin's books is supported by a mass of factual and documentary material." --from the dust jacket

From the library of Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.

Translated from Russian to English