Page Description: Douglas F Lorimer: Various Marxist works: talks, lectures, workshops and discussions 1985 - 2012 Doug Lorimer was a revolutionary for 42 years, a leader of the Socialist Workers Party, which became the Democratic Socialist Party, and more recently the Revolutionary Socialist Party – which fused with Socialist Alternative in 2013. Doug Lorimer sadly passed away on 21 July 2013. Below is a compilation of his political writings from 1985 - 2012. The archive can also be searched by keyword... Obituaries Doug Lorimer, 1953 – 2013 http://redflag.org.au/article/doug-lorimer-1953-2013 A revolutionary intellectual http://redflag.org.au/article/revolutionary-intellectual Vale Doug Lorimer, veteran socialist, 1953-2013 http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/54628 Writings in the DSP 1985 - 2007 Books and pamphlets Program of the Democratic Socialist Party Although the program of the DSP was a collaborative effort, it was largely written by Doug Lorimer. Program of the Revolutionary Socialist Party War in the Gulf: a socialist view 1991 [pending] The collapse of 'communism' in the USSR: Its causes and significance Resistance Books (1992, revised 1997) 48pp, ISBN: 909196737, Pamphlet. http://www.dsp.org.au/node/123 & at http://links.org.au/node/2745 “Selecting a leadership team” in Organisational Principles and Methods of the DSP Resistance Books 1998, 104pp, ISBN: 090919677X, Paperback [pending] In Defence of Lenin's Marxist Policy of a Two-Stage, Uninterrupted Revolution The Activist - Volume 9, Number 8, November 1999 http://www.dsp.org.au/node/11 also at http://links.org.au/node/141 Trotsky’s theory of Permanent Revolution: A Leninist critique Resistance Books 1998, 80pp, ISBN: 09196788 Fundamentals of Historical Materialism: The Marxist View of History and Politics, Resistance Books 1999, 216pp, ISBN: 909196923 Paperback. Also published at http://aakarbooks.com/content/fundamentals-historical-materialism-marxist-view-history-and-politics-0 ISBN 81-87879-90-4 The Class Nature of the People’s Republic of China Document of the DSP, Resistance Books 2004, 44pp, ISBN: 1876646470, Pamphlet. Based on Theses on the class nature of the People's Republic of China DSP The Activist - Volume 9, No 1, 1999 http://links.org.au/node/176 Imperialism in the 21st Century: War Neoliberalism and Globalisation Resistance Books, 2002, 44pp, ISBN: 1876646284, Pamphlet. Based on Imperialist Capitalism and Neo Liberal globalisation DSP Marxism 2000 conference and Imperialism in the twenty first century DSP Education Conference 2002 Links No 21 http://links.org.au/node/83 Introduction to V. I. Lenin Marxism and Nationalism Resistance Books 2002, p 5 – 9 (Scan) Cuba Venezuela and 21st Century Socialism 2009 Articles, talks, discussions and workshops The 12th World Congress of the Fourth International and the future of the Socialist Workers Party’s international relations August 17, 1985 plus The DSP and the 4th International by Jim Percy available at http://links.org.au/node/480 SWP Policy in the 1987 Federal Elections June 30, 1987 in Labor and the Fight for Socialism New Course Publications 1985, 1988. http://www.dsp.org.au/node/96 Mass Action, Alliances and the United Front Tactic DSP The Activist - Volume 5, No 6, 1995 Nation and Class: Marxism and the National Question DSP The Activist - Volume 5, No 9, 1995 Letter to Phil Shannon 19 April 1995 The DSP’s Movement Work Perspectives and Tasks DSP The Activist - Volume 6, No 1, 1996 Two Letters on the Debate on 'Permanent Revolution' DSP The Activist - Volume 6, No 3, 1996, http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/10261 Report on the Draft Perspectives Resolution DSP The Activist - Volume 6, No 11, 1996 In Defence of the Bolsheviks' Two-Stage Revolution Policy: Or What's Wrong With Comrade Slee's Attempt to Have Two Bob Each Way DSP The Activist - Volume 6, No 12, 1996 Links no 16 http://links.org.au/node/141 It takes more than words to deconstruct capitalism Letters GLW #258 December 1996 http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/12779 ‘Globalisation’, Neo-Liberalism