{"product_id":"revolution-and-counterrevolution-in-america-a-marxist-perspective","title":"Revolution and Counterrevolution in America: A Marxist Perspective","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-Tabs-panel woocommerce-Tabs-panel--description panel entry-content wc-tab is-layout-constrained\" id=\"tab-description\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-title-description\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“Revolutions have always in history been followed by counterrevolutions. Counterrevolutions have always thrown society back, but never as far back as the starting point of the revolution.” — Leon Trotsky\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-Tabs-panel woocommerce-Tabs-panel--description panel entry-content wc-tab is-layout-constrained\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-title-description\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe history of the United States is a history of violence, oppression, speculation, theft, enslavement, and war. But it is also a history of mass resistance, sacrifice, and revolutionary expropriation. In \u003cem\u003eRevolution and Counterrevolution in America\u003c\/em\u003e, John Peterson examines three defining period of US history: the American Revolution, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the banner of liberty, the thirteen colonies overthrew British rule, ushering in the rule of the American bourgeoisie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, enshrined in the US Constitution was an insoluble contradiction: slavery. To abolish this vile institution, a Second American Revolution was required—the Civil War. What began as a war to preserve the Union was transformed into a revolutionary war to end slavery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe convulsive period of revolution and counterrevolution known as Reconstruction followed. Despite their heroic efforts at self-organization and defense, the aspirations of millions of freedpeople were betrayed by the Northern capitalists.\u003cbr\u003eAll of these struggles shaped the American nation-state and laid the basis for US imperialism. In these pages, there are countless lessons to be learned about the dynamics of revolution and counterrevolution as a new generation of revolutionaries prepares for the momentous class battles yet to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wellred UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49783495459053,"sku":"BOOKS-RecCounterrevAmerica","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/9021\/files\/RCA_Books_cover_for_mbooks_c2060e01-cc37-4cb8-90a5-96de9f100f54.png?v=1780682331","url":"https:\/\/www.marxistbooks.com\/products\/revolution-and-counterrevolution-in-america-a-marxist-perspective","provider":"Marxist Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}