November(?) 1942 and Feb. 24, 1943. On Tukhachevsky and on Russian war propaganda.
Month: May 2015
(3) Library of Congress and New York Public Library letters to Rae Adams (Raya Dunayevskaya)
on her research on Russia and on Marx and Luxemburg. March 1942 and April 1943.
(2) The Law of Value and Capitalist Society.
A section of the original Part I of The Nature of the Russian Economy by F. Forest (Dunayevskaya). Unpublished typescript, August 1943. For other sections of the original manuscript, see # 69, 87, and 102. The section included here outlines the theoretic basis for Dunayevskaya’s concrete analysis of Russian state-capitalism.
(1) Is Russia Part of the Collectivist Epoch of Society?
Unpublished article by Dunayevskaya against views of Trotsky, Shachtman, and Carter. Unpublished typescript. 1942.
B. Development of State-Capitalist Theory
(9) Notes on An Essay on Marxian Economics by Joan Robinson.
Notes by Dunayevskaya. Undated. See also # 472 for Robinsons 1947 notes on Dunayevskayas outline of State-Capitalism and Marxism.
(8) Notes on Marxian Economics and Modern Economic Theory by Oscar Lange.
Notes by Dunayevskaya. Undated.
(7) The Theory of Strumiline: What the Balance Ought to Contain.
Unpublished critique by Dunayevskaya of this Russian economist. Undated.
(6) Notes on Last Writing of Trotsky.
Reference is to article published in Fourth International, December 1940. Notes by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s.
(5) Report of the Siberian Delegation, Second Congress of the Russian SDP,
1903. Report by Trotsky. Resume of report by FF (Dunayevskaya). Early 1940s.
(4) Notes on Lenins State and Revolution and Selected Works,
by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s. In 1941 Dunayevskaya also translated for herself portions of Lenins Abstract of Hegels Science of Logic from the Russian text in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. C.L.R. James refers to these at-sight translations as his first encounter with Lenins Notebooks (Notes on Dialectics, p.99.)
(3) Notes on Marx, Civil War in France and on Jellinek, The Paris Commune of 1871,
by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s.
(2) Notes on Marxs letters on Capital not translated into English.
A list made up from Russian sources by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s.
(1) Translations of extracts of Marxs unpublished writings
by Dunayevskaya. Early 1940s. Documents include what we now know as Marxs 1844 Humanist Essays, but which then had been published in Russian by Ryazanov in Book 3 of the Marx-Engels Archives, under the title Preparatory works for The Holy Family. Translations include: 1) Private Property and Labor; 2) Private Property and Communism; 3) Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic. Also includes translation of Prefaces to the Russian edition of Capital. These are the earliest translations by Dunayevskaya of extracts from the Humanist Essays, which were first published in English by her as Appendix to Marxism and Freedom, in 1957.
A. Notes and Translations on Marx and Marxism
Section II The Birth of State-Capitalist Theory and Marxs Early Essays
(29) Max Shachtman letter to ?Freddie? (Raya Dunayevskaya),
Oct. 23. 1940. On Dunayevskaya’s article, ?The Man Trotsky?.
(28) Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) to Max Shachtman,
April 29, 1940. Summary of Dunayevskaya?s translation of an article by Trotsky in Russian Bulletin of the Opposition.
(27) Articles and ads by Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) in Socialist Appeal,
June, July and November, 1938, on the Russian Bulletin of the Opposition. Includes reference to Bulletin?s tenth anniversary meeting, with Antoinette Konikow and Rae Spiegel as speakers, and letter from Business Manager of Bulletin in Paris, April 12, 1939.
(26) Articles by John F. Dwyer on his expulsion from the Socialist Party, and on left-wing activity in the party.
Published in the Socialist Appeal, September-October, 1937. Three articles. Dwyer was a founding member of News and Letters Committees and columnist for News & Letters under the pen name Peter Mallory. For a full view of the work of John F. Dwyer in the 1930s — in the CIO, the Socialist Party and Trotskyism — and his independent development of a state-capitalist position in the 1940s, see the John F. Dwyer Collection held at the WSU Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs.
(25) Charles Malamuth letter to Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya),
Nov. 2, 1938. On Dunayevskaya?s search for a publisher for her article ?The Man Trotsky?. Malmuth translated Trotsky?s book, Stalin, into English.
(24) Letters to and from Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) after her return to the U.S.
Correspondents are Sara Weber and Lillian Curtis, on the Trotsky staff in Mexico. August-December, 1938.
(23) ?Trotsky, with Pistol at Hand Against Foes, Combats Invalidism to Spread His Doctrine?.
Article in New York World Telegram, May 14, 1938. Includes reference to Dunayevskaya.
(22) ?From Exile Trotsky Mocks His Foe?.
Article in New York Times by Arthur Pincus, March 27, 1938. Includes reference to Dunayevskaya.
(21) Photographs from Dunayevskaya?s period in Mexico with Trotsky, 1937-38.
Some signed by Trotsky. Includes signed photograph of Leon Trotsky, presented to Dunayevskaya when she left Mexico in 1938. The inscription reads: ?To my dear Rae, who came at a difficult moment, as a true collaborator, in appreciation and with love, L. Trotsky?. Photographs held by the WSU Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
(20) Articles on the Spanish Revolution by Leon Trotsky in original typescript as transcribed/translated by Dunayevskaya.
Articles include: 1) ?The Insurrection in Barcelona?, May 12, 1937;2) ?The Test of Ideas and of Individuals through the experience of the Spanish Revolution?, Aug. 24, 1937;3) ?Answers to Questions Concerning the Spanish Situation?, Sept. 14, 1937. See # 2241 for letter by Trotsky mentioning Dunayevskaya?s translation of Trotsky?s Civil War speeches on the Red Army, which were sent to Spain in December, 1938.
(19) Letters to and from Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) in Mexico with Leon Trotsky. Correspondents are James P. Cannon and Max Shachtman.
