Living in the shadow of Stalinism - Donald Parkinson Communists today must grapple with the difficult realities of the USSR, a society where capitalism didn’t operate but working class rule was…
Russia and Ukraine: history called up on national service The Russian and Ukrainian elites are mobilising, and misrepresenting, history, to justify each side…
Revolution and counterrevolution under colonial rule: And now? – Ngo Van Xuyet The last chapter of Ngo Van’s book, Revolution and Counterrevolution under Colonial Rule, first…
Stalinism without Stalin An article from Views & Comments, the publication of the Libertarian League, about the Independent Socialist League's analysis of the Soviet Union after Stalin's death.
The Russian Enigma - Ante Ciliga Originally written in 1936-37 and published in Paris, 1938 under the title "Au Pays du Grand Mensonge". The first part of his account of his time…
A hundred year war - Ngo Van Xuyet In this two-part talk given in 2001 in Paris, Ngo Van Xuyet introduces his two books about Vietnam (Viêt-nam 1920-1945: révolution et contre…
Samuel Kaplan: another mysterious disappearance in Spain A short account of the fate of the Lithuanian anarchist Samuel Kaplan, who fought with the Durruti…
The mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner (1912-1938) A short account of the life and mysterious death of Alwyn Skinner, International Brigade volunteer
In the crossfire: adventures of a Vietnamese revolutionary - Ngo Van Xuyet Ngo Van Xuyet's accounts of class struggle in Vietnam before the rise of Ho Chi Minh and the US…
Students for a Stalinist Society - James W. Cain A 1969 article about the dominance and factional fights of various Stalinist sects within Students For A Democratic Society.
The historical significance of the POUM - Wilebaldo Solano In this text based on a presentation delivered in 1985 at a conference on the POUM held in Madrid,…
State capitalism in Russia - Murray Bookchin Murray Bookchin's critique of the USSR's economy as state capitalist. Published in Contemporary Issues 7, Autumn 1950 (under pseudonym M. S…