and the Capitalist Austerity Drive DSP The Activist - Volume 7, No1, 1997 Introduction to Building the Revolutionary Party: An introduction to James P Cannon Resistance Books 1997 Cannonism versus Barneism: The degeneration of the SWP in the introduction to Building the Revolutionary Party: An introduction to James P Cannon, New Course Publications 1997 p 31 – 42 (scan) Parliament versus democracy #GLW 271 April 23, 1997 http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/15010 Why socialists oppose terrorist actions #GLW 287 August 27, 1997 http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/13982 The evolution of economy and state in China DSP The Activist – Volume 7, No 9 Oct 1997 Marx and Engels on the Proletarian Party 150th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto DSP The Activist Volume 8, No 3, 1998 Introduction to the Communist Manifesto and its relevance for today Resistance Books 1998 Introduction to The Communist Manifesto and its relevance for today Karl Marx and Frederick Engels with a commentary by Leon Trotsky Resistance Books 1998, p 5 – 18 (scan) China now ruled by capitalist state #GLW 346 January 27, 1999 Introduction to V.I. Lenin Left Wing Communism – An infantile disorder Resistance Books 1999 Introduction to V. I. Lenin 'Left Wing' Communism - An infantile disorder Resistance Books, 1999 p 5 – 26 (scan) 'Left-wing' dogmatism & East Timor crisis GLW# 376, 1999 Introduction to Frederick Engels Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Resistance Books 1999 Introduction to Frederick Engels Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Resistance Books 1999, p 7 – 38 (scan) Marxism or Bauerite nationalism? Links No 13 1999 http://links.org.au/node/171 The class nature of the Chinese state DSP The Activist - Volume 9, No 1, 1999 http://links.org.au/node/2773 The Cuban Revolution and its leadership: A criticism of Peter Taaffe's pamphlet 'Cuba: Analysis of the Revolution' DSP The Activist - Volume 9, No 4, 1999 http://links.org.au/node/457 Introduction to Lenin’s ‘State & Revolution’ 1999 NATO's Balkan war and the Kosova liberation struggle DSP The Activist - Volume 9, No 5, 1999 http://links.org.au/node/492 Marxist Theory or Misconceived Tradition? On Comrade Merkenich's View On Who Can and Who Cannot Be A Feminist DSP The Activist - Volume 9, No 7, Oct 1999 Introduction to ‘Imperialism: The highest stage of capitalism’ Resistance Books 1999 In Defence of Lenin's Marxist Policy of a Two-Stage, Uninterrupted Revolution DSP The Activist – Volume 9, No 8, 1999 Imperialist Economism, Democracy and the Socialist Revolution DSP The Activist - Volume 10, No 2, Feb 2000 Links No 17 http://links.org.au/node/132 How the CPA exposes the Democratic Socialist Party's 'Trotskyism' DSP The Activist - Volume 10, No 7, August 2000 http://links.org.au/node/2087 Some more comments on Peter Taaffe’s Cuba book DSP The Activist - Volume 10, No 9, Oct 2000 http://links.org.au/node/458 Introduction to V. I. Lenin’s ‘Democracy & Revolution’ 2001 War and Austerity: Capitalism in the 21st century DSP The Activist - Volume 11, No 1, January 2001 Existentialism and Marxism 2002 https://www.marxists.org/archive/novack/works/history/ (last section) The coming imperialist war on Iraq and the new 'American Century' DSP The Activist - Volume 13, No 1, January 2003 The Iraq war and US imperialism's drive for global domination DSP The Activist - Volume 13 No 5 May 2003 The Democratic Socialist Party: A response to David Glanz DSP The Activist - Volume 13 no 7 August 2003 The Bolshevik Party and 'Zinovievism': Comments on a caricature of Leninism Links no 24, 2003 http://links.org.au/node/58 The Russian Poor Peasants' Committees - were they a "failure"? DSP The Activist - Volume 14, No 5, December 2004 The 1905 revolution and its lessons DSP January Marxism Summer School Links No 28, 2005 http://links.org.au/node/5 Introduction to Birth of Bolshevism Volume 1 Lenin’s Struggle Against Economism Resistance Books 2005 The Bolshevik party & democratic centralism: a response to Murray Smith Links No 29, 2006 http://links.org.au/node/217 