Mehring Books
Foreword to 30 Years of War, the German edition of David North’s A Quarter Century of War
By Johannes Stern, 5 October 2020
After three decades of US-led wars, the outbreak of a third world war, whichwould be fought with nuclear weapons, is an imminent and concrete danger. Based on a thorough understanding of the wars of the past three decades and the socioeconomic and political processes in which they were rooted, this book develops a socialist perspective for the struggle against war.
British think tank fronts right-wing “academic freedom” campaign—Part 2
By Thomas Scripps, 26 August 2020
In Britain, this campaign relies wholly on posing as an opposition to the pseudo-left purveyors of identity politics on campus.
Now available
The Fourth International and the Perspective of World Socialist Revolution: 1986–1995
12 August 2020
The paperback edition of this critical book on the history of the Fourth International is now available.
Mehring Yayıncılık publishes Turkish-language edition of The struggle against imperialism and for workers’ power in Iran
By Ulaş Ateşçi, 30 March 2020
First published by the WSWS in February 2018, The Struggle against Imperialism and for Workers’ Power in Iran—A Reply to a Proponent of “Iranian Islamic Socialism” advances a socialist strategy for the working class in a country that has been the target of US imperialist aggression for decades.
Preface to the Turkish edition of The struggle against imperialism and for workers’ power in Iran
By Keith Jones, 30 March 2020
A viable strategy to defeat imperialism can only be founded on the working class, and requires its independent political mobilization against all factions of the Iranian bourgeoisie.
New pamphlet from Mehring Books on the 1619 Project
24 January 2020
The response of David North and Eric London to the New York Times’ rebuff of five eminent historians’ objections to the 1619 Project is now available as an illustrated pamphlet.
Mehring Books Holiday Sale ends Sunday at midnight
David North’s writings 50 percent off through weekend
3 January 2020
This is the last weekend to buy the writings of SEP National Chairman David North at reduced prices from Mehring Books.
Last Week for Mehring Books Holiday Sale
Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement by Eric London – How Leon Trotsky’s Assassination was prepared
By Mehring Books, 30 December 2019
The assassination of Leon Trotsky in 1940 by the Stalinist secret police was perpetrated by a network of agents infiltrated into the Fourth International.
Last week of half-price sale! Available for $8.48 through January 5.
Appreciative audience at Australian launch of Why Are They Back?
By our reporter, 10 December 2019
The Sydney event probed the political climate behind the re-emergence of fascism and militarism in Germany and internationally.
Mehring Books Holiday Sale feature
Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition—Translator’s Foreword
6 December 2019
During its Holiday Sale, Mehring Books is offering this volume at a sharply reduced price of $15 for the black and white version or $20 for the color version.
Christoph Vandreier and David North to speak at Sydney Gleebooks launch of Why Are They Back?
27 November 2019
Vandreier’s and North’s discussion will focus on the historical lessons that must be learned in order to build a mass working class movement capable of preventing the disaster of Nazism from taking place on an even greater scale today.
Mehring Yayıncılık publishes new ICFI books for İstanbul Book Fair
By Ulas Atesci, 29 October 2019
Mehring Books will participate in the Tüyap International İstanbul Book Fair of November 2-10, with a stand located in the fourth meeting hall.
Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By David North, 2 September 2019
Today we are publishing the Preface to the Turkish edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century, by David North.
Vadim Rogovin, author of Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928-1933: Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
In memory of Vadim Z. Rogovin
By David North, 23 August 2019
In this 1998 tribute to Vadim Z. Rogovin, David North explains what made this Soviet historian a remarkable “prophet of historical truth.”
Available in English and Spanish
New pamphlet on Matamoros wildcat strikes
6 June 2019
Mehring Books is pleased to announce the publication of a new pamphlet, The 2019 workers’ rebellion in Matamoros, Mexico by WSWS writer Andrea Lobo.
Successful book presentation of Why Are They Back? at the Heinrich Böll Library in Berlin
By our reporter, 30 May 2019
“The return of fascism, of authoritarian rule, of dictatorship and war is an international phenomenon,” the book’s author, SGP Deputy National Secretary Christoph Vandreier, stressed.
Leipzig Book Fair: Mehring Verlag presents new German edition of The Heritage We Defend
By our correspondents, 23 March 2019
David North introduced the new German edition of The Heritage We Defend at the Leipzig Book Fair on Saturday.