September-November 1937. See # 2305 for other letters by Dunayevskaya as Trotsky?s secretary. Also see # 2241 for Dunayevskaya?s translation of Trotsky?s ?Ninety Years of the Communist Manifesto?, referred to in letter of Nov. 17, 1937.
(18) Albert Goldman letter to Leon Trotsky,
June 11, 1937. Recommends Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) for job as secretary to Trotsky and describes some of her work from 1931-37.
(17) Sara Weber letter to Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya),
Sept. 11, 1936. On the security situation for Trotsky in Norway. Dunayevskaya was then living in Washington, D.C. and helped raise money for Trotsky?s defense from sympathizers. During this period she was also involved in support work for striking Arkansas sharecroppers.
(16) ?Outline for Course in ABC of Marxism, Lesson IV?.
Class in International Workers School taught by Dunayevskaya, in Los Angeles, 1935. Fragment only.
(15) Announcement of class in International Workers School (Los Angeles)
on ?Fundamental Party Principles for the Youth?. Class by Rae Ruskin (Dunayevskaya). Printed in New Militant, March 2, 1935.
(14) Announcement for ?The C.I. Turns Right Again?,
a forum in Los Angeles sponsored by the Workers Party of the U.S. Speakers are Charles Curtis and Rae Ruskin (Raya Dunayevskaya). Published in New Militant, Feb. 2, 1935.
(13) Note on the first public meeting of the Spartacus Youth Club in Los Angeles.
Published in Young Spartacus, June, 1934. Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) spoke on ?War?, May 9, 1934 and later gave classes to the youth. In this period Dunayevskaya participated in the Los Angeles free speech fight, protesting police restrictions on open air speeches.
(12) ?Strike Struggles Continue Militant Traditions?.
Article by Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) in Young Spartacus, June, 1934. On the 1934 strike wave, which reached high points in Toledo, Minneapolis and San Francisco, and its roots in the 1877 strikes, especially the St. Louis general strike. During June and July, 1934, Dunayevskaya participated in the street demonstrations of the San Francisco general strike.
(11) ?Organizing the Home Relief Workers?.
Article by Dunayevskaya in the Militant, March 24,1934. Describes organizing campaign of January-March 1934 in the Emergency Home Relief Bureau (Single Men?s Division) in New York City. Dunayevskaya worked in the typing pool there.
(10) ?On the Resolution of the National Youth Committee?.
Discussion article by Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya), March 24, 1934. On proletarian revolutionary traditions in America and their links to Marxism. A dissent from the ?confusion? of the proposed Spartacus Youth Clubs resolution. Published in the Militant.
(9) Special issue of the Militant,
Feb. 17, 1934. Issue devoted to Hitler?s threat to Austria. During the emergency, the Militant appeared three times a week. Dunayevskaya sold hundreds of copies in one day in Union Square.
(8) Russian Bulletin of the Opposition.
Issues Nos. 5, 6, 7, 11, 12-13, 17-18, 19. October 1929-March 1931.
(7) ?Just Received! October Russian Bulletin?.
Article by Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) in Militant, Nov. 4, 1933. Dunayevskaya served as Business Manager of the Russian Bulletin of the Opposition, 1933-34, and again in 1938.
(6) National ?Free Tom Mooney? conference.
Held in Chicago, May, 1933. Dunayevskaya was a participant from the Spartacus Youth Clubs, the youth group of the Communist League of America. Note published in Young Spartacus, June, 1933.
(5) ?Chicago branch in Militant drive?.
Article by Dunayevskaya in Militant, June 3, 1933.
(4) Max Sterling letter to Dunayevskaya,
May 10, 1933. A description of the protest demonstration against Rockefeller?s destruction of murals by Diego Rivera in New York. Dunayevskaya was visiting Chicago at the time.
(3) Sketch on Maxim Gorki?s life and work,
written by Dunayevskaya and included on the dust jacket of the English translation of Gorki?s Bystander, published in New York by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930.
(2) Leninbund, Germany. Memo to Max Shachtman,
June 14, 1929. Early document of the German Left Opposition. Typescript in German. Also included is a 1929 Russian document from the Leninbund.
(1) Photographs of Dunayevskaya in New York.
Taken September, 1928. Photographs held by the WSU Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs.
B. The 1930s — The CIO; the Spanish Revolution; Leon Trotsky
(11) Medallion with bust of V.I. Lenin.
Given to Dunayevskaya for work in Daily Worker subscription drive, 1927. The medallion is on deposit at WSU Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs.
(10) Review of E.B. Reuter?s The American Race Problem,
by Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya). Published in the Young Worker, June, 1927. Young Worker was the newspaper of the Young Workers League, the youth section of the Workers (Communist) Party. In 1928 Dunayevskaya was expelled from the Young Workers League for questioning a resolution to denounce Leon Trotsky. Called a ?Trotskyist?, though no such group then existed, Dunayevskaya left Chicago for New York.
(9) Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya) letter to Chauncey Townsend,
editor of the Gary American, a Black newspaper in Gary, Indiana. June 4, 1928 letter responds to Townsend?s request that Dunayevskaya participate in a symposium on Blacks and Jews. Also included is a reference to Dunayevskaya in the Gary American, Sept. 7, 1928.
(8) Associated Negro Press letter to Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya),
Nov. 5, 1927. The ANP accepted Dunayevskaya?s article on Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dunbar, poet, novelist, short story writer and son of ex-slaves, was acknowledged by the Garvey movement as the ?poet laureate of the Negro race?.
(7) William Pickens letter to Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya),
Aug. 26 and Nov. 28, 1927. Pickens, Field Secretary of the NAACP in New York, wrote to Dunayevskaya about her dramatization of his story. ?Vengeance of the Gods?.
(6) Eric Walrond letter to Rae Spiegel (Dunayevskaya),
July 28, 1927. Dunayevskaya had written to him about his essay on Charles Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar, published in 1922.Walrond, essayist and short story writer, was one of the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance.
(5) Negro Champion.