Government, state and socialist revolution DSP The Activist - Volume 17, No 3 2007 Some comments on the February NE Venezuela report DSP The Activist - Volume 17, Number 3 April 2007 Draft introduction to cancelled second volume of "The Birth of Bolshevism" compilation of V. I. Lenin's writings 2007 Debates in the DSP 2005 – 2007 Why DSP congress should rescind the constitutional changes at last DSP congress DSP The Activist Volume 15, No 4 August 2005 An unexplained interpretation, a dodge, a shock and an unacceptable dichotomy DSP The Activist -Volume15, No 10 October 2005 How the NE majority fails to face up the reality of the Socialist Alliance DSP Volume 15, Number 9 – October 2005 On the NE minority’s ‘cynical manoeuvre’ – a reply to Comrade Brewer DSP Volume 15, Number 11 – October 2005 From building two ‘parties’ to building two ‘organisations’ – what’s the meaning of Comrade Boyle’s latest ‘clarification’ DSP The Activist Volume 15, Number 13 – October 2005 Report on constitutional amendments DSP The Activist - Volume 16, Number 2, February 2006 Counter-report on DSP constitution & organisational principles DSP The Activist Volume 16, No 5 May 2006 War, Imperialism and Revolution Democratic Socialist Perspective Socialist Summer School, January, 2007, Sydney http://www.dsp.org.au/node/164 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and Direct Action Capitalist economic crisis Direct Action forum 24 October 2008 State & transition to socialism draft 2008 ‘Transitional demands’ RSP Discussion Bulletin March 2009 Role and history of party programs for Leninists RSP January 2010 Capitalist economic crisis and finance capital Talk presented to RSP Marxist Education conference January 2-5, 2010 http://www.rsp.org.au/ Introduction to V. 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Lenin's State & Revolution (2003, revised 2010) Introduction to Marxism 2010 RSP Program report [on transitional demands] National Committee June 2010 RSP program report RSP Congress December 20, 2010 Vietnam Seminar 2010 Marxism Lecture How to change the world RSP Direct Action forum May 2011 International political situation RSP National Committee February 2012 The revitalisation and collapse of the US SWP [Review of Barry Sheppard’s 2 volume political memoir of US SWP] Direct Action 2012 Direct Action articles 2008 – 2012 Issue 1: June 2008 http://directaction.org.au/issue1/global_food_crisis_made_in_usa http://directaction.org.au/issue1/iraq_insurgency_buries_second_american_century Issue 6: August 2008 http://directaction.org.au/issue6/capitalism_is_bankrupt_socialism_is_the_only_answer Issue 8: February 2009 http://directaction.org.au/issue8/global_economic_slump_pushes_australia_toward_recession Issue 20: March 2010 http://directaction.org.au/issue20/new_period_of_left_unity_launched Issue 25: August 2010 http://directaction.org.au/issue25/understanding_the_capitalist_economic_crisis Issue 28: November-December 2010 http://directaction.org.au/issue28/the_1917_russian_revolution_and_21st_century_socialism Issue 31: April 2011 http://directaction.org.au/issue31/labor_routed_in_nsw_elections http://directaction.org.au/issue31/labor_and_greens_agree_to_sell_carbon_pollution_permits Issue 34: August 2011 http://directaction.org.au/issue34/chinas_road_to_capitalist_restoration_a_rocky_one_for_w orkers Issue 35 September 2011 http://directaction.org.au/issue35/how_to_change_the_worldan_introduction_to_marxism http://directaction.org.au/issue35/nato_bombing_campaign_ensures_libyan_rebels_victory Issue 36: October-November 2011 http://directaction.org.au/socialist_alliance_endorses_bosses_plan_for_industry_development http://directaction.org.au/issue35/the_english_riots_and_the_english_left Issue 37: December-January 2012 http://directaction.org.au/issue37/what_is_the_zeitgeist_movement Issue 38: February-April 2012 http://directaction.org.au/issue38/eu_summit_creates_austerity_pact_1 Issue 39: May-July 2012 http://directaction.org.au/issue39/the_revitalisation_and_collapse_of_the_us_swp http://directaction.org.au/issue39/libyan_elections_held_amid_militia_rule