revolutions

The German Revolution - Paul Mattick

Ed — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:09:57 +0000

Contrary to Bolshevik expectations, the Russian Revolution remained a national revolution. Its international repercussions involved no more than a growing demand for the ending of the war. The Bolsheviks’ call for an immediate peace without annexations and reparations found a positive response among the soldiers and workers in the Western nations.

The Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919: The Forgotten Revolution - Alan Woods

catch — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:14:25 +0000

November 12, 1979

Hungary '56 - Nick Heath

catch — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:33:07 +0000

IT IS NOT out of love for nostalgia that we are commemorating the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Hungary '56 was a prime example of the working class itself reaching for power: doubly significant, it took place in one of the mythical 'workers' states'.

1917: The Proletariat's Democratic Revolution in Finland

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:35:06 +0000

Sacrificed by the Bolsheviks at the negotiating table as they agreed the Brest-Litovsk treaty with international capital ("The revolution will not be lost simply because we will be giving the Germans Finland, Latvia and Estonia" - Lenin, Collected Works, Vol. 26, pp.

The Hungarian Revolution: 1956

catch — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:14:55 +0000

Details are included from Columbia University Research Project interviews with participants which are a nice complement to the information in our other Hungary '56 articles.

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For a short history, we recommend our article The Hungarian Uprising, 1956 on libcom.org/history.

Gasping from out the Shallows: Reflections on revolution in the early twenty-first century

catch — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:47:55 +0000

Gasping from out the Shallows
Reflections on revolution in the early twenty-first century

By Wayne Spencer

1890-1924: Anarchism in Hungary

Steven. — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:09:44 +0000

In reaction to the pedestrian Hungarian Social-Democratic Party, founded in 1890, which constantly appealed to the bourgeoisie, often forming alliances with its progressive elements, emerged a far more radical anarchist current. Count Ervin Batthany became friends with Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin whilst in London.

1867-2000: A people’s history of Mexico

Steven. — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:10:04 +0000

The Revolution was the period which saw the Mexican state begin its transformation from an oligarchical-landowners' government to the one-party corporatist model which survived for so long

1944-1989: The coup and US intervention in Guatemala

Steven. — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:48:23 +0000

Making Guatemala a killing field

1978-1979: The Iranian Revolution

Ed — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:05:20 +0000

Following the success of the revolution, the Islamists instituted a theocratic dictatorship and wiped out the workers' movement and the left.