Issue of June, 1926. This is the only known copy of the newspaper of the American Negro Labor Congress during its Chicago years, 1925 through 1927. The Negro Champion was edited by Lovett Fort-Whiteman, with Irving Dunjee as managing editor. Dunayevskaya worked in the office of the Negro Champion and wrote book reviews for the paper, until its removal to New York in 1928.
(4) The Fourth National Convention, Workers (Communist) Party of America.
Held in Chicago, August, 1925. Included on the microfilm is the section on ?The American Negro and the Proletarian Revolution?, with a discussion of plans to found the American Negro Labor Congress.
(3) Harvester Worker.
Issues of February and March 1927. Newspaper of the Communist shop caucus at International Harvester in Chicago. Distributed by Dunayevskaya at the plant gates of the old McCormick Works, the scene of the first events of the Haymarket tragedy of 1886.
(2) Cregier Public School strike,
April, 1924. Newspaper article and photo from Chicago Tribune, April 8, 1924. The strike broke out April 7, 1924, as elementary school students demanded the removal of school principal Mary E. Tobin. Dunayevskaya and other student leaders of the protest charged Tobin with practicing corporal punishment and anti-Semitism. The strike gained national news attention because of the age of the students.
(1) New words to the ?Pledge of Allegiance?.
Written by Rae Spiegel (Raya Dunayevskaya), December 1923, at the age of 13. Dunayevskaya had arrived in the U.S. a little more than a year earlier from Russia. Published in the Young Comrade, newspaper of the under-15 age group of the Workers (Communist) Party in January 1924. The pledge became widely used by youth groups in the U.S. Dunayevskaya credits the impact of the 1917 Russian Revolution on a young child with her early rebellion against conditions in the U.S.
A. Early Years, 1924-28
Section I From the Impact of the Russian Revolution to the Outbreak of World War II
Volume XIII concludes on # 11627.
May 12, 201515. A Post-World War II View of Marxs Humanism, 1843-83.Marxist Humanism, 1950s-1980s. Article written by Dunayevskaya, May 1, 1987, for publication in The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Socialism, to be edited in Yugoslavia. Included here is the original text of the article. An abbreviated version was published in N&L, July 25, 1987. Also included here are two early drafts for the article, written by Dunayevskaya on April 4 and 28, 1987.
14. Presentation written for Humanism and Marxism session of the Midwest Sociological Society,
written by Raya Dunayevskaya about April 15, 1987. On the development of the idea of Marxist-Humanism out of the theory of state-capitalism. A review of the period from World War II to the 1980s.
13. Dunayevskaya letter to I. and G.,
written Nov. 30, 1986. On organizational growth, the biweekly N&L, and the Marxist-Humanist Archives.
12. Dunayevskaya letter to M. Franki,
written Nov. 15, 1986. On questions of philosophy in the Johnson-Forest Tendency in the period 1948-53; on attitudes to Humanism.
11. Dunayevskaya letter to Dear Colleagues,
written Nov. 3, 1986. On the very near disappearance from our vocabulary of the phrase organizational growth. Marginalia on the letter were made by Dunayevskaya in May, 1987.
10. Dunayevskaya letter to G. and J.,
written Sept. 21, 1986. On collectivity and the responsibilities of the National Editorial Board of News and Letters Committees.
9. The Black-Red Conference.
A News and Letters Committees Reprint of the proceedings of a conference originally held in Detroit, Michigan, Jan. 12, 1969. Bulletin includes: Welcome by Charles Denby; Introduction by Ray McKay; Presentation by Raya Dunayevskaya, on her work-in-progress, Philosophy and Revolution; excerpts from the six-hour discussion. Reprint published August, 1986. Also included here are comments on the reprint by Dunayevskaya, from a Dear Friends letter written May 29, 1986.
8. Hegels Absolute as New Beginning,
by Raya Dunayevskaya. A News & Letters Reprint of a paper by Dunayevskaya given at the 1974 meeting of the Hegel Society of America. Originally published in Art and Logic in Hegels Philosophy, edited by Warren E. Steinkraus and Kenneth L. Schmitz (Humanities Press, 1980). Reprint published by N&L, July, 1986. Also included here are comments by Dunayevskaya on the reprint, from a Dear Friends letter written July 18, 1986.
7. Dunayevskaya letter to Susan van Gelder,
written May 19, 1986. On Dunayevskayas first (1958) outline of her archives, and C.L.R. James publication of Facing Reality.
6. Remarks by Dunayevskaya at REB Meeting of May 12, 1986.
Comments on Vol. XII of her archives and points of departure for today; on how long it took to penetrate to the Absolute Idea, the process.
5. The Trail to the 1980s from the 1880s: Marxs New Moments and Those in Our Age,
written April 22, 1986. Presentation by Dunayevskaya as sixth and final lecture in Workshops/Classes. On history in the making, on dialectics and the relationship of objective to subjective. This lecture, originally available only on videotape, was reproduced in this form for the 1986 Convention of News and Letters Committees.
4. Remarks by Dunayevskaya at REB Meeting of Feb. 27, 1986.
Comments on new material to be donated to the Marxist-Humanist Archives, especially documents on the period 1958-59.
3. Presentation by Dunayevskaya given to the REB Feb. 13, 1986,
on The 30 Years Retrospective/Perspective in the context of the Workshop/Classes as well as the biweekly.
2. Dunayevskaya letter to all organizers,
written Jan. 8, 1986. On the forthcoming Workshop/Classes in current events and the dialectic method, and on Dunayevskayas Dec. 29, 1985 presentation, New Beginnings that Determine the End.
1. The Myriad Global Crises of the 1980s and the Nuclear World since World War II,
a pamphlet written by Raya Dunayevskaya and published by News and Letters Committees in August, 1986. This work includes 1) Dunayevskayas Introduction/Overview to Vol. 12 of her archives, entitled Marxist-Humanism: A Half-Century of World Development. This essay was written Feb. 28, 1986, with a P.S. added on April 10, 1986. 2) Thirty Years of News & Letters, an essay first published in three parts in the pages of N&L (July 1985, November 1985, March 1986). Here it is published with Dunayevskayas final revisions and in full. On p. 2 of the pamphlet is a Note from the author, (which did not appear on any of the earlier publications of either essay), on the title of the pamphlet.
