The red Jacobins: Thermidor and the Russian revolution in 1921 Stalin was the gravedigger of the Russian Revolution, as conscious agent of the bureaucratic elite…
Stalin: why and how - Boris Souvarine Souvarine describes Stalin's path of ascent to power as master of Party and state.
Spartakism to National Bolshevism - the KPD 1918-24 - Solidarity An account of the emergence of the KPD (The German Communist Party) in the early days of the German…
Rapprochement; how the Bolsheviks came to love capitalists - EH Carr In this short excerpt Carr describes the speedy development of close links between the young…
Trotsky, the Left Opposition and the Rise of Stalinism: Theory and Practice - John Eric Marot Through a critical examination of the limits of SWP guru Tony Cliff's analysis,…
1919-1922: The Workers’ Opposition A short history of a group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled against the increasing party bureaucracy and for trade union control…
Counter-revolution and the Soviet Union - Gregori Maximov Short essay by famous Russian anarchist, Gregori Maximov, on the defeat of the 1917 revolution by…
Medvedev, Sergei Pavlovich, 1885-1937 Story of the life of Bolshevik metal worker and member of the Workers' Opposition group, Sergei Medvedev, who, like many others who criticised…
Kollontai, Alexandra, 1872-1952 Short biography of the Bolshevik feminist Alexandra Kollontai who played a crucial role in the Workers Opposition movement. The biography does…
Women fighters in the days of the great October Revolution - Alexandra Kollontai In this article, written in 1927 (well after the Bolshevik consolidation of power), Alexandra…
International Women's Day - Alexandra Kollontai First published in 1920, this essay traces the history of international women's day and its importance to working class struggle with particular…
The Workers' Opposition - Alexandra Kollontai Kollontai's pamphlet was one of the central theoretical works of the Workers' Opposition movement within the Bolshevik Party, arguing for…
