Perestroika: a Marxist Critique
By Sam Marcy
Introduction
The global context of restructuring
How the imperialists see detente
Gorbachev's world view
Two revolutions and their thinkers
Crime and the reforms
Soviet economic restructuring and the capitalist market
The debate over foreign trade
Joint ventures and socialist planning
Gorbachev's June 1987 report on the reforms
The problem of consumer goods: An historical review
Marxism and material incentives
Trade unions, wages and prices
The reforms and the national question: Armenia and Azerbaijan
On the eve of the Soviet party conference
The Soviet reforms and the thrust from the right
The conservative opposition
The Makarov thesis
Gorbachev's response to the crisis over Nagorno-Karabakh
Socialism and the equality of nations
The struggle in the Baltic states
The structure of the Soviet state
Rise of the USSR as a world power
The shift in the party leadership
North and South: National tensions and economic change
The socialist solution to the food problem: Part I
The socialist solution to the food problem: Part II
The miners' strike: Working class resurgence
Aftermath of the miners' strike
Appendix 1: Siberian Rivers
Appendix 2: The ruble and the dollar in the world struggle
Appendix 3: Chronology [Covers events referred to in this book]
Glossary of terms and names
Bibliography
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