Russia
Anarchists and the Second Chechen War
Situation in Northern Caucasus and Libertarian reaction
This article was published in Avtonom #30 in December 2008, whole issue is
available in PDF format here: http://www.avtonom.org/node/1821. English
translation was originally published in Abolishing the Borders from Below
#35.
It is of little doubt that the total failure of any attempts to oppose the Second Chechen War was the most bitter defeat of the Russian anarchist movement during the past decade.
Peasant Women's Protest during Collectivization by Lynne Viola
Women's riots against collectivization in Stalin's Russia.
Labor Discipline and the Decline of the Soviet System - Don Filtzer
The issue of labor discipline lay at the very heart of the antagonistic relationship between the Soviet elite and its work force. Soviet industry was plagued with high labor turnover, absenteeism, heavy drinking, and slow work. Don Filtzer explains how this encouraged the system's eventual collapse.
Another look at the organisation question
The following text was published in 1982, over the name “Cormack”. It is an attempt to draw lessons from the Bolshevik experience, not only for the abstract “theory of the party”, but also for the concrete problems of communist organisation we face in the here and now, when any emergence of anything you might call a revolutionary party is far, far over the horizon.
The article was written by a member of the Communist Bulletin Group, a group which had split with the British section of the International Communist Current. The article is therefore framed in part as a critique of the ICC and, tangentially, the Communist Workers Organisation, another group in the “left communist” milieu.
Introduction
Subsistence Riots in Russia during World War I - Barbara Engel
Article on food riots, mostly by women, during World War I which helped spark the Russian revolution.
Russia pre-1917 - further reading guide
libcom's guide to further reading on Russia before 1917, including the Russian revolution of 1905.
1905 - Trotsky
My Life - Trotsky
The Prophet Unarmed - Deutscher (bio. of Trotsky)
Lenin, Vol. 1,2 - T. Cliff
Roots of Rebellion – Bonnell
The Russian Worker – Bonnell
Moscow, 1905 – L. Engelstein
The Russian Revolution of 1905 – Schwarz
The Making of a Workers’ Revolution: Russian Social Democracy - Wildman
Collected Works of Lenin, Vol. 1-23
On The Eve of 1917 - A. Shlyapnikov
Day of solidarity with Russian antifascists
Year and two days ago, human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and
anarchist journalist of Novaya Gazeta, Anastasia Baburova were shot in
cold blood in center of Moscow.
Sad anniversary two days ago, 19th of January, became biggest
manifestation of solidarity with Russian anti-fascists ever – actions
were organised in more than 30 cities in Russia and around the world.
For photos and working links, go to original at
https://avtonom.org/en/node/6967
Russian anarchists back arrested anti-war soldier at British embassy
Russian anarchists illustrated a growing international awareness of the case of arrested anti-war soldier Joe Glention on January 15 by picketing in solidarity outside the British embassy in Moscow.
Activists from the Autonomous Action, which is active in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, were aiming to gather support for Joe Glenton under the banner "It's better to be deserter, than to be killer."
Car industry disputes, 2005
Short roundups of various workers' struggles in the global automobile industry by Prol-Position in 2005.
Update on Car Industry: More strikes
Bolshevik Razverstka and War Communism
Lars T. Lih on the Bolshevik policies of war communism and what they meant for workers and peasants.
