Rick Kuhn Explained
Rick Kuhn (born 18 September 1955) is an Australian Marxian economist, political analyst and reader at the Australian National University in Canberra.[1] [2] He is best known for his biographical study on Henryk Grossman, for which he won the Deutscher Memorial Prize in 2007.[3] Chris Harman of the British Socialist Workers Party and editor of International Socialism described the biography as "a valuable addition to our theoretical armour."[4] Kuhn is of Jewish origin and is a member of Jews Against Oppression and Occupation.[5] He was the convenor of ACTNOW, the umbrella anti-war organisation in Canberra, formed in response to the wars on Afghanistan[6] and Iraq.[7] He is also a long-term member of the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative[8] and was a founding editor of the online journal Marxist Interventions.[9] Kuhn has published articles in Socialist Alternative, International Socialist Review,[10] Socialist Worker,[11] New Matilda,[12] Monthly Review,[13] ZNet,[14] The Canberra Times[15] and various academic journals and edited collections.[16]
Selected books
- Labor's Conflict: Big Business, Workers and the Politics of Class, (with Tom Bramble), Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2010.
- Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2007.
- Class and Struggle in Australia, (edited) Pearson Education Australia, Melbourne, 2005.
- Class & Class Conflict in Australia, (edited with Tom O'Lincoln) Longman Australia, Melbourne, 1996.
References
- http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/rick/cv.htm Rick Kuhn: curriculum vitae
- http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/15062009/323/australian-unions-boost-campaign-against-rudd-laws.html Australian unions boost campaign against Rudd laws
- http://www.deutscherprize.org.uk/ Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism
- http://www.isj.org.uk/index.php4?id=322&issue=114 Forgotten treasure: a new biography of Grossman
- http://www.sa.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=156&Itemid=106 Israel the hijack state
- http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/24018 Outrage at police spying on anti-war protest
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200302/s785241.htm Thousands protest against looming Iraq action
- http://monthlyreview.org/mrzine/kb020507.html The Music of Industrial Relations and the Reality of the Australian Labor Party
- http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/mi/1/1.htm Marxist interventions 1, 2009
- http://www.isreview.org/issues/68/feat-grossman.shtml Economic crisis and the responsibility of socialists
- http://socialistworker.org/2007-2/655/655_06_Howard.shtml Bush ally goes down in Australian election
- https://newmatilda.com/2010/12/06/labor-myths-making Labor Myths In The Making
- http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2008/kuhn080208.html Class and Inflation in Australia
- http://www.zcommunications.org/the-things-that-divided-us-by-rick-kuhn The things that divided us
- http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/wage-earners-shoulder-big-burden-in-inflation-fight/132892.aspx Wage earners shoulder big burden in inflation fight
- http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/rick/pub.htm Rick Kuhn: publications.
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