Section IV Retrospective/Perspective: Marxist-Humanism emerging, out of Marxist-Humanism
14. Marxist-Humanism: Perspectives on Labor.
A special issue of the Quarterly Journal of Ideology, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1986. This special issue includes an article by Dunayevskaya, Unchaining the Dialectics of Revolution: American Roots and Marxs World Humanist Concepts. Also included in this issue are articles by Zagorka Golubovic, Kevin Anderson, Lou Turner, Ron Brokmeyer, Terry Moon, David Ranney and John Dwyer.
13. Review of Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution and Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution, by Kevin Anderson,
published in International Labor and Working Class History, (New Haven, Conn.), No. 31, Spring 1987.
12. Recent Writings of R. Dunayevskaya. Article by Kevin Anderson,
published in Hegel-Studien (West Germany), Vol. 21, 1986.
11. Review of Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution, by Flora Crater,
published in The Woman Activist, (Falls Church, Virginia), Jan. 1987. Also included is an exchange of letters between Crater and Dunayevskaya, written Jan. 18 and Feb. 3, 1987.
10. Review of Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution, by John F. Welsh,
published in Quarterly Journal of Ideology, (Montgomery, Ala.), Vol. 10, No.2, 1986.
9. Feminists et revolutionnaire,
essay on Dunayevskayas view of Rosa Luxemburg, as seen in Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution. Essay by Kevin Anderson, was published in Rosa Luxemburg aujourdhui, in France, 1986. Developed from comments at a conference on Luxemburg in Paris, May, 1983.
8. Review of Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution by Susan Van Gelder,
published in Womens Studies News (East Lansing, Michigan), Spring, 1986.
7. Review of Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution by Laurie Cashdan,
published in The South End, student newspaper at Wayne State University, (Detroit, Michigan), April 22, 1986.
6. Review of Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution by Anne Jaclard,
published in Womanews, (New York), April, 1986.
5. Correspondence between Dunayevskaya and Meridel LeSueur.
Letters of April 4 through April 25, 1986. On LeSueurs reading of Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution, and on her own life experience as a radical in the Midwest; on the concept of retrospective/perspective; and on the international womens conference in Kenya.
4. Review of Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution by Michelle Landau,
published in off our backs, (Washington, D.C.) March, 1986. Also included here is a letter from Dunayevskaya to Landau on her review, written March 10, 1986.
3. Review of Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution by Diane Lee,
published in Sage: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women, (Atlanta, Ga.) Vol. III, No. 1 (Spring, 1986). Also included here are letters by Dunayevskaya to Dear Sister-Comrades, written Jan. 3, 1986, on Lees review; and April 8, 1987 to Sage editors, on Dunayevskayas activity with Black women. The April 8 letter contains a discussion of Black working womens critique of Simone DeBeauvoirs The Second Sex.
2. Review of Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution by Louis Dupré,
published in Owl of Minerva, (Villanova, Pa.) Vol. 18, No. 1 (Fall 1986).
1. Living the Revolution.
A review-essay on four books by Raya Dunayevskaya, written by Adrienne Rich, and published in The Womens Review of Books, (Amherst, Mass.) Sept., 1986. Richs essay topic encompassed Dunayevskayas newly-published Womens Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution, as well as her three earlier books — Marxism and Freedom, Philosophy and Revolution, and Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution. After the publication of the review, Dunayevskaya initiated a correspondence with Rich. Included here are letters of Sept. 18, 1986, and Jan. 24 and Feb. 4, 1987.
C. On the Marxist-Humanist Body of Ideas and its expression within Women’s Liberation: Reviews and Correspondence
13. Correspondence between Kevin A. Barry and Dunayevskaya.
Letters of June 1 and June 4, 1987. On his reading of Dunayevskayas special supplement in N&L on Why Phenomenology? Why Now?; on the need for a literary agent for her Marxism and Freedom and Philosophy and Revolution. Marginalia on letter of June 1 are by Dunayevskaya.
12. 1986-87: New illuminations on the philosophic expression of Marxist-Humanism.
A guest Theory/Practice column on Dunayevskayas recent work written by Eugene Walker, and published in N&L, April 24, 1987.
11. Michael Connolly letter to Dunayevskaya,
written March 31, 1987. A comparison of the German original, the Baillie translation and the Miller translation, of the last paragraph of Hegels Phenomenology of Mind. Marginalia on letter are by Dunayevskaya. Also included here is Dunayevskayas one-page comparison of the two translations, with her notes.
10. Eugene Walker letter to Dunayevskaya
written Jan. 26, 1987. On Dunayevskayas new perceptions of Lenins philosophic ambivalence and their relation to her 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes. Marginalia on letter are by Dunayevskaya.
9. Dunayevskaya letter to Wayne Carter,
written Jan. 8, 1987. On archives, the Black Dimension and Dunayevskayas changed perception of Lenins philosophic ambivalence.
8. Michael Connolly letter to Dunayevskaya
written Dec. 10, 1986. On Wallace translation of ¶176 of Hegels Encyclopedia Logic. Marginalia on letter are by Dunayevskaya.
7. Correspondence between Kevin A. Barry and Dunayevskaya
(excerpts). Letters of Sept. 28 and Oct. 2, 1986. On Hegels critique of religion; on post-World War II sociology of religion. Includes also quotation from Hegels Briefe.
6. Dunayevskaya letter to Michael Connolly
written Sept. 26,1986. On her new work on the dialectic in Hegels Phenomenology of Mind; on Dunayevskayas plans to re-print her 1960 Notes on Phenomenology, with a new Preface by her.
5. Dunayevskaya letter to John W.,
written July 13, 1986. On attitudes to Hegels Absolutes, in Dunayevskayas own work and in her correspondence with Marcuse
4. Correspondence between Kevin A. Barry and Dunayevskaya.
Letters of June 15 and June 20, 1986. On the Idea of the Good in the Science of Logic, and Lenins view of it; on Dunayevskayas correspondence with Herbert Marcuse in Vol. XII of the Raya Dunayevskaya Collection.
