Albert is co-creator of Znet (the most important leftist website on earth) and SouthEnd Press, a radical book press. This book was an important step in Albert developing the idea of Parecon (participatory economics).
This is not an often-read book judging by the amount of members with the book. This book is however very important as it is a devastating critique of Marxism-Leninism. Lenin especially. It is a bit weak on Mao, but considering when it was written (1975), that is understandable.
An excellent bibliography: it covers the Russian Revolution, Marxism-Leninism, the Chinese Revolution, Maoism, Anarchism, the New Left, and is admirably concerned with forming a new ideology and exploring the oft-neglected psychological side of leftist politics.

Read this neglected book. If you can't get your hands on one, it is online on the Znet website. ( )