“I think it’s the capitalists who are doing this”
Workers in Leipzig speak against the growth of the far-right
By our reporters, 22 March 2019
For the last two weeks, members of the SEP and IYSSE have been speaking with workers and youth throughout Leipzig about today’s meeting, “The lessons of the 1930s and the fight against the extreme right.”
English-language edition of Why are they Back? launched in London
By our reporter, 18 March 2019
Around 150 people, including workers, students and professionals, heard speeches from Christoph Vandreier, deputy chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (Germany), and David North, chairperson of the World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board.
Mehring Books exhibits at London Book Fair
By our reporters, 16 March 2019
The Mehring Books stand attracted a great deal of attention and interest, and the association of Mehring Books with the heritage of Trotskyism and its concern with fundamental historical questions was apparent.
Attend March 17 London Book Launch of Why Are They Back?
12 February 2019
The English edition of Why Are They Back? Historical falsification, political conspiracy and the return of fascism in Germany will be launched by Mehring Books in London on Sunday, March 17.
The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century published in Tamil
1 February 2019
The translation of David North’s book is vital for Tamil-speaking workers, youth and intellectuals on the Indian sub-continent, in Sri Lanka, and exile communities around the world.
New book now available
Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement
By Mehring Books, 21 January 2019
The WSWS announces the release of a new book, Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement, by Eric London.
In Defense of Leon Trotsky presented at Moscow Book Fair
By our correspondents, 15 December 2018
The publication of the book is of particular importance in Russia and met with significant interest among attendees of the book fair.
David North in conversation with Nick Beams
Book launch of The Heritage We Defend in Sydney, Australia
9 November 2018
Why are they back?
New title from Mehring Books explains resurgence of fascism in Germany
By our reporters, 19 October 2018
Author Christoph Vandreier presented the book in a well-attended lecture at the Frankfurt Book fair last Saturday.
201 Frankfurt book fair / New book
18 October 2018
Mehring Books UK publishes The Heritage We Defend 30th anniversary edition
15 September 2018
The new edition of the foundational 1988 work by David North, chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, is now available for order in the UK and Ireland.
Two new pamphlets from Mehring Books
15 August 2018
Mehring Books is pleased to announce that two new pamphlets—The World Socialist Web Site and the Defense of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks and The 2018 Teacher Rebellion—are available for online purchase.
New from Mehring Books: Flint: A Crime of Capitalism
22 May 2018
Now available! This pamphlet exposes the social and political forces behind the lead poisoning of the water supply in Flint, which was rooted in the subordination of all aspects of social life to the profit drive of business.
Mehring Books publishes The CIA Democrats
7 April 2018
Mehring Books has published The CIA Democrats, a detailed exposure of the effective takeover of the 2018 Democratic Party congressional campaign by candidates drawn from the ranks of former intelligence agents, special forces operatives, veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and civilian national security operatives from the State Department, National Security Council and Pentagon.
Now available from Mehring Books
New pamphlet: The social and political roots of mass shootings in America
By Shannon Jones, 24 March 2018
There is a growing awareness that something is deeply amiss with the present social order.
Mehring Books publishes The Struggle against Imperialism and For Workers’ Power in Iran
24 March 2018
The pamphlet addresses pivotal issues of socialist strategy in a country that for decades has been a target of US imperialist intrigue and aggression, and where the working class, as heralded by the protests that opened 2018, is now striving to find the road of independent class struggle.
Death on the Picket Line, the story of John McCoy
Book traces history of West Virginia miners’ struggles
2 March 2018
West Virginia teachers and their supporters will find in this work an important resource for gaining insight into the broader issues they face.
The Heritage We Defend and other important books by David North and the ICFI published in Turkish
By Halil Celik, 20 January 2018
In a country where the working class and socialist movement in general has been dominated by Stalinism, Maoism and petty-bourgeois nationalist tendencies for decades, these books are of prime importance in developing socialist consciousness among workers and youth.
New publication by Mehring Books (UK)
The falsification of David King’s work
12 January 2018
Mehring Books has produced a new pamphlet to memorialise David King, who devoted his extraordinary artistic gifts to salvaging the historical truth of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath.
WSWS publishes Urdu translation of Trotsky’s Lessons of October
13 December 2017
Lessons of October reviews the history of the October 1917 Russian Revolution and the pivotal role of revolutionary leadership.
Preface to the Urdu edition of Lessons of October
By Keith Jones, 13 December 2017
Trotsky’s Lessons of October was written from the standpoint of preparing future “Octobers,” both in the advanced capitalist countries of Europe and the US, and in the oppressed countries of the East.