3. Dunayevskaya letters to Franklin Dmitryev,
written Feb. 7 and March 11, 1986. On Marxs Mathematical Manuscripts and Hegels section on The Theorem in the Science of Logic.
2. Dunayevskaya letters to Lou Turner,
written Jan. 30 and Feb. 1, 1986. On his draft of an essay on dialectics for Quarterly Journal of Ideology. Marginalia on the Feb. 1 letter are by Lou Turner.
1. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski
written Jan. 30, 1986, on private enclaves and the critique of them in Hegels Science of Logic and in Lenins notes on the chapter on Life from that work.
B. Dialogue with Marxist-Humanists on the Hegelian-Marxian Dialectic
4. Dunayevskaya letter to Warren Steinkraus,
written May 27, 1986. On the divergence between Hegels discussion of the Idea of Cognition in the Science of Logic and in the (smaller) Encyclopedia Logic, and on Lenins interpretation of both.
3. Correspondence between Dunayevskaya and Arnold V. Miller.
Letters of Nov. 17 and Dec. 12, 1986. Correspondence concerns Millers translation of the last four paragraphs of Hegels Philosophy of Mind (Spirit), and Millers assessment of the Wallace translation of the Encyclopedia Logic, especially the section on Third Attitude to Objectivity. Included here is Millers translation (unpublished) of the final four paragraphs of Hegels Philosophy of Mind (Spirit).
2. Correspondence between Dunayevskaya and Louis Dupré.
Letters of July 3 and Sept. 15, 1986, Feb. 16 and March 26, 1987. Dunayevskayas inquiries to Dupre concern the same subjects as those she had raised with G.A. Kelly. Dupré also comments on the discussion of his review of Dunayevskayas Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution in the pages of News & Letters.
1. Correspondence between Dunayevskaya and George Armstrong Kelly (1932-1987).
Letters of Sept. 26, Oct. 6, and Dec. 8, 1986 and April 17, 1987. Correspondence centers on 1) Dunayevskayas new view of the relationship between the Idea of Cognition as Hegel expressed it in the Science of Logic and as he re-stated it in the smaller Logic, and the interpretation of both by Lenin in his Philosophic Notebooks; 2) on Hegels Third Attitude to Objectivity in the smaller Logic, and its relation to organization — of the Church and of thought.
A. Dialogue with Non-Marxist Hegel scholars
Section III The Battle of Ideas: Philosophic Correspondence and Reviews
19. Dunayevskaya letter to Katherine Davenport,
written June 6, 1987. On Margarethe von Trottas film, Rosa Luxemburg. Dunayevskaya dictated this letter while in the hospital.
18. Dunayevskaya letter to Lou Turner,
written April 24, 1987. On Turners recent trip to the South and the ever-developing creativity of struggles there.
17. Notes on William Blake
sent to Kevin A. Barry and Peter Wermuth for projection to a student who had asked Dunayevskaya about Blake when they met at Dunayevskayas lecture at Northern Illinois University. Notes written April 22, 1987.
16. Dunayevskaya letter to Lou Turner,
written March 2, 1987. On tour by a South African Black trade unionist in the U.S. and a new international conference on Negritude in Miami.
15. Dunayevskaya letter to Dear Colleagues,
written Jan. 26, 1987. On the current outburst of ever-present racism in the U.S. and its absolute opposite. Discussion of how to commemorate Black History Month in N&L.
14. Dunayevskaya letter to Ron Brokmeyer,
written Dec. 25, 1986. On absolute contradiction in science as in everything; on Dunayevskayas discussions on cybernetics and unified field theory, 1950-53.
13. Dunayevskaya letter to Neda Azad,
written Nov. 14, 1986. On Cosroe Chaqueris study of the Iranian revolutionary Sultanzadeh.
12. Dunayevskaya letter to Terry Moon,
written Nov. 4, 1986. On Womens Liberation and the Myriad Global Crises pamphlet by Dunayevskaya.
11. Youth of the 80s, Youth of the 60s, in a Changed World.
Dunayevskayas notes for her speech given Oct. 30, 1986 at University of Illinois-Chicago. This presentation, and another one at Northern Illinois University on April 13, 1987, entitled Youth of the 1980s, Youth of the 1960s: The Other America and the Idea of Freedom, were her last public appearances. Also included here are reports on both meetings by student journalists in The Chicago Illini and The Northern Star. (Wayne State University Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs holds videotapes of both of these meetings in their photographic archives.)
10. Dunayevskaya letter to Franklin Dmitryev
written Oct. 25, 1986. On dialectics and mathematics in a nuclear world.
9. Suggestions for Terrys report.
Notes by Dunayevskaya for Terry Moon, as part of a dialogue on a draft of Moons report to be given to a national meeting of Womens Liberation-News and Letters Committees, Aug. 29, 1986. Letter written July 28, 1986. Marginalia are by Terry Moon.
8. Remarks by Dunayevskaya at REB meetings of July 1 and July 28, 1986.
On the Black Dimension in Marxist-Humanism. Includes discussion of Dunayevskayas experiences in Black freedom struggles in the 1920s and 1940s.
7. Dunayevskaya letter to Neda Azad,
written May 5, 1986 (excerpts). On revolution and counter-revolution in Iran and Hegels development from Phenomenology of Mind to his three final syllogisms, written in 1830. Also included here are excerpts from Dunayevskayas draft of her letter to Azad.
6. Dunayevskaya letter to Saikou (a Gambian correspondent),
written April 1, 1986. On the Third World and the superpowers since World War II.
5. Dunayevskaya letter to Middle East scholar Hanna Batatu,
written March 4, 1986. On Batatus book-in-progress on Syria.
4. Dunayevskaya letter to Cyrus Noveen,
written Feb. 8, 1986. On organization and philosophy in the Iranian Revolutions of 1905 and 1979.
