Since beginning publication in1964, The Socialist Register has been one of the most important sources of engaged, critical, and influential theoretical interventions on the socialist left. Released as an annual with a focus on publishing rigorous, sustained pieces that take up particular themes, it has always been committed to developing an independent, nonsectarian relationship with Marxism. This volume-the Register's first-ever reader-grapples with the question of whether political organization is a necessary part of the struggle by the working-class to overthrow capitalism. In pieces published over the course of publication's entire history contributors, from Ralph Miliband to Jean-Paul Satre, examine various aspects of this theme. Includes:Class, Party, Revolution: An IntroductionReform and Revolution by Andre GorzThe May Events and Revolution in the West by Lucio MagriMarx and Engels and the Concept of the Party by Monty JohnstoneThe Principle of Self-Emancipation in Marx and Engels by Hal DraperLenin's The State and Revolution by Ralph MilibandSome Problems Concerning RevolutionaryConsciousness by Harold WolpeTheory and Practice in Gramsci's Marxism by John MerringtonGramsci and Lenin 1917-1922 by Alastair DavidsonClass and Party by Rossana RossandaMasses, Spontaneity, Party by Jean-Paul SartreMarx and Engels on the Revolutionary Party by August H. NimtzClass, Party, and the Challenge of State Transformation by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin" | Class Party Revolution by Alan Zuege, Paperback | Indigo Chapters