Lenin and workers' control - Tom Brown A pamphlet by Tom Brown of the Syndicalist Workers' Federation (an early predecessor to today's Solidarity Federation) on Lenin and his contempt…
The Hungarian workers' revolution A pamphlet by the Syndicalist Workers' Federation on the Hungarian revolution of 1956. Originally published in '57, this is the revised second…
An ambiguous journey: Ante Ciliga (1898-1992) - Philippe Bourrinet This is a well-researched obituary of Ante Ciliga, the Yugoslav communist who wrote the wonderful…
Nestor Makhno in the Russian civil war Early 1980s British perspective about Makhno and the Makhnovists, this is a sympathetic examination of their tactics and activity.
The women's question: A case study of the Russian Revolution A libertarian socialist analysis of Women's roles in the Russian Revolution, critiquing Lenin and…
The West Siberian uprising, 1921-1922 A short account of the West Siberian uprising against the Bolsheviks.
The German war economy and state socialism - Robert Kurz In this excerpt from his book, The Collapse of Modernization (1991), Robert Kurz discusses the role…
The IWW and the Profintern The exchange between the USSR directed Red International of Labour Unions (a.k.a. the Profintern) and the IWW.
Strikes against Stalin in 1930s Russia - Jeffrey Rossman A detailed account and analysis of the Teikovo cotton workers' strike of April 1932, examining class…
The Cold War as a System - Michael Cox Many leftists saw the Cold War as a genuine clash between Soviet 'Socialism' and Western capitalism. Michael Cox, however, shows how Soviet…
The Makhnovists and the Mennonites: war and peace in the Ukrainian Revolution This is a story about massacres that occurred in Southern Ukraine between 26th October and 7th…
The Soviet Union versus socialism - Noam Chomsky In this article, which was written close to the end of the cold war, Noam Chomsky argues against the association of socialism with Bolshevism.
