Rick Kuhn (born 18 September 1955) is an

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Marxian economist, political analyst and reader at the

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. He is best known for his biographical study on

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, for which he won the

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in 2007.

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of the

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Socialist Workers Party and editor of '' International Socialism'' described the biography as "a valuable addition to our theoretical armour." Kuhn is of

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origin and is a member of ''Jews Against Oppression and Occupation''.Israel the hijack state
''Socialist Alternative'', 106, 25 August 2006. Accessed: 3 July 2009. He was the convenor of ACTNOW, the umbrella

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organisation in Canberra, formed in response to the wars on

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and

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. He is also a long-term member of the

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organisation Socialist Alternative and was a founding editor of the online journal ''Marxist Interventions''. Kuhn has published articles in ''Socialist Alternative'', ''International Socialist Review'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and various academic journals and edited collections.Rick Kuhn: publications.
Accessed: 11 December 2011

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

External links

Rick Kuhn's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuhn, Rick 1955 births Living people Australian National University faculty Australian Trotskyists Marxist writers Deutscher Memorial Prize winners Labor historians