Wellred

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Wellred Books is the publishing house and worldwide bookshop of the International Marxist Tendency, which is actively building revolutionary forces in over 30 countries around the world.

As Lenin famously decried, "Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement."

A number of Marxist classics have been published by Wellred Books, including our well-known collection of The Classics of Marxism, which includes 'The Communist Manifesto' and Lenin's 'The State and Revolution'. We also publish some works which are not widely available in new print editions, such as Engels' Anti-Duhring. We are looking to publish many more classics as our resources continue to grow.

In addition to Marxist classics, Wellred Books publishes dozens of new Marxist titles, for sale almost exclusively on this site. The most famous of these is Reason in Revolt by Alan Woods and Ted Grant, which was held in high esteem by Venezuela's revolutionary leader Hugo Chavez.

As well as books we publish ourselves, at Wellred Books we offer an array of left literature on all sorts of topics - from Marx's Capital to the speeches of Touissant L'Ouverture to a study of NHS privatisation - at very reasonable prices.

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Marxism and Anarchism
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 136,060. Language: British English. Published: November 12, 2018 by Wellred. Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Communism & socialism
This volume includes classic essays by Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Plekhanov, and contemporary analysis by Alan Woods and others, on an array of topics related to anarchism, e.g. the Occupy movement; Marx vs Bakunin; Engels on authority; Michael Albert and Parecon; why Marxists oppose individual terrorism; direct action; anarcho-syndicalism; Kronstadt; the Makhno rebellion; the Spanish Revolution.
What is Marxism?
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 78,470. Language: English. Published: October 18, 2017 by Wellred. Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Communism & socialism
This book is aimed specifically at newcomers to Marxism. A bestseller now in its second edition, it comprises introductory pieces on the three component parts of Marxist theory, corresponding broadly to philosophy, social history and economics: dialectical materialism, historical materialism and Marxist economics. With some key extracts from some of the great works of Marxism.
Reason in Revolt
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 205,780. Language: English. Published: July 6, 2015 by Wellred. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Philosophy of Science, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Cosmos
20 years have passed since the publication of Reason in Revolt. The book has been greeted with enthusiasm not only on the Left, but by scientists and others interested in philosophy and the latest scientific advances. It explains how dialectical materialism, the philosophy of Marx, allows us to study reality, not as a series of unconnected, senseless events or “facts”, but as a dynamic process.
Reformism or Revolution
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 200,160. Language: English. Published: May 15, 2015 by Wellred. Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Communism & socialism, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Political
A reply to Heinz Dietrich in the context of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, concerning the nature of the socialist transformation of society. Alan Woods uses the ideas of Marxism to explain the revolutionary road to socialism and answer Dietrich's arguments for a "new alternative".
Lenin, Trotsky and the Theory of the Permanent Revolution
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 94,140. Language: British English. Published: December 9, 2014 by Wellred. Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Communism & socialism, Nonfiction » History » Modern / 20th Century
A new work crtically analysing and comparing Lenin and Trotsky's writings in relation to the theory of the Permanent Revolution and defending that theory against revisionist writers.
Ted Grant: The Permanent Revolutionary
Price: $6.95 USD. Words: 147,500. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2013 by Wellred. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Political biography, Nonfiction » History » Revolutionary
Ted Grant was a well-known figure in the international Marxist movement. The book covers the development of his life from his birth 100 years ago to his death in 2006. It explains the important theoretical questions and debates within Trotskyism of this period and it outlines Ted Grant's important theoretical contribution.
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