New pamphlet: Fifty Years since the Detroit Rebellion
18 September 2017
This new pamphlet from Mehring Books examines the historical background and social roots of the events of the summer of 1967 and the outcome of the biggest and most violent urban uprising in US history.
Lessons of Hurricane Katrina
31 August 2017
The World Socialist Web Site pamphlet on the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina 12 years ago is critical reading in light of the current catastrophe in Texas.
New from Mehring Books
Why Study the Russian Revolution?
Volume I: The February Revolution and the Development of Bolshevik Strategy
28 August 2017
One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, the events of 1917, their consequences and their lessons retain a burning contemporary relevance.
Mehring Books launching June sale
1 June 2017
Limited time opportunity for big savings.
David North introduces Tsar to Lenin film screening in Detroit
By Zac Corrigan, 7 April 2017
The documentary film of the Russian Revolution was screened by the IYSSE at Wayne State University.
Why Study the Russian Revolution? New pamphlet now available
15 March 2017
In his lecture on March 11, David North answers the question with 10 reasons, followed by a summary of the main events from the February revolution to the October seizure of power by the Bolshevik Party. North’s presentation was the first of five lectures in the ICFI series commemorating the centenary of the Russian Revolution.
The Election of Donald Trump: The Insurrection of the Oligarchy
New pamphlet from Mehring Books
25 January 2017
The demonstrations against Trump foreshadow the eruption of class struggle in the US on a massive scale.
Final Week! Mehring Books Holiday Sale|
Leon Trotsky and the struggle against fascism
28 December 2016
For the final week of the Mehring Books Holiday sale we are featuring works dealing with the fight against the rise of fascism in the 1930s.
Week Five: Introduction to Marxism
HOLIDAY GIFTS AT MEHRING BOOKS
21 December 2016
For those new to the World Socialist Web Site, some suggestions to enhance your library of Marxist classics. For everybody: Don’t miss all our great deals!
Week Four: Holiday gift sales!
MEHRING BOOKS 2016 HOLIDAY SALE
14 December 2016
All titles, including the centenary edition of Tsar to Lenin, are discounted from 10 percent to 50 percent during our annual holiday sale.
100 Years since the Russian Revolution
Mehring Books announces centenary edition of landmark documentary, Tsar to Lenin
12 December 2016
Produced by the legendary Herman Axelbank and narrated by Max Eastman, Tsar to Lenin is the definitive documentary of a revolution that “shook the world” and changed the course of history.
Week Three: The Struggle Against War
MEHRING BOOKS 2016 HOLIDAY SALE
8 December 2016
For week three of our Holiday Sale we are featuring works on the fight against imperialist war
MEHRING BOOKS 2016 HOLIDAY SALE
30 November 2016
Week 2: Build the Socialist Equality Party! All titles discounted from 10 percent to 50 percent during our annual holiday sale. You won’t want to miss our deals!
MEHRING BOOKS 2016 HOLIDAY SALE
23 November 2016
All titles discounted from 10 percent to 50 percent during our annual holiday sale. Week 1: The Russian Revolution.
NEW! Available for your eReader from Mehring Books
Globalization and the International Working Class: A Marxist Assessment
17 November 2016
Mehring Books is offering this analysis of the transformation of world economy, first published in 1998 and now out of print, for both ePub and Kindle eReaders.
David North’s A Quarter Century of War now available in ePub and Kindle formats
3 November 2016
Both ePub and Kindle versions of David North’s recent book A Quarter Century of War: The U.S. Drive for Global Hegemony 1990–2016 are now available from Mehring Books.
Hundreds attend lecture by David North in Frankfurt, Germany
By our correspondents, 25 October 2016
In a lecture titled “Philosophy and Politics in Times of War and Revolution,” David North presented his book The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left.
Philosophy and Politics in an Age of War and Revolution
A lecture delivered at the Goethe University in Frankfurt
By David North, 25 October 2016
This lecture by World Socialist Web Site International Editorial Board Chairman David North was delivered in German on October 22 at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. North spoke at the invitation of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.
Large audience for interview with David North, author of A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony, 1990-2016
By our reporter, 29 September 2016
The online interview, which has been accessed more than 4,000 times, deals with the issues raised in North’s book and their relevance for contemporary politics.
WSWS interview with David North: A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony, 1990-2016
28 September 2016
The interview covered a wide range of topics, from the significance of the dissolution of the USSR to the pro-imperialist politics of the pseudo-left and the revolutionary role of the working class.
