Encyclopedia of Marxism: Chronologies

Chronologies Index

Chronologies, which focus on dates, apparently isolated events, and the activities of leaders, are no substitute for an analysis of the forces at play in a society. But they can serve as "memory ticklers," useful notes for people working to mobilize support for the liberation struggles. – Southern Africa


Events

World history

The rise of class societies
The ancient world
The 'Middle Ages'
15 to 17th century
18th century
1773 to Mid-1870s
1880s to 1999
--Chris Harman A people's history of the world, 1999

1968, International Socialism 2008
1980-1991 Socialist countries, International Socialism 2009

Labor movement

1776-1936, William J. Blake 1939
1912-1924, Spartacist 2003
The Comintern, Duncan Hallas 1985

Afghanistan

1919-1996

Algeria

1501-1913
1914-1944
1945-1957
1958-1960
1961-1962

Angola

The Angolan Revolution 1956-1976

Chile

1847-1970, Science for the People 1973

China

Sino-Soviet Relations 1917-1950, People's China 1950
China 1949-1959, Part 2, Part 3, Peking Review 1959
Tibet 1949-1959, Peking Review 1959
Cultural Revolution: November 1965-November 1966
Cultural Revolution: September 1965-December 1966, 1967
Cultural Revolution: 1967
1977-1982, Peking Review 1982
Tiananmen 1989, Against the Current 1989

Congo, D.R.

Congo Conflict 1996-2009, Against the Current 2009

Cuba

1959-1975, Sam Dolgoff 1974
Trotskyism in Cuba 1925-1973, Gary Andrew Tennent 1999

Ethiopia

1908-1984, Andargachew Tiruneh 1990

France

French Revolution
French Workers' Movement: 1802-1838
French Workers' Movement: 1839-1850
Paris Commune
The Dreyfus Affair
1968, Le Monde 1998
May 1968, Pierre Frank 1968

Germany

German Revolution 1918-1923
1914-1924, Pierre Broué 1975
Nazism: 1930-1933, Bulletin 1969

Guinea-Bissau

Liberation Struggle: 1956-1973, Guinea-Bissau: Toward Final Victory 1974
Liberation Struggle: 1959-1974, Sowing the First Harvest 1978

Hungary

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hugo Dewar and Daniel Norman 1957
Political and intellectual opposition under the Kadar regime 1956-1978, Bill Lomax 1979

India

Communist Party of India 1923-1925, Documents of the History of the Communist Party of India 1960

Indo-China

1859-1970, Workers Press 1970

Iraq

1918-1980, The Communist 1990
Iraqi Crisis 1995-2003, Peking Review 2003
Iraq War 2003-2011, Workers' Liberty & Solidarity 2013

Ireland

up to 1646, Frederick Engels 1870
1798-1923, Peter Hadden 1980
1913 Lockout, Socialist Worker 2013
1916-1998, Workers' Liberty 2014

Middle East

1947-1986, Socialist Worker Review 1986

Morocco

1880-1965, Mehdi Ben Barka 1965

Mozambique

South African Aggressions Against Mozambique 1980-1982, Mozambican Notes 1984

Nepal

1951-2005, New Democracy 2005

Nicaragua

1979-1996, Against the Current 1997

Pakistan

1906-2016, Geoff Brown 2016

Palestine

1880-1948, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 2002

Philippines

Communist Party of the Philippines 1930-2013, Communist Party of the Philippines 2018

Poland

1979-1981, Sam Marcy 1982

Portugal

1932-1975, Socialist Worker 2004
1974, Tony Cliff / Colin Sparks 1975
1974-1975, Sam Marcy 1975
The November Crisis 1975, Steve Jefferys 1976

Russia/Soviet Union

up to 1956, Soviet News 1956
1861-1929, John Molyneux 2017
1905 Russian Revolution, Mark Thomas 2005
1917 Russian Revolution
January-October 1917, The History of the Civil War in the U.S.S.R. Vol. 1, 1936
August-December 1917, The History of the Civil War in the U.S.S.R., Vol. 2, 1936
1917-1921, I. N. Steinberg 1953
Russian Civil War: 1917-1918, Leon Trotsky 1923
Russian Civil War: 1920, Leon Trotsky 1924
1917-1921, Erich Wollenberg 1937
1917-1945, Soviet Foreign Policy 1980

Southern Africa

South Africa: The World Demands Sanctions 1960-1982, Southern Africa 1983
1978, Southern Africa 1978
1979, Southern Africa 1980

UK

The Peasants' Revolt 1381

US

Marriage: 1691-2004, Against the Current 2004
Industrial Workers of the World: 1904-1983, Michael Hargis 1999-2000

Vietnam

1941-1968, U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam 1968

Yugoslavia

up to 1989, Labour Focus on Eastern Europe 1993
The student struggle: 1966-1970, International Socialism 1970

 


People

G. W. F. Hegel

Chronology of Hegel's Life
The Legacy of Hegel

V.I. Lenin

Timeline of V.I. Lenin, Progress Publishers
The Life and Work of V.I. Lenin, Progress Publishers
Chronology of Lenin's Life, Bulletin 1970
Chronology of Lenin's Life: 1914-1917, Tony Cliff 1976

José Carlos Mariátegui

Chronology of Mariátegui's Life

Karl Marx

The Life and Work of Karl Marx, Progress Publishers 1988

William Morris

Chronology of Morris's Life

L.D. Trotsky

Major events in Trotsky's Life, Workers Press 1970

 


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