Donny Gluckstein

Donny Gluckstein (born 1954) is a British historian at Edinburgh College. He went to the University of Warwick in 1974 and graduated in history.

The son of Tony Cliff and Chanie Rosenberg, he is the author of numerous books and articles. In 2013 his book A People's History of the Second World War was shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award. His cousin is the filmmaker and crossbench peer Beeban Kidron, Baroness Kidron, through his mother's brother, Michael Kidron.

Selected works The Western Soviets: Workers' Councils versus Parliament, 1915-20 (London: Bookmarks: 1985). Marxism and Trade Union Struggle: The General Strike of 1926 (co-authored with Tony Cliff) (London: Bookmarks, 1986). The Labour Party: A Marxist history (coauthored with Tony Cliff) (London: Bookmarks: 1988/1996). The Tragedy of Bukharin (London: Pluto, 1994). The Nazis, Capitalism and the Working Class (London: Bookmarks, 1999, and Chicago: Haymarket, 2012). The Paris Commune: A Revolution in Democracy (London: Bookmarks: 2006, and Chicago: Haymarket, 2011). A People's History of the Second World War: Resistance versus Empire (London: Pluto, 2012). Fighting on all fronts: Popular Resistance in the Second World War (editor) (London: Bookmarks: 2015). Hegel and Revolution (co-authored with Terry Sullivan) (London: Bookmarks, 2020). The Radical Jewish Tradition: Revolutionaries, Resistance Fighters and Firebrands (co-authored with Janey Stone) (London: Bookmarks, 2024).