3. Dunayevskaya letter to all organizers,
written Jan. 22, 1986. On publication by Criticas de Economica Politica (Mexico City) of excerpts from Dunayevskayas Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution; on new correspondence on the Middle East; on the new in the new edition of Frantz Fanon, Soweto and American Black Thought.
2. Dunayevskaya letter to John Alan,
written Jan. 17, 1986. On the text of the new Introduction/Overview to Frantz Fanon, Soweto and American Black Thought, signed by Raya Dunayevskaya, Lou Turner and John Alan.
1. Presentation to the REB on New Edition of Frantz Fanon, Soweto and American Black Thought,
Jan. 12, 1986. Discussion of what is new in this 1986 edition of the pamphlet by Lou Turner and John Alan originally published in 1978. Dunayevskayas presentation centers on the new Introduction written by Dunayevskaya, Turner and Alan, and on the new Appendices on Negritude and on the 1983 events in Grenada. Included here also is Dunayevskayas draft of her presentation. (For the text of the 1986 edition of Frantz Fanon, Soweto and American Black Thought, see #10528.)
C. Writings to Colleagues and Friends on Revolutionary Forces the Black Dimension, Workers, Women, Youth and the Force of Philosophy Within Each
15. On political divides and philosophic new beginnings.
Theory/Practice column written by Dunayevskaya from her hospital bed on June 5, 1987. A re-examination of her Oct. 1982 Political-Philosophic Letter entitled On the Battle of Ideas: Philosophic-Theoretic Points of Departure as Political Tendencies Respond to the Objective Situation, in light of her new work on Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy. This is the last writing Dunayevskaya prepared for publication. (For the text of the 1982 letter, see #7486.)
14. Readers View sent to News & Letters by Dunayevskaya
about May 24, 1987. On Thurgood Marshalls magnificent attack on the false and hypocritical bicentennial of the Constitution.
13. Russias latest play is no freedom road.
Theory/Practice column written May 5, 1987, and published in N&L May 22, 1987. Sub-titled Cultural thaw is not restoration of history, the column takes up a new play by Mikhail Shatrov, The Peace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Included here are drafts for the column written by Dunayevskaya May 6 and May 8, 1987.
12. Why Hegels Phenomenology? Why Now?.
A Special Supplement in N&L, May 8, 1987. Includes 1) New Introduction by Dunayevskaya, written May 1, 1987, on the todayness of Hegels Phenomenology; 2) Dunayevskayas original Notes on Hegels Phenomenology of Mind (Geist), written Dec. 12, 1960; 3) Further comments on Hegels concept of tragedy, from a letter written by Dunayevskaya Nov. 17, 1968. One paragraph was added May 1, 1987 to the original 1960 Notes. This paragraph concerns Hegels citation, in the Science of Logics chapter on The Idea of Cognition, to the Phenomenologys section on Spirit Certain of Itself: Morality.
11. Two of a kind: Reagan and Gorbachev and their bipolar world.
Theory/Practice column written in two parts — March 14 and March 28, 1987. Published in N&L issues of March 27 and April 10, 1987. Included also are Dunayevskayas drafts for the first column. These are dated March 8 and March 13, 1987.
10. Whither China?.
Theory/Practice column written Feb. 10, 1987, and published in N&L, Feb. 27, 1987. On the Dec. 1986 demonstrations in China — their roots and ramifications for the future. In preparation for this column, Dunayevskaya created for herself extensive notes on the context of the crisis in Dengs China, beginning Jan. 20, 1987 and continuing through Feb. 17, 1987; these notes are included here. Also included is a letter written by Dunayevskaya to Kevin A. Barry on Feb. 17, on the possibility of publishing her essay in another journal.
9. Star Wars from the skies: Reagans Grand Illusion.
Theory/Practice column in N&L written about Jan. 14, 1987 and published in the first biweekly N&L, dated Jan. 30, 1987. Developed from Dunayevskayas report to the Jan. 3, 1987 meeting of the Expanded Resident Editorial Board of News & Letters:
8. Reagans imperial presidency: The shocking liaison of US-Iran and the need for a biweekly N&L.
Editorial statement by Dunayevskaya written Nov. 25, 1986, and published in N&L, Dec. 1986. On the emerging Iran-contra scandal, the changed world of the 1980s, and the need to increase the frequency of appearance of N&L.
7. Reagan, Gorbachev in Iceland: all things fall apart.
Lead article in Nov. 1986 N&L. Written Oct. 22, 1986. An analysis of the collapse of the Reagan-Gorbachev pre-summit in Iceland, and the question of science in Russia. Also included here are Dunayevskayas Notes from the Speeches of Gorbachev, summaries of New York Times reports in Oct. 1986, and her Dear Friends letter of Oct. 14, 1986, written as the summit collapsed.
6. Ongoing world revolts and economic crises challenge superpower grip.
Lead article in Oct. 1986 N&L written about Sept. 16, 1986. Developed by Dunayevskaya from her Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 1986-87.
5. In Memoriam — Joe Giganti.
Written about July 26, 1986, and published in N&L, Aug.-Sept., 1986. Giganti was president of Charles H. Kerr, the socialist publishing house, and a comrade of Dunayevskaya in labor struggles of the 1920s in Chicago. Also included here is Dunayevskayas letter to Annette Giganti, written Sept. 26, 1986.
4. In Memoriam for Pat (Eve Strong).
Written June 30, 1986, two days after the death of this labor and womens liberation activist and writer for N&L. Published in N&L, Aug.-Sept., 1986.
3. Open letter to Paul Buhle.
Written May 1, 1986. An exposé of wide-ranging distortions of the history of the State-Capitalist Tendency in oral history interviews by Grace Lee Boggs and James Boggs, as recorded by Buhles Oral History of the American Left project. Copy included here published in N&L, June, 1986. Also included here is an exchange of letters between Dunayevskaya and Fred Shelley, written May 18 and May 26, 1987, on Buhles book, Marxism in the USA.
