1920s
Bolshevik Opposition to Lenin: G. T. Miasnikov and the Workers' Group - Paul Avrich
Paul Avrich's article from 1984 about G.T. Miasnikov and the Workers' Group
Bolshevik Opposition to Lenin:
G. T. Miasnikov and the Workers' Group
Paul Avrich
(RUSSIAN REVIEW, Vol. 43, 1984 pp. 1-29)
Beyond Kronstadt - the Bolsheviks in Power - "MK"
"MK" analyses the Russian Revolution, attempting a broader critical analysis than the usual back and forth over Kronstadt, including the arguments within the Bolshevik party between Lennin and the "left-communists", and the demise of the factory committees.
Beyond Kronstadt - the Bolsheviks in power
"MK"
An understanding of the Russian revolution is vital for any understanding of why the left failed in the 20th century. Yet most discussion amongst revolutionaries never goes beyond the usual argument about the Kronstadt rebellion.
Anarchists in the Russian Revolution - Paul Avrich
The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution, Paul Avrich. We present this in PDF format (270kb) but hope to convert it to text in the near future.
Russian Anarchists and the Civil War - Paul Avrich
Paul Avrich discusses the position of anarchists during the Civil War in Russia, including Makhno in the Ukraine and the repression of anarchists in Russia itself.
Russian Anarchists and the Civil War
Paul Avrich
from Russian Review, Volume 27, Issue 3 (Jul., 1968), 296-306.
1920s: Communism vs. Reforms: Mistakes of the Communist Party in Ireland
Pankhurst exposes the reactionary role of the Communist Party of Ireland and gives some background information on the Limerick and Cork soviets.
Online version by http://www.af-north.org
From "Workers' Voice", Liverpool, 1974
To All Peasants and Workers of the Ukraine
A message from the Makhnovist army to the people of the Ukraine, written 7 January 1920.
To be transmitted by telegraph, telephone, or post to all villages, townships, districts, and provinces of the Ukraine. To be read in village assemblies, factories, and workshops.
The Bolsheviks and workers' control: the state and counter-revolution - Maurice Brinton
A remarkable pamphlet by Maurice Brinton exposing the struggle that took place over the running of workplaces between workers and the new state in the Russian Revolution.
In doing so not only does it demolish the romantic Leninist 'history' of the relationship between the working class and their party during these years (1917 - 21) but it also provides a backbone to understanding why the Russian revolution failed in the way it did.
The Kronstadt Uprising of 1921 - Ida Mett
Ida Mett's history of the Kronstadt uprising highlights one of the most important yet neglected events of the Russian Revolution.
The suppression of the most revolutionary section of the Navy by the Bolsheviks was the final blow to any hope of a genuine revolution based on democratic workers' control. Mett dispels many of the contemporary mistruths put forward by Bolshevik propagandists and includes a number of original sources from the commune.
THE KRONSTADT UPRISING 1921
by Ida Mett