The Political Lessons of the Bernie Sanders Campaign and The Great Autoworkers Struggle of 2015
Mehring Books announces two new SEP pamphlets
7 September 2016
Mehring Books has published two pamphlets: one dealing with the political lessons of the Bernie Sanders campaign in the US and the other reviewing the great autoworkers struggle of 2015.
New book by David North
A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony 1990–2016
By David North, 11 July 2016
We publish here the preface to A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony, 1990-2016 by David North, the chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site. The book is available for preorder today at Mehring Books.
Mehring Books launching May Day sale
30 April 2016
In its May Day sale, Mehring Books is offering significant discounts on its wide selection of Marxist works.
Hundreds attend meetings in Leipzig, Germany on the danger of war and the politics of the pseudo-left
By our correspondents, 22 March 2016
Nearly 500 participants attended two meetings held by Mehring Verlag at the Leipzig Book Fair on The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique and Scholarship or War Propaganda?.
David North addresses Sri Lankan SEP launch of Sinhala edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By David North, 22 March 2016
Publication of this new translation of David North’s The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century will contribute significantly to the education of workers and youth in Sri Lanka.
Colombo meeting launches Sinhala translation of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
By our correspondents, 22 March 2016
SEP general secretary Wije Dias stressed that the book’s exposure of historical falsifications was “a weapon in the revolutionary struggles of the future.”
Public meeting at Leipzig Book Fair
The return of German militarism and the threat of World War III
14 March 2016
Mehring Books speakers will present the book Scholarship or War Propaganda at the Leipzig Book Fair, which begins this week.
ICFI statement “Socialism and the Fight Against War” now available from Mehring Books
9 March 2016
Mehring Books has just published in pamphlet format the statement calling for the building of a new anti-war movement based on the perspective of international socialism.
Mehring Books features classic biography of Rosa Luxemburg
By Shannon Jones, 22 February 2016
This work by Paul Fröhlich, a contemporary of Luxemburg, outlines both her personal and political struggles.
SEP/IYSSE public meeting in Colombo to introduce Sinhala edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
22 February 2016
David North’s book makes clear that an understanding of the key strategic experiences of the 20th century, particularly the Russian Revolution of 1917, is essential for a renaissance of socialist consciousness in the working class.
Twenty-five years since the first Gulf War
Desert Slaughter: The Imperialist War Against Iraq—an enduring contribution to waging war on war
By Eric London, 21 January 2016
In 1991, the Workers League, forerunner of the SEP, published this valuable compendium of articles and statements providing a Marxist analysis of the imperialist war in Iraq and the breakdown of the postwar international order.
Pamphlet on Syriza’s betrayal in Greece now available from Mehring Books
21 December 2015
The betrayal of the anti-austerity struggles of the Greek working class by the Syriza government is a strategic experience for the working class not only in Greece, but internationally.
Now in eBook format: The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique
14 December 2015
North’s book defends historical materialism against contemporary anti-Marxist philosophical tendencies related to the Frankfurt School and postmodernism.
The Heritage We Defend is now available in e-pub format
8 December 2015
The Heritage We Defend, which reviews the political and theoretical disputes inside the Fourth International, is now available in e-pub form. It is essential reading for a new generation coming into struggle against capitalism.
Mehring Books holiday sale
24 November 2015
Mehring Books is pleased to announce its annual Holiday Sale. From now through January 4 we are offering discounts on new titles as well as a wide array of Marxist classics.
Mehring Verlag publishing house presents new book, Scholarship or War Propaganda? at Frankfurt Book Fair
By our correspondent, 27 October 2015
Scholarship or War Propaganda? deals with the political controversy at Humboldt University in Berlin over the critique of the positions of Professors Jörg Baberowski and Herfried Münkler in support of the return of German militarism.
Available from Mehring Books: Hurricane Katrina, social consequences and political lessons
27 August 2015
This pamphlet goes beyond the news accounts to uncover the deeper meaning of the destruction of an American city.
New from Mehring Verlag
Scholarship or War Propaganda? The Return of German Militarism and the Dispute at Berlin’s Humboldt University
By Peter Schwarz, 10 August 2015
The World Socialist Web Site announces the upcoming publication of the German edition of Scholarship or War Propaganda? The Return of German Militarism and the Dispute at Berlin’s Humboldt University. The book is available for preorder today at Mehring Verlag.
Foreword to Scholarship or War Propaganda? The Return of German Militarism and the Dispute at Berlin's Humboldt University
By Peter Schwarz, 10 August 2015
The subject of this book goes well beyond the conflict at Berlin's Humboldt University. It is concerned with the relationship between scholarship and politics in a period of militarism, mounting international conflicts and growing social tensions.
