The Kronstadt Revolt: One Hundred Years of Counter-Revolution
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 2 2021 10:37
Little noticed at the time, few events in working class history have provoked so much emotional response, or have led to so many myths down the years, as the revolt at the Kronstadt naval base in Russia. At a distance of a century we can appreciate just how tragic and significant it was.
Balance sheet of a revolution / Bilan d'une révolution
As one of the major works of the communist left, Bilan d'une révolution covers the undistorted reality of the great and tragic October revolution, the various false interpretations that still surround it, as well as the development of the Russian economy up until the 1960s and, in much detail, its capitalist character.
Balance sheet of a revolution (Bilan d’une révolution) - Part III: The Soviet economy after October
In its last chapter, the balance sheet of the 1917 revolution examines the development of the Russian economy from the New Economic Policy of the early 1920s, through Stalin’s struggles against the Marxist left and Marxist right of the Bolshevik Party, up to the late 1960s.
Balance sheet of a revolution (Bilan d’une révolution) - Part II: False lessons about the counter‑revolution in Russia
Much has been written about the Stalinist counter-revolution, most of it is wrong.
This chapter of Bilan takes on those false interpretations espoused by Anarchists, Social Democrats, Trotskyists, and the like, all while also examining the deep disconnect between Trotsky and his disciples.
Balance sheet of a revolution (Bilan d’une révolution) - Part I: The great lessons of October 1917
A historical analysis and balance sheet of the October Revolution from the perspective of invariant communism, showing what lessons to learn from its victory and fall, and what foundation a future proletarian movement must base itself upon.
Torgasheva, Tatiana Tikhonovna (1885-1919)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 9 2020 19:44
A short biography of Tatiana Torgasheva, fighter for women's liberation, Bolshevik then anarchist communist
Piven, Dimitri (1885-1970)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jun 6 2020 10:25
A short biography of anarchist communist Dimitri Piven, who shared a prison cell with Makhno.
The Two Octobers - Peter Arshinov/Piotr Archinov
Peter Arshinov's short history of the Russian Revolution. First published in English by the Organisation of Revolutionary Anarchists as part of Libertarian Communist Review #1, then made available online at the struggle.ws website.
What's the System? Review of an Angry Workers Pamphlet
Submitted by Internationalis... on Mar 27 2020 14:06
The Angry Workers of the World (AWW), a group based in West London which publishes the irregular workplace bulletin WorkersWildWest, has released a pamphlet collecting their articles on history, crisis, and revolution. We want a new society – and don’t we need it! seeks to explain in a straightforward manner how the current system emerged and how a new society can replace it.
Esperanto; in the Ups and Downs of Moscow Linguistics and Politics
A series of articles from the journal Amerika Esperantisto, concerning the history of Esperanto and linguistics in the Soviet Union. Written in 1957
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