Kirjahaku

Communism, capitalism, work, crisis, and the market, described in simple storybook terms and illustrated by drawings of adorable little revolutionaries.Once upon a time, people yearned to be free of the misery of capitalism. How could their dreams come true? This little book proposes a different kind of communism, one that is true to its ideals and free from authoritarianism. Offering relief for many who have been numbed by Marxist exegesis and given headaches by the earnest pompousness of socialist politics, it presents political theory in the simple terms of a children's story, accompanied by illustrations of lovable little revolutionaries experiencing their political awakening.It all unfolds like a story, with jealous princesses, fancy swords, displaced peasants, mean bosses, and tired workers–not to mention a Ouija board, a talking chair, and a big pot called "the state." Before they know it, readers are learning about the economic history of feudalism, class struggles in capitalism, different ideas of communism, and more. Finally, competition between two factories leads to a crisis that the workers attempt to solve in six different ways (most of them borrowed from historic models of communist or socialist change). Each attempt fails, since true communism is not so easy after all. But it's also not that hard. At last, the people take everything into their own hands and decide for themselves how to continue. Happy ending? Only the future will tell. With an epilogue that goes deeper into the theoretical issues behind the story, this book is perfect for all ages and all who desire a better world.

Kommunisme, Kapitalisme, Arbejde og Krise, beskrevet i en enkel historiebog. Engang længtes folk efter at blive fri fra kapitalismens elendighed. Hvordan kan deres drømme blive til virkelighed? Denne lille bog foreslår en kommunisme, der er tro mod sine idealer og befriet fra marxistisk og socialistisk dogmatik. Fortællingen udfolder sig som en børnehistorie ledsaget af illustrationer af små elskelige revolutionære, der oplever deres politiske opvågnen. Vi følger deres seks forskellige forsøg på at indføre kommunismen. Hvert forsøg fejler, da sand kommunisme ikke er så let, men folket har taget alt i egne hænder med et ønske om, at endelig vil alt blive anderledes. En lykkelig slutning?

The communist project in the twentieth century grew out of utopian desires to oppose oppression and abolish class structures, to give individual lives collective meaning. The attempts to realize these ideals became a series of colossal failures. In Yesterday's Tomorrow, Bini Adamczak examines these catastrophes, proceeding in reverse chronological order from 1939 to 1917. Adamczak reflects on the Hitler-Stalin Pact, the Great Terror of 1937, the failure of the European Left to prevent National Socialism, Stalin's rise to power, and the bloody rebellion at Kronstadt, as she seeks a future that never happened.