Foreword to The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique
By David North, 21 July 2015
The polemical essays in this volume examine the complex interaction between history, philosophy and politics. It is vital reading for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of classical Marxism.
Mehring Books launches May Day sale
1 May 2015
Mehring Books is launching a two-week sale in honor of May Day, the international day of working class solidarity, with almost all titles marked down between 10 and 50 percent.
On the anniversary of Lenin’s birth
Special offer from Mehring Books
16 April 2015
Sale on Tsar to Lenin and the Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century.
SEP pamphlet on US oil strike now available
12 March 2015
This pamphlet is vital reading to gain a deeper understanding of this significant movement of the working class in the heart of world capitalism. It contains articles reviewing the political lessons and historical background to the strike.
New pamphlet on police killings from Mehring Books
By Shannon Jones, 31 January 2015
The War Comes Home: Race, Class and Police Violence in America examines the connection between the growth of police violence and the expanding powers of the repressive military/intelligence apparatus.
The Sky Between the Leaves now available in eBook format
19 December 2014
This work by WSWS Arts and Culture Editor David Walsh is now available in ePub and Kindle formats. It is an important contribution to the study of Hollywood and global cinema and belongs in every Marxist library.
Special 36-hour sale for The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
12 December 2014
Sale begins at noon on Saturday, December 13. Be sure to take advantage of extra discount.
The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century now available in eBook format
3 December 2014
This book by David North is an essential addition to every Marxist library.
Mehring Books launches holiday sale
24 November 2014
Prices marked down up to 50 percent on a large selection of titles and sale bundles.
New pamphlet outlines basis for struggle against imperialist war
7 October 2014
The pamphlet contains three important statements on war from the International Committee of the Fourth International, the Socialist Equality Party in the US and the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit in Germany.
Mehring Books Spring Sale
24 May 2014
Take advantage of steep discounts on sale bundles and individual titles.
David Walsh continues book tour at Cornell University
By our correspondents, 1 April 2014
WSWS arts editor David Walsh discussed problems of art, culture, and cinema at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on March 27.
Meetings at Leipzig Book Fair: The relevance of Trotsky’s Europe at War
By Peter Schwarz, 19 March 2014
Mehring Books held two meetings at the Leipzig Book Fair devoted to Leon Trotsky’s writings on the First World War and their relevance to current developments in Ukraine.
Mehring Books and SEP (Germany) hold two meetings at Leipzig Book Fair
13 March 2014
On March 15, Mehring Books will showcase Leon Trotsky’s work, Europe at War. Mehring Books and the German SEP are also sponsoring a second meeting on the relevance of Trotsky’s work to the danger of war and the crisis in Ukraine.
A review of David Walsh’s The Sky Between the Leaves from Uruguay
“The Permanent Revolution in film criticism”
By Marcelo Arias Souto, 19 February 2014
A comment on WSWS arts editor David Walsh’s The Sky Between the Leaves, written by Marcelo Arias Souto from Uruguay.
New pamphlet on Detroit bankruptcy
Exposing the Bankers Conspiracy
For a Workers Inquiry into the Bankruptcy of Detroit
4 February 2014
This new SEP pamphlet examines the financial swindles behind the bankruptcy of Detroit.
Video: David Walsh discusses Sky Between the Leaves
23 January 2014
In this video, Andre Damon interviews World Socialist Web Site Arts Editor David Walsh about the themes, content and political background of Walsh’s new book, Sky Between the Leaves.
Mehring Books Holiday Sale ends Monday
Hurry to take advantage of great savings
By Shannon Jones, 4 January 2014
Steep discounts on sale bundles and individual titles will end soon.
Special offer, WSWS Chronology now $12.00
18 December 2013
The WSWS Chronology is now available for online purchase at a reduced price.
Two days only: Sky Between the Leaves now $14.50
12 December 2013
At a special discount price, and with free shipping in the US, this a great opportunity to purchase extra copies for the holidays.
Just published!
David Walsh’s The Sky Between the Leaves
22 November 2013
A unique collection of writings on film by David Walsh, arts editor of the World Socialist Web Site, is now available through mehring.com.
Now available at Mehring online
Socialism, Historical Truth and the Crisis of Political Thought in the United States
7 November 2013
This pamphlet, by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North, looks at the causes of the present debased state of intellectual life in the United States.
eBook versions of second edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky now available
29 October 2013
The new expanded edition is now available in epub and pdf formats.
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