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Join us for a discussion of Otto Bauer\u2019s magisterial work, The Austrian Revolution.\n\nAustro-Marxism is best known for its municipal-policy reforms symbolized by \u2018Red Vienna\u2019\u2015a vital part of the left\u2019s intellectual and historical heritage. Otto Bauer\u2019s book, available in English for the first time, tells the story of the Austrian Revolution with all the immediacy of a central participant, and all the insight of a brilliant and original theorist.\n\nThis book charts the disintegration of Austria-Hungary\u2019s multinational empire and the revolutionary wave that led to short-lived council republics in Hungary and Bavaria. Along with a chronology of these revolutionary events, Bauer sets out his original views on the socialist transformation of capitalist society. His ideas are relevant to a multitude of contemporary strategies and movements, including Right to the City initiatives and the experiences of progressive municipal governments, making his work a crucial resource for the left today.\n\nOrder a copy of the book: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1480-the-austrian-revolution\n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSpeakers:\n\nHilary Wainwright is a British sociologist, political activist and socialist feminist. She is a founding editor of Red Pepper magazine.\n\nMike Davis is the author of City of Quartz, Late Victorian Holocausts, Buda\u2019s Wagon, and Planet of Slums. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award.\n\nWalter Baier is a Vienna based economist and co-ordinator of the network transform! europe. He was National Chairman of the Communist Party of Austria (KP\xd6) from 1994 to 2006.\n\nDunja Larise (moderator) lectures on political theory and empirical studies of international politics. She holds a PhD in political theory from the University of Vienna.\n\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/BAB4i2Fwt5U\n\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\n\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks