A few about and by Marxists I've found interesting and recommend: Karl Marx, Man and Fighter by Boris Nicolaievsky and otto Maenchen-Helfen (Pelican, 1976 -- original 1933)
And from the southern hemisphere: Australia: Communism: A Love Story (bio of Guido Baracchi), By Jeff Sparrow, Melbourne University Press 2007 Jean Devanny, Romantic Revolutionary (Communist Party of Australia activist and author), By Carole Ferrier, Melbourne University Press 1999 Militant: The Life and Times of Paddy Troy (Western Australian socialist and trade union leader), By Stuart Macintyre, George Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1984 Red Hot: The Life and Times of Nick Origlass (Australian Trotskyist founder), By Hall Greenland, Wellington Lane Press, Sydney, 1998. South Africa: SP Bunting by Edward Roux (bio of CPSA leader Sidney Bunting), Mayibuye Books, 1993 (orginal 1944) (See also Time Longer than Rope, by Edward Roux, on the SACP) Rebel Pity, by Eddie and Win Roux (bio/autobio of CPSA leader Eddie Roux), Peguin 1970 Armed and Dangerous by Ronnie Kasrils (SACP leader's account of the involvement in the anti-apartheid struggle), Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg, 2004. Poetry and Protest, A Dennis Brutus Reader (the veteran anti-apartheid poet and activists), edited by Lee Sustar, Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2006. All My Life andAll My Strength, By Ray Alexander Simons (another veteran SACP activist and trade unionist), edited by Raymond Suttner), STE Publishers, Johannesburg, 2004 ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
