The Russian Revolution

Ilmensky nature reserve, founded as a zapovednik in 1920 (Photo: WikipediaCommons)
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The start of a truly Marxist ecology

Revolutions can liberate not only humankind, but nature as well
18 August 2026
Saint Petersburg in 1917 (Picture: George Shuklin / Museum of Political History of Russia)
In Depth

How workers can become revolutionary

How do ideas change?
06 February 2026
The history of revolutions proves that the transformation of society is possible only when ­workers themselves take control
In Depth

What do we mean by socialism from below?

The history of revolutions proves that the transformation of society is possible only when ­workers themselves take control
19 October 2025
The development of medicine is held back by the straitjacket of profit (Photo: WikipediaCommons)
Reviews & Culture

How Big Pharma profits from sick capitalism

The development of medicine is held back by the straitjacket of profit
22 September 2025
Large group of people gather for a strike at the Gdansk shipyard, an uprising discussed in the book Revolutions Thwarted
In Depth

Revolutions Thwarted—why do revolutions win or fail?

A vital read for activists today
22 August 2025
The Battle of Cable Street in east London
Reviews & Culture

How anti-fascists beat the Blackshirts in the 1930s

Plus reviews of Grenfell Uncovered and Ten Years That Shook The World
12 July 2025
Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai
In Depth

Alexandra Kollontai and Larisa Reisner: a tale of hope, solidarity and revolution

Understanding two great revolutionaries
26 June 2025
Black Lives matter protest
In Depth

‘A glimpse of a communist future’: interview with author Jasper Bernes

A history of workers' councils
09 June 2025
Mass meeting of hundreds of people
Teach Yourself Marxism

What is a socialist revolution?

Socialists have to fight for revolutionary politics
17 May 2025
The key line from Animal Farm that shows the revolution's hijacking
Reviews & Culture

Animal Farm: When some are more equal than others

A new adaptation is on now
15 February 2025
Big crowd of people in a congress hall with caption explaining it is the congress of the peoples of the east
Environment

Baku—centre of fossil fuel capitalism and revolution

Climate talks take place in centre of the Russian Revolution
04 November 2024
Rosa Luxemburg (right) with German revolutionary Clara Zeitkin
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Rosa Luxemburg’s writings from ‘the midst of the storm’

Rosa Luxemburg's writings from 1910-19
22 September 2024
In Depth

The Left Opposition—Bolsheviks who defied Stalinism

Socialism from below is possible
09 October 2023
Marxism festival SWP
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Thousands debate the way to beat capitalism

Activists discussed the struggle
04 July 2023
Russian Revolution 1917
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The Russian Revolution and LGBT+ liberation

Oppression was challenged in Russia 1917
03 July 2023
Norilsk Stalin Stalinist
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Norilsk 1953 —when prisoners took on the Stalinist state

16,000 struck
22 May 2023
Russian Revolution gave a glimpse of how we can uproot women’s oppression
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Revolutionary childcare shows what’s possible

How we can transform society
25 April 2023
Dozens of young people hold a sign saying 'Hands of workers' Russia'
In Depth

1920—when workers said ‘Hands off Russia’

Solidarity for the 1917 revolution
20 September 2022
Petrograd Soviet in 1917
In Depth

Why is workers’ democracy crucial?

Self-activity is key
11 September 2022
Reviews & Culture

Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921— a warped narrative

Anthony Beevor denounces the Bolsheviks
27 August 2022
Long Reads

‘Something for every revolutionary’—review of Enzo Traverso’s Revolution: an intellectual history

Talking about revolutions
17 August 2022
A group of women with flags and banners on a solidarity protest with Sudan
Long Reads

All power to Sudan’s resistance committees?

How can people take state power
08 January 2022
Struggles to tear out the roots of sexism
In Depth

Struggles to tear out the roots of sexism

United class struggle can undermine sexism and offer hope of liberation. But that doesn't mean sidelining the battle against oppression, writes Isabel Ringrose
23 March 2021
Does the Egyptian revolutionary spark live on?
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Does the Egyptian revolutionary spark live on?

After the defeat of a revolution, there are always three reactions.
15 March 2021