Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by DRESSER Sam
How the Marxist ideas of a British historian ended up on the bookshelves of Indian civil servants and Brazilian housewives
lmost all Marxists have imagined themselves to be part of a global community. More than perhaps any other modern ideology, Marxism has given its adherents a sense of being (…)
, by MUKHERJEE Rudranghsu
Christopher Hill’s The English Revolution 1640 and Eric Hobsbawm’s The Age of Revolution were the first two books by Marxist historians that I ever read. I think that this is true of a large number of history students of my generation and of those who were a little older than us. It is difficult (…)
, by Radical Socialist (India)
“I, who belong to a people of refugees whose experience has been such as to make me still vaguely uneasy if I don’t possess a valid passport and enough cash to transport me to the nearest suitable country at short notice, can understand the situation of the Kenyan Asians and feel horrified by (…)
, by ADDLEY Esther
Lifelong Marxist, whose work influenced generations of historians and politicians, dies after long illness.
Eric Hobsbawm, one of the leading historians of the 20th century, has died, his family said on Monday.
Hobsbawm, a lifelong Marxist whose work influenced generations of historians and (…)
, by HOBSBAWM Eric
Age of Extremes ends in 1991 with a panorama of global landslide—the collapse of Golden Age hopes for world social improvement. What do you see as the major developments in world history since then?
Eric Hobsbawm – I see five main changes. First, the shift of the economic centre of the world (…)
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