Brings to light the links between animation, avant-garde art and modernist criticism. Focusing on the work of aesthetic and political revolutionaries of the inter-war period, reveals how the animation of commodities can be studied as a journey into modernity in cinema.
In this presentation of contemporary and critical assessments of Leon Trotsky, many of the writings have never previously been published in English, while others have not reappeared since their first publication. Much of the featured material argues, among other things, that Trotsky's views on events were skewed through the prism of the experience of the October Revolution and the factional debates within the Soviet Communist Party, and that this seriously impaired his strategic and tactical acumen, especially in respect of the Spanish Civil War. Included in this collection are: Boris Souvarine's lengthy letter to Trotsky, articles on Trotsky from the German Communist Party (Opposition), Jay Lovestone on Trotsky and Soviet foreign policy, a Christian socialist critique of "The Revolution Betrayed" and defense of the Moscow Trials, and an anarchist critique of Trotskyism and the Spanish Civil War. In publishing the "other side" of the arguments, this issue of Revolutionary History" "series is continuing in its role of developing an understanding of key historical events and encouraging discussion of the past within today's socialist movement.
Synthetics, Sensism and the Environment
Focusing on the history and decline of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), this book explores its impact on the Northeast of England, particularly Middlesbrough. Utilizing company archives, oral histories, and social media, it examines the social, environmental, and cultural consequences of ICI's presence and eventual absence. The narrative weaves in themes of industrial innovation, the production of Quorn, and the effects of industrial disease, encouraging creative reflections on the intertwined lives of people and synthetic chemicals, alongside speculative and science fiction elements.