2. Stop Reagans Acts of War!.
An Editorial written by Dunayevskaya, and published in N&L, May, 1986.
1. Lesotho coup, Savimbi and Reagan.
A brief analysis of the Reagan-Botha agenda for Southern Africa, written Feb. 16, 1986 as part of presentation by Dunayevskaya to the first in a series of Workshops/Classes on Current World Events and the Dialectic Method. Copy included here published in N&L, April, 1986. Also included is brochure for the workshops.
B. Revolutionary Journalism of Dunayevskaya in the pages of News & Letters
6. Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 1986-87.
Written by Dunayevskaya for presentation to 1986 Convention of News and Letters Committees, Aug. 30, 1986. Copy included here is Dunayevskaya’s, with marginalia added May, 1987.
5. Marxist-Humanist Draft Perspectives, 1986-87.
Written June 17, 1986, and signed by Resident Editorial Board. Principal author was Dunayevskaya. Copy included here was printed in News & Letters, July, 1986.
4. Official Call for Convention.
Written June 1, 1986 and signed by Resident Editorial Board of News and Letters Committees. Principal author was Dunayevskaya. A first, preliminary, view of Marxist-Humanist Perspectives for Convention to be held Aug. 30-31, 1986.
3. Pre-pre-Convention Bulletin: Responses to the March 27 Special/Special/Special and Rayas April 10 Letter to Colleagues.
Published by News and Letters Committees, May 1, 1986. Bulletin includes introductory letter of April 28, 1986 by Dunayevskaya on organizational responsibility for the philosophy of Marxist-Humanism; letters from Kevin A. Barry and Peter Wermuth to Dunayevskaya in response to her earlier letters; comments on the current crisis and Marxist-Humanist response by Felix Martin. Copy included here is Dunayevskayas; she appended her letters of March 27 and April 10 to the bulletin. Marginalia on cover and on last pages is by Dunayevskaya.
2. Dear Colleagues letter.
Written by Dunayevskaya April 10, 1986. On the relationship of the U.S. assault in the Gulf of Sidra to the historic roots of global counter-revolution as seen in 1936-37 in Spain; and on organizational response to moments of crisis.
1. Special. Special. Special. A preliminary Marxist-Humanist Statement on the Last 48 Hours.
Written March 27, 1986. On Reagans attacks against Libya in the Gulf of Sidra and the practice of Marxist-Humanist Perspectives. Written by Dunayevskaya while she was hospitalized with a broken leg.
A. Reagan’s attacks in the Gulf of Sidra and Marxist-Humanist Perspectives
Section II “The Changed World”: Current Events and the Dialectic Method
48. 1953: The Philosophic Moment re: Organization, and therefore also re: Paper.
Written June 6, 1987. Notes handwritten by Dunayevskaya June 6, 1987 while in the hospital. Written on the back of her Oct. 1982 Political-Philosophic Letter On the Battle of Ideas, which she had included in both the June 1 presentation and her last Theory/Practice column for News & Letters.
47. Conclusion for June 1, directly, finally, on the question of where to with the biweekly.
Written May 30, 1987. This is a different final section than that actually written on June 1, 1987 for the final draft of the presentation.
46. An Aside.
Notes written May 29, 1987. On Marxs view of Hegels Phenomenology in Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic.
45. Part I: The Philosophic Moment — Marx, Lenin, Hegel, Marxist-Humanism 1953. Part II: Organization and Books: Why 1987? On Lukacs and Arthur 1986.
Notes written May 29, 1987. On the 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes; on the books and the moment.
44. On Form of Presentation, Talking to Myself.
Written May 29, 1987. Notes on the form of the June 1 presentation and the meaning of the global crisis, and not abstractly, but organizationally, i.e. its philosophic ground.
43. Parts for June 1 presentation.
Written May 29, 1987. Outline for talk to REB.
42. July 1984 to June 1987.
Notes written May 28, 1987. On new developments within Marxist-Humanism.
41. No title. Notes on the June 1 presentation.
Handwritten by Dunayevskaya, May 28, 1987.
40. 1987s relationship to 1953. Notes for June 1, 1987 presentation.
Dictated May 28, 1987. First pages dictated to Olga Domanski, the handwriting is by Dunayevskaya.
39. No title. On the residue of the intellectual sloth that followed the death of Lenin, and on Organization and becoming practicing dialecticians.
Fragment of a larger document, written May 25, 1987.
38. Notes on the relationship of the Philosophic Moment to Organization in Marx.
Written May 25, 1987. Parts of this document were used in the writing of Dunayevskayas June 1, 1987 presentation.
37. New Beginnings, Historic Turning Points, Great Divides.
Handwritten May 24, 1987, but not dictated until May 28. Includes a first outline of parts for Dunayevskayas presentation for the June 1, 1987 REB meeting, and a review of research by colleagues on Marx and organization.
36. Another Talking to Myself, this time on what has happened since Not by Practice Alone, 1984-87.
Written May 19, 1987. A review of new developments in Marxist-Humanism since Dunayevskayas July 1984 presentation to the News and Letters Committees Convention, and a discussion of Hegels three final syllogisms in his Philosophy of Mind.
35. Talking to Myself: Crucial on Book, yet 1953 as concept vs. experience.
Written May 13, 1987, and May 18, 1987. On the dialectics of philosophy as unseparated from the dialectics of organization. A discussion of Hegels Phenomenology and Marxs Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic from the vantage point of Marxist-Humanist organizational questions of 1987 and the 1953 letters on Hegels Absolutes.
34. One possible outline for Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy.
Dictated by Dunayevskaya May 11, 1987. Marked keep for pre-Plenum.
33. The Organization, the Paper, the Book–All Equal Philosophy of Marxist-Humanism. All were grounded in May, 1953.
Written May 11, 1987. Notes for presentation by Dunayevskaya to her secretaries.
32. On Organization.
Written April 5, 1987. Notes on research by Eugene Walker on Marx and the First International in the period of the Paris Commune, and by Michael Connolly on the Spanish Revolution of the 1930s.
