Rick Kuhn

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,^[5] 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]

Rick Kuhn
Born	(1955-09-18) 18 September 1955 (age 69)
Nationality	Australian
Academic career
Field	Politics and international relations
Institution	Australian National University
School or tradition	Marxian economics
Influences	Marx  · Engels  · Lenin  · Luxemburg  · Trotsky  · Cliff  · Grossman  · Lukács
Awards	Deutscher Memorial Prize

Selected books

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• 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

1. Rick Kuhn: curriculum vitae Australian National University. Accessed: 2 July 2009.
2. Australian unions boost campaign against Rudd laws Reuters, 15 June 2009. Accessed: 3 July 2009.
3. Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism The Deutscher Prize Web Site. Accessed: 3 July 2009.
4. Forgotten treasure: a new biography of Grossman International Socialism, Issue: 114, 10 April 2007. Accessed: 2 September 2010.
5. Israel the hijack state Socialist Alternative, 106, 25 August 2006. Accessed: 3 July 2009.
6. Outrage at police spying on anti-war protest Green Left Weekly, 24 October 2001. Accessed: 2 September 2010.
7. Thousands protest against looming Iraq action ABC News, 15 February 2003. Accessed: 2 September 2010.
8. The Music of Industrial Relations and the Reality of the Australian Labor Party MRZine, 2 May 2007. Accessed: 2 July 2009.
9. Marxist interventions 1, 2009 Marxist interventions, 2009. Accessed: 3 July 2009.
10. Economic crisis and the responsibility of socialists International Socialist Review, Issue 68, November–December 2009. Accessed: 17 February 2010.
11. Bush ally goes down in Australian election Socialist Worker, 7 December 2007. Accessed: 17 February 2010.
12. Labor Myths In The Making New Matilda, 6 December 2010. Accessed: 21 November 2013.
13. Class and Inflation in Australia Monthly Review, 2 August 2008. Accessed: 17 February 2010.
14. The things that divided us Archived 30 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine ZNet, 9 May 2005. Accessed: 17 February 2010.
15. Wage earners shoulder big burden in inflation fight The Canberra Times, 8 February 2008. Accessed: 17 February 2010
16. Rick Kuhn: publications. Accessed: 11 December 2011

External links

• Rick Kuhn's website

Awards
Preceded by Chris Wickham	Deutscher Memorial Prize 2007	Succeeded by Kees van der Pijl