Lessons of the counterrevolutions - Amadeo Bordiga A 1953 text in which Amadeo Bordiga examines the lessons of counterrevolutions from the defeat of Spartacus to the Battle of Legnano in 1176 and…
The theorization of historical experiences - Agustín Guillamón A critique of Roi Ferreiro’s critique of Andrés Devesa’s essay on the Spanish civil war and…
Spain, 1936: the exorcism of the ghost of the revolution - Andrés Devesa A brief 2006 essay on the topic of the “domestication of memory” perpetrated by the mainstream…
Theses on the Spanish Civil War and the revolutionary situation created on July 19, 1936 - BALANCE (Agustín Guillamón) A 2001 text summarizing the results of the research carried out by Agustín…
Amadeo Bordiga and the myth of Antonio Gramsci - John Chiaradia Useful article about the relationship between Bordiga and Gramsci and the stalinisation of the…
Interview with José Peirats – Josep Alemany A complete transcript of a 1977 interview with José Peirats, in which the Spanish historian and former militant of the CNT and FAI reminisces…
Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler Darkness at Noon dramatises the Moscow show trials and the elimination of the Bolshevik old guard by "No.1" In the Fatherland of Revolution. Told…
The case of comrade Tulayev - Victor Serge Masterful fictionalisation of the purges and how they affected the various character types in the political upheaval of Stalinist Russia.
Hungarian Tragedy - Peter Fryer A first hand account of the Hungarian Revolution and its crushing by the Soviet intervention. Peter Fryer was correspondent for the Daily Worker …
Soviet Union, China and other Stalinisms - reading guide Further reading guide about "state socialist" countries. Unlike many books on Stalinist societies,…
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…
