San Antonio College Library

"Radical in its day - and long overdue in English - this rare French classic traces the journey of fictional British Lord Carisdall to the exotic island nation of Icaria. To his delight, Carisdall discovers an ideal utopian democracy prospering amid peace and harmony. Devoid of competition or property, Icaria triumphs over the social evils of nineteenth-century capitalism." "Carisdall's amazement is constant. Foreign affairs are conducted by the community....

A 1930s novel on a disillusioned Russian Communist. He analyzes the manner in which people rationalize their membership in the Communist party, turning a blind eye to its excesses.

A major figure in the history of twentieth-century American radicalism, William Z. Foster (1881-1961) fought his way out of the slums of turn-of-the-century Philadelphia to become a professional revolutionary as well as a notorious and feared labor agitator. Drawing on private family papers, FBI files, and recently opened Russian archives, this first full-scale biography traces Foster's early life as a world traveler, railroad worker, seaman, hobo,...

A memoir of the author's years as a member of the Communist party from 1944 to 1957 revealing the workings of the party and the repercussions.

An introduction to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass US atomic secrets to the Soviets, and were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York in 1953.