Adam Lewis Buick (born 6 January 1944) is a prominent

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. Buick was born in Newport,

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and graduated from the

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. He joined the

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in 1962 and since then has been one of its most active members. He is a frequent public speaker for the Party, and as of 2007 is the all-time second-most prolific contributor to the ''

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''. Buick served as the Party's General Secretary from 1993 to 1995. Buick's writings on socialist theory have been widely referenced and critiqued in the

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press and in scholarly journals.

Selected bibliography

*Jerome, W. and Adam Buick. "Soviet State Capitalism? The History of an Idea". ''Survey: A Journal of Soviet and East European Studies'', No. 62, January 1967, pp. 58–71. *Buick, Adam. "Proletarian Self-emancipation". ''Radical Philosophy'' No. 7, Spring 1974. *Buick, Adam. "Joseph Dietzgen". ''Radical Philosophy'' No. 10, Spring 1975. *Buick, Adam. "The Irish Question: A Socialist Analysis". ''Wereldsocialisme'' 1976. * Pannekoek, Anton. "The theory of the collapse of capitalism". Transl. Adam Buick. ''Capital and Class'' No. 1, Spring 1977. *Buick, Adam. "Bordigism". In Rubel, Maximilien and John Crump, eds., ''Non-market Socialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries''. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1987. (cased); (paperback). *Buick, Adam and John Crump. ''State Capitalism: The Wages System Under New Management''. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan, 1986. (hardcover); (paperback). *Buick, Adam in Coleman, Stephen ''William Morris and News from Nowhere: A Vision for Our Time''. Green Books, August 1991. . * * *Buick, Adam in Nelson, Anitra ''Life Without Money: Building Fair and Sustainable Economies''. Pluto Press, 2011. .

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