David Ryazanov

G.V. Plekhanov and the
‘Emancipation of Labour’ group

Appendix Three

List of publications by the
‘Emancipation of Labour’ group.

I. Library of Contemporary Socialism

  1. On the publication of the ‘Library of Contemporary Socialism’. 1883.
  2. Plekhanov, G. Socialism and the Political Struggle. 1883.
  3. Engels, F. The Development of Scientific Socialism. Translated and with a preface by V.I. Zasulich. 1884.
  4. The Programme of the Social-Democratic Group ‘Liberation of Labour’. 1884.
  5. Plekhanov, G. Our Differences. 1885.
  6. Marx, K. A Speech on Free Trade. Translated from the German by G. Plekhanov. 1885.
  7. Marx, K. The Poverty of Philosophy. A Reply to Proudhon’s Philosophy of Poverty. With a preface and notes by F iedrich Engels and two appendices. 1886.
  8. Plekhanov, G. F. Lassalle: His Life and Work. Part One. 1887.
  9. What the Social Democrats Want. With a preface and notes by G. Plekhanov. With an appendix, ‘Draft Programme of the Russian Social Democrats’. 1888.
  10. The Social Democrat. A Literary and Political Anthology. Volume I. 1888.
    Contents: From the Editor. Simplicissimus (Plekhanov). How to Achieve a Constitution. Plekhanov, G. Our Narodnik Novelists. Article I. (G.I. Uspensky). Paul Lafargue. Parliamentarism and Boulangism. Plekhanov, G. The Inevitable Turn. Axelrod, P. The Labour Movement in the Early 1860s and Today. Bibliography, Appendix: V. Zasulich. An Outline of the History of the International Workingmen’s Association.
  11. Plekhanov, G. A New Defender of Autocracy, or The Woe of Mr Tikhomirov. 1889.
  12. Social-Democrat. A Literary and Political Review. Book I. 1890. February.
    Contents: Plekhanov, G. Our Narodnik Novelists. Article II (S. Karonin). Zasulich, V. Revolutionaries from Bourgeois Circles. Plekhanov, G. Chernyshevsky. Engels, F. T he Foreign Policy of Russian Tsarism. (Plekhanov, G.) The Centenary of the Great Revolution. By the same author. Domestic Review. New Books.
  13. Social-Democrat. Literary and Political Review. Book II. 1890. August.
    Contents: Engels, F. The Foreign Policy of Russian Tsarism. Plekhanov, G. Chernyshevsky. (Part II) Axelrod, P. The Political Role of Social Democracy and the Elections to the German Reichstag. Plekhanov, G. 1 May 1890. Ibid. Domestic Review. Ibid. French Justice and Russian Espionage.
  14. The Social Democrat. A Literary and Political Review. Book III. 1890. December.
    Contents: Plekhanov, G. The Russian Worker in the Revolutionary Movement. Zasulich, V. Literary Notes. Plekhanov, G. Chernyshevsky. Part III. Gedd, J. The Labour Movement in France since the Commune. Axelrod, P. The Political Role of Social Democracy and the Recent Elections to the German Reichstag. Plekhanov, G. Domestic Review. Ibid. Foreign Review. New Books. Obituary.
  15. The Social Democrat. Literary and Political Review. Book IV. 1892.
    Contents: Plekhanov, G. The Russian Worker in the Revolutionary Movement. Zasulich, V. Literary Notes. Plekhanov, G. Chernyshevsky (conclusion). Axelrod, P. The Political Role of Social Democracy and the Recent Elections to the German Reichstag (conclusion). Plekhanov, G. The All-Russian Ruin. Ibid. The Labour Movement in 1891. Bibliography. Obituary.
  16. Plekhanov, G. On the Tasks of Socialists in the Struggle against Famine in Russia. 1892.
  17. Engels, F. Ludwig Feuerbach. Translated, with a preface and notes by G. Plekhanov. 1892.
  18. Friedrich Engels on Russia: 1) Reply to P. I. Tkachev. 1875. 2) Afterword to it (1894). Translated from the German by V. Zasulich. 1894.
  19. Plekhanov, G. A New Campaign Against Russian Social Democracy. A Reply to the ‘Old Narodnik’ (E. Levit). 1897.
  20. Axelrod, P. On the Question of the Contemporary Tasks and Tactics of the Russian Social Democrats. 1898.
  21. Axelrod, P. The Historical Position and Mutual Relationship of Liberal and Socialist Democracy in Russia. 1898.
  22. Plekhanov, G. V.G. Belinsky. 1898.
  23. Axelrod, P. Letter to the editor of Rabocheye Delo. 1899.
  24. Announcement regarding the resumption of publications by the ‘Emancipation of Labour’ group. 1899.
  25. Plekhanov, G. Vademecum for the editorial board of ‘Rabochoye Delo’. 1900.
     

II. The Workers’ Library

  1. On the publication of the ‘Workers’ Library’. 15 September 1884.
  2. Axelrod, P. The Labour Movement and Social Democracy. 1885.
  3. Dickstein, S. Who Lives on What. With a preface and appendix by G. Plekhanov. 1885.
  4. Speech by P.A. Alekseev. With a foreword by G. Plekhanov. 1889.
  5. Zasulich, V. Varlen Before the Criminal Police Court. 1890.
  6. Plekhanov, G. The Annual International Workers’ Day, 1891.
  7. 1 May 1891. Address by the St Petersburg workers to N.V. Shelgunov. With a preface by G. Plekhanov. 1892.
  8. Axelrod, P. The Tasks of the Working-Class Intelligentsia. 1893.
  9. The Working Day. Adapted from the Polish. 1894.
  10. 11. 12. The Worker, a periodical collection: Nos. 1–2, 1896; Nos. 3–4, 1897; Nos. 5–6, 1899.
    The ‘Worker’ Leaflet, Nos. 1–8, 1896–1898.
     

III. The Social-Revolutionary Library

  1. Marx, K. and Engels, F. The Communist Manifesto. Translated and with a preface by G. Plekhanov. With a foreword by the authors to the Russian edition. 1882.
  2. Marx, K. Wage Labour and Capital. With two appendices. (Translated by L.G. Deich) 1883.

 


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