Albert Szymanski (1941-1985)

Albert Szymanski (1941-1985) was a sociology professor teaching at the University of Oregon. He has written many articles and books in the finest Marxist tradition.

His books include:

• Human Rights: The USA and the USSR Compared – Lawrence Hill, 1984.
• Class struggle in socialist Poland: with comparisons to Yugoslavia – Praeger (New York), 1984.
• Human rights in the Soviet Union – Zed Books (London), 1984.
• Class Structure: A Critical Perspective – Praeger (New York), 1983.
• The logic of imperialism – Praeger (New York), 1981.
• Is the red flag flying: the political economy of the Soviet Union – Zed Press, (London), 1979.
• Sociology: class, consciousness, and contradictions – Van Nostrand (New York), 1979.
• The capitalist state and the politics of class – Winthrop Publishers, 1978.

Articles

• The Soviet Union: socialist or social-imperialist? May, 1983.
• The Health Crisis in the USSR: An Exchange Nov. 1981.
• Dependence, Exploitation and Economic Growth (1974).

Audio

• Capitalist Ruling Class and Socialism

Memories

• Albert Szymanski: A Personal and Political Memoir by Ted Goertzel