Russian Revolution 1917

All-Russian assembly of workers' councils, Petrograd 1917

All-Russian assembly of workers' councils, Petrograd 1917

Problems of friendship with Trotsky - Max Eastman

Based on his experience as Trotsky's biographer and literary collaborator, Eastman offers some insights into the man's personality and social…

Field Gun brought Against Kronstadt Naval Base

In Memory of the Kronstadt Revolt- Nestor Makhno

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The Idea of Equality and the Bolsheviks- Nestor Makhno

Eight years after the Russian Revolution rival leaders of the Bolshevik party attack the very idea…

Kronstadt 1917-21: The fate of a soviet democracy - Israel Getzler

This is the first major study of revolutionary Kronstadt to span the period from February 1917 to…

Chapter 1: My Liberation

Meeting of the Makhnovists

The Russian revolution in Ukraine (March 1917 - April 1918) - Nestor Makhno

Ukrainian anarcho-communist revolutionary Nestor Makhno's history of the revolution in Ukraine and…

From the Russian revolution of 1917 to Stalinist totalitarianism - Agustín Guillamón

A historical essay on the transition from Russian Revolution of the Soviets to bureaucratic…

The soviets: their origin, development and functions - Andreu Nin

An essay on the Soviets published in 1932 by the co-founder of the Spanish POUM, sympathetic to…

Democratic centralism in practice and idea: A critical evaluation

An exhaustive article by Scott Nappalos on the Leninist conception of 'democratic centralism'. In…

From theory to practice, taking a critical look at Leninism

Adam Weaver reviews Ron Taber's 1988 book, A Look At Leninism, which is available in PDF format here…

Bolsheviks shooting anarchists - Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman

Letter from Emma Goldman and Alex Berkman written to warn workers of the persecution of…

Animal Farm, a fairy story - George Orwell

Erroneously considered a damning of collectivism, Orwell's allegorical fantasy is a critique of the Bolshevist and Stalinist regimes set on a…