31. No title. Notes on Pannekoek, especially letter from Pannekoek to Chaulieu (Castoriadis), dated Nov. 8, 1953.
Written April 4, 1987. Includes discussion of research by Peter Wermuth on Pannekoek and Mattick.
30. (From 3/16/87) Why Phenomenology? Why Now? What is the Relationship either to Organization, or to Philosophy, not Party, 1984-87?
Written in this form April 3, 1987. Notes for a projected Part II of Why Hegels Phenomenology? Why Now? Part I was published in News & Letters, May 8, 1987.
29. First Rough Summary View of Phenomenology Writings, 1953-1987.
Written April 3, 1987. On Dunayevskayas view of Hegels Phenomenology in 1953 and 1986-87.
28. Off the top of my head.
Written March 30, 1987. Notes on the relation of the book-in-progress to the whole Marxist-Humanist body of ideas.
27. What is Marxist-Humanism? How to Project it at Momentous Historic Moments?
Written March 16, 1987. Review of Dunayevskayas three major books and their projection by News and Letters Committees; on concept of Absolute as new beginning. Notes for presentation by Dunayevskaya to her secretaries.
26. Re: Chapter 12, RLWLKM.
Written March 12, 1987. A chronology of Dunayevskayas work in the writing of that chapter. Includes additions made in her own copy after publication.
25. Post-Marx Marxism as a pejorative: why did it take till the end of Rosa Luxemburg, Womens Liberation and Marxs Philosophy of Revolution (RLWLKM) before it was so expressed…?
Written March 9, 1987. Quotation from Hegel on artificer has been removed, and now appears in April 3 document.
24. What is Marxist-Humanism? Prolegomena as introductory stimulant to reconsideration of l, not 2 in 1951.
Written March 8, 1987. Fragment only.
23. No title. Notes by Dunayevskaya for her secretaries.
Written March 2, 1987. On REB meetings since Jan. 12, 1987 and on the dialectic of organization in the period of the biweekly News & Letters.
22. No title. Notes on research by Eugene Walker on Marx and the First International,
given to Dunayevskaya in Dec. 1986. Written Feb. 20, 1987. Singles out Marx on women’s liberation and on the trade unions.
21. No title. Written Feb. 7, 1987.
Review of Random Thoughts on Phenomenology since Sept. 1986. Includes within text a fragment from Talking to Myself written Oct. 6, 1986
20. Talking to Myself. Written Jan. 21, 1987.
A 1987 view of Dunayevskayas 1953 letters on Hegels Absolutes. This is the only one of the Talking to Myself documents mimeographed and sent to friends for individual study.
19. Random Thoughts on 2 Responses to my Letter on the Idea of Cognition by Dupré and G.A. Kelly.
Written Jan. 5, 1987. On letters received by Dunayevskaya from Hegel scholars Louis Dupré and George Armstrong Kelly.
18. Very rough sudden decision to include Phenomenology pretty much at the beginning (of presentation for Jan. 3, 1987 Expanded REB Meeting).
Notes written Dec. 22, 1986.
17. Substitutionism, or Theory/Philosophy.
Written Dec. 17, 1986. On the party and philosophy in post-Marx Marxism. Includes also one page fragment on this question as taken up in Dunavevskayas Marxism and Freedom.
16. Key to CLRJs Notes on the Dialectic.
Written Nov. 18, 1986. A sharp critique of CLR James 1948 work. Includes also a P.S. written Nov. 25, 1986.
15. Re: Reproduction of Summary on Phenomenology Made in 1960, with New (11/18) Introduction.
Written Nov. 18, 1986.
14. No title. Notes on Methodology, from the divergence between Marx and Engels, through the attitudes of Luxemburg and Lenin on the dialectic, to Marxist-Humanisms view.
Written about Nov. 15, 1986. Also includes fragment by Dunayevskaya of much earlier notes on methodology — comments on a page of CLR James 1948 work, Notes on Dialectics.
13. Very Rough First Look at what I might develop for Dec. 1 REB.
Written Nov. 15, 1986. On the new that is being combined at one and the same time, of 1) transforming News & Letters into a biweekly, and 2) seriously plunging into a new kind of book on the Dialectic of Organization AND Philosophy. Marginalia on this document are by Michael Connolly.
12. No title. Written Nov. 15, 1986.
Notes on the development of Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy.
11. On Third Attitude to Objectivity.
Written Nov. 15, 1986. On paragraphs 62 through 78 of Hegels Encyclopedia Logic. Another document on Third Attitude to Objectivity was written by Dunayevskaya on Nov. 7, 1986. It is missing.
10. Talking to Myself in relationship to all the people (who have done research for Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy).
Written Nov. 14, 1986. On studies on Marx by Johnston, Cunliffe and Rossanda; on studies on Lenin by Service; on Lasalle and Mehring; on Pannekoek and Mattick.
9. Notes after Talking to Myself that was Random Thoughts #4.
Written Nov. 7, 1986. On Marx and the First International in the period 1871 to 1874.
8. Talking to Myself on mathematics and science in Hegel, in Marx, in Russia of the 1930s and today.
Written Nov. 5, 1986. First page missing. Followed by Some very Rough Notes for a Letter if I will decide to write one, to Robert Cohen.
7. No title. Written Oct. 6, 1986.
Notes on organization and religion in Hegel.
6. Postscript to Random Thoughts. Written Sept. 30, 1986.
On the long, tortuous road of the two decades between 1953 and 1973.
5. Notes on Dialectics of Liberation pamphlet.
Dictated by Dunayevskaya Sept. 29, 1986. Marked-up by her and noted as uncorrected. A view of the path to writing Dunayevskayas 1960 Notes on Hegels major works, and of their reception within News and Letters Committees.
4. Notes on Louis Duprés article Hegels Absolute Spirit: A Religious Justification of Secular Culture
in Revue de lUniversité dOttawa (Vol. 52, No. 4), 1982. Written about Sept. 26, 1986.