The USSR 1987-1991: Marxist Perspectives (Revolutionary Series)

Pt. I. Perestroika, Glasnost, And The Workers. 1. Economic Reform And Democratization. 2. What's In It For The Workers? 3. Political Crisis At The Top. 4. Miners' Strike Opens New Act In Perestroika. 5. Soviet Elections -- Rumblings Below The Surface. 6. Workers Of The Ussr -- Unite! 7. Gorbachev Forced To Retreat On Economic Plans: Soviet Masses Intervene. 8. The Capitalist Market And The Workers' State: Assessing The Reforms In Eastern Europe And The Ussr. 9. Soviet Communist Party Congress Registers Dramatic Changes. 10. From Perestroika To Perestrelka? 11. The Soviet Economy: Difficult Birth Of A Workers' Movement. 12. We Must Decide What Is Rational: An Interview With The Soviet Miners' Leader. 13. Who Will Save Russia From Yeltsin? 14. Deepening Economic Crisis In The Ussr --^ Pt. Ii. Rebellion Of The Non-russians. 15. National Struggle And Political Revolution In Armenia And Azerbaijan (part 1). 16. National Struggle And Political Revolution In Armenia And Azerbaijan (part 2). 17. We Need An Ideology 18. The Politics Of Baltic Independence. 19. Gorbachev Threatens Military Crackdown. 20. Looking Down The Chilean Road. 21. Ukrainian Movement Faces Historic Tasks. 22. Mass National Movement Launched In Ukraine. 23. First Congress Of The Popular Movement For The Reconstruction Of Ukraine. 24. For The Independence Of Soviet Ukraine. 25. The Lviv Strike Committee -- The Role Of Workers In The Ukrainian National Movement. 26. Ukrainian Solidarity With Lithuania: An Interview With An Rukh Leader --^ Pt. Iii. History Is Knocking At The Door. 27. The Causes And Consequences Of Bukharin's Rehabilitation. 28. The Train Of History. 29. Glasnost Changes Trotsky's Image From Mad Dog To Tragic Demon! 30. Soviet Press Agency Does A Turnaround On Trotskyism. 31. Current Events In The Soviet Union. 32. Trotsky's Voice Heard Again In The Ussr. 33. Trotsky: On The Road To The Truth About Him -- An Interview With Professor V. I. Billik. 34. Afterword To The Soviet Edition Of Leon Trotsky's The Stalin School Of Falsification. 35. The New School Of Falsification --^ Pt. Iv. Politics And The People. 36. Conversations In The Ussr: Diary Of A Trip (part 1). 37. Conversations In The Ussr: Diary Of A Trip (part 2). 38. Conversations In The Ussr: Diary Of A Trip (part 3). 39. Nobody Sees Perestroika From A Woman's Point Of View: An Interview With Olga A. Voronina Of The Ussr Academy Of Sciences. 40. A Visit To The Ussr. 41. Our Program Is Self-management And Self-government: An Interview With A Leader Of The Movement For A New Socialist Party In Russia. 42. Problems Facing Workers In The Ussr Today: An Interview With Soviet Trade Union Activists. 43. The Aftermath Of Chernobyl: Four Years After The Nuclear Disaster In Ukraine. 44. Shades Of Green: An Interview With A Soviet Ecology Activist. 45. Potential For A Conscious, Working-class Revolutionary Movement In The Ussr. 46. Discussion By Soviet Revolutionaries. 47. Introduction To The Trade Union Independence 48.^ Self-management Versus Nomenklatura Capitalism: An Interview With Alexander Buzgalin. 49. Declaration From Soviet Revolutionists: Revolutionary Proletarian Cells. 50. Direct Action And Left Unity: An Interview With A Soviet Anarchist. 51. Perestroika And The Arms Race. 52. Latin American Communist Parties: The Impact Of Perestroika -- Pt. V. A New Stage Opens. 53. Understanding Th Edited By Marilyn Vogt-downey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This is an interesting collection of sixty short articles and interviews that comment on various aspects of change in the USSR under Gorbachev. The work is divided into five sections: general economic and political developments, especially their significance for the working class; non-Russian struggles for self-determination; retrieval of the heritage of the left opposition; interviews with political activists in the USSR; and the August coup and its aftermath.