Overview of the One Hundred Years of Revolutionary Internationals Conference proceedings

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Title: One Hundred Years of Revolutionary Internationals Conference proceedings
Date (inclusive): 1964
Collection Number: 64025
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 10 phonotapes (1.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Sound recordings and conference papers, relating to the history of Marxist doctrine and of the communist movement
Creator: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Creator: One Hundred Years of Revolutionary Internationals Conference (Location of meeting: Hoover Institution. Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1964.)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1964.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], One Hundred Years of Revolutionary Internationals Conference proceedings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Sound recordings and conference papers, relating to the history of Marxist doctrine and of the communist movement.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Socialism
Audiotapes
Communism

 

Sound recordings

Physical Description: 10.0 sound_tape_reels
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Session 1, Monday morning 05 October 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008862

Scope and Contents note

1. Introductory remarks by Dr. Campbell
a. Dr. Sterling
b. Dr. Campbell
c. Dr. Claude Buss
2. "The First International"
a. Jacques Freymond, main speaker
b. Boris Nicolaevsky, read by Barbara Burke
c. Bertram Wolfe
d. Dr. Missour?
e. Bertram Wolfe
f. Boyer, University of California
g. Boris Nicolaevsky ?
h. Stefan Possony
i. Herminio Portellvila
3. "The Second International"
a. Gerhart Niemeyer, main speaker
b. Carl Landauer
c. Daniel Bell
4. "The Anarchist Tradition"
a. Max Nomad, main speaker
b. Hans Gerth
c. ?
d. ?
e. Richard Lowenthal
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Session 2, Monday afternoon 05 October 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008863

Scope and Contents note

Introduction - Drachkovitch
Chairman - George
1. "The Third International"
a. Milorad Drachkovitch - main speaker
b. Charles Malamuth
c. Raymond Aron
d. Herminio Portellvila
e. ?
f. ?
g. ?
2. "Comintern's Splinter Movements"
a. Max Shachtman - main speaker
b. Robert V. Daniels (University of Vermont)
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Session 4, Tuesday morning 06 October 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008867

Scope and Contents note

Berzinsky - Chairman
Wolfe - 1st speaker
Treadgold - commentator
Hook - discussion
Loewenthal - discussion
Feuer - discussion
Griffith (MIT) - discussion
Wolfe - rebuttal
Souvarine - 2nd speaker
Shapiro - commentator
Fainsod - 3rd speaker. Begins the discussion of Khrushchev.
Triska - commentator
Possony - discussion
Bochensky - discussion
Landauer - discussion
Niemeyer - discussion
Loewenthal - discussion
Wolfe - discussion
Fainsod - rebuttal
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Session 5, Tuesday afternoon 06 October 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008868

Scope and Contents note

Part 1 is not described.
Part 2 includes a discussion of communism in Yugoslavia, as it relates to communism in the Soviet Union and China.
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Session 7, Wednesday morning 07 October 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008870

Scope and Contents note

Part 1:
Sidney Hook examines the impact of Marxism on the Western world. Professor Foyer of the University of California-Berkeley examines Marx's concept of alienation. A general discussion follows.
Following is a talk by a Swiss philosopher on Marxist thought in communist-controlled countries.
Part 2 is not described.
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Session 8, Gottfried Haberler luncheon lecture 07 October 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008871

Scope and Contents note

An examination of Marx as an economist, not as a sociologist, etc.
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Session 9, Wednesday afternoon 07 October 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008873

Scope and Contents note

Part 1 is not described
Part 2 is a discussion of Nikita Khrushchev and military rivalry between the USA and USSR. Following, a discussion of communist economics and ideology in general.
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Speeches by Isaiah Berlin and Raymond Aron on the impact of Maxist ideas 30 September 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008866

Scope and Contents note

Part 1 is an Isaiah Berlin speech: The Impact of Marxism in the 19th Century
Berlin examines (a) the impact of the ideas of Karl Marx to 1914 and (b) the impact of these ideas on other thought movements. He says the two most important ideas are, first, monism and, second, the division of the world into children of light and children of darkness.
Part 2 is a Raymond Aron speech: The Impact of Marxism in the 20th Century
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Thursday panel 08 October 1964

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Use copy reference number: 64025_a_0008861

Scope and Contents note

Several men discuss, as a panel and questions from the floor, international relations, war, cross-border broadcasting
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Conference papers relating to the history of Marxist doctrine and of the communist movement.