Democratic centralism, the Workers Opposition, clandestine opposition movements, the crisis in the party, Kronstadt and the end of the revolutionary period in Russia - Michel Olivier
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Sep 15 2014 22:50
A short essay on the left opposition in the Bolshevik Party in Russia from 1919 to 1927, focusing mostly on the Democratic Centralists and the Workers Opposition.
1919-1922: The Workers’ Opposition
Submitted by Ed on Sep 20 2007 16:49
A short history of a group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled against the increasing party bureaucracy and for trade union control over industry which, by 1922, had been forcibly disbanded by the party.
Medvedev, Sergei Pavlovich, 1885-1937
Submitted by Ed on Sep 6 2007 14:27
Story of the life of Bolshevik metal worker and member of the Workers' Opposition group, Sergei Medvedev, who, like many others who criticised his party's bureaucracy, was executed by the party he spent the majority of his life serving.
Kollontai, Alexandra, 1872-1952
Submitted by Ed on Sep 4 2007 17:47
Short biography of the Bolshevik feminist Alexandra Kollontai who played a crucial role in the Workers Opposition movement. The biography does not deal with Kollontai's support for the Bolsheviks against workers, so we have added two examples at the end of the text.
Women fighters in the days of the great October Revolution - Alexandra Kollontai
Submitted by Ed on Sep 4 2007 17:26
In this article, written in 1927 (well after the Bolshevik consolidation of power), Alexandra Kollontai describes the leading role in which women played in Russian Revolution of 1917. Though heavily Bolshevik in focus, it describes well the activity of working class women in the revolution.
International Women's Day - Alexandra Kollontai
Submitted by Ed on Sep 4 2007 17:13
First published in 1920, this essay traces the history of international women's day and its importance to working class struggle with particular focus on the 1917 Russian Revolution.
The Workers' Opposition - Alexandra Kollontai
Submitted by Ed on Sep 4 2007 13:48
Kollontai's pamphlet was one of the central theoretical works of the Workers' Opposition movement within the Bolshevik Party, arguing for increased union control of the economy and the debureaucratisation of the party hierarchy.
On the History of the Movement of Women Workers in Russia - Alexandra Kollontai
Submitted by Ed on Sep 4 2007 13:31
Written in 1919, Alexandra Kollontai's essay looks at the role of working class women in the history of Russian radicalism with particular focus on the 1905 revolution.
Shliapnikov, Alexander, 1885-1937
Submitted by Ed on Sep 4 2007 13:07
Biography of working class Bolshevik, Alexander Shliapnikov, active in the Workers' Opposition movement who was eventually purged from the party and executed for his activities.
Appeal of the 22 - Alexander Shliapnikov
Submitted by Ed on Sep 3 2007 13:26
Appeal by members of the Workers' Opposition group for support against Bolshevik forces trying to silence their dissent within the party. Distributed at the Eleventh Russian Communist Party Congress in 1922.
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