Kronstadt

[1921-2021] Kronstadt – Attempt to break off with the capitalist State in Russia

Submitted by Guerre de Classe on Dec 18 2021 12:03

It is exactly 100 years ago. On March 18th, 1921, the social power of the capitalist State painted in red in Russia crushed the proletarian revolt in Kronstadt.

https://www.autistici.org/tridnivalka/1921-2021-kronstadt-attempt-to-break-off-with-the-capitalist-state-in-russia/

Barricade Bulletin 13 - April/May 2021

Issue 13 of Barricade Bulletin, with articles on the struggle at Debenhams, further education college strikes in Northern Ireland, local councillors, repression against Spanish anarchist and tenants union organiser Ruyman Rodriguez, solidarity with the "Kill the Bill" movement, anarchists arrested in Barcelona, the 100th and 150th anniversaries of Kronstadt and the Paris Commune, anarcho-punks in the Philippines, a review of the Working Class History book, and resistance to police violence in Greece.

Who Were the Kronstadt Rebels? A Russian Anarchist Perspective on the Uprising

Submitted by R Totale on Mar 18 2021 13:40

A newly-translated article on the composition of the Kronstadt rebels, drawing on primary materials not available in English. This article by Andrey Kalyonov was translated by Bryan Gigantino and first published by Crimethinc.

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.

North American Anarchist Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1979/January 1980

Issue #2 of the North American Anarchist, with articles on direct action against the proposed Seabrook nuclear power plant, the Quebec independence movement, a controversial article on strip clubs, an unsuccessful organising campaign by tenants in Toronto, the outcome of the Iranian revolution, the Kamalla Miller case, anarchist feminist notes, psychiatry, reviews of a film about the IWW and a Trotskyist book about Kronstadt, the prison system, UAW contract negotiations, a police interrogation manual, Czechoslovakia after '68, a Papal visit and more.

Anarchy #02 1971

Second issue from the Second Series of Anarchy, published in March 1971 and focusses on the Kronstadt Revolt, Russian Anarchism and the Bolsheviks.

Leninism as Conservatism: The Russian Revolution and the Lessons of History

Just as it said today that people find it easier to envision the end of the world than the end of capitalism, so too, it seems, do some find it easier to envision the end of the world than their own subjective emotional attachment to objects of idol worship.