The Russian Revolution
Russia 1917 - how a revolution beat back a pandemic
How would a society that has had a revolution deal with pandemics? A glimpse comes from Russia in 1917. The working class, headed by the Bolshevik party, took power in a revolution there in October. Immediately, they had to deal with waves of disease sweeping large parts of Europe.
Mr Jones shows the horror of Stalin’s counter-revolution
A film about a journalist who uncovers famine in Ukraine could have fallen to smug pro-Westernism. But it has more to say
Alexandra Kollontai—fighting for liberation and freedom
This new Rebel’s Guide is a critical tool for understanding the struggle today, argues Gabby Thorpe
The Comintern - organising to fight for a global revolution
Revolutionaries formed the Comintern 100 years ago. Simon Basketter says this was a world-shaping event and that its activities still hold lessons for socialists today
A tradition of global solidarity
Some on the left argue that defending the EU is about the values of cooperation. But the history of international working class struggle is very different
The revolution didn’t have to lead to a new ruling class
The victory of Joseph Stalin’s counter revolution and the rise of a bureaucracy that exploited workers was not inevitable
Civil War laid the basis for the end of the Russian Revolution
27 November 2017The bloodshed of the civil war shows that the ruling class will do anything to stop revolution
Workers needed to seize power in 1917 or risk defeat
21 November 2017Some critics argue that the Russian Revolution was ‘premature’—but there was no time to lose
Posters and photos reignite the visions of Russia’s revolt in Red Star Over Russia
14 November 2017A new design exhibition in London gives a graphic illustration of the impact of revolution and counter-revolution in Russia after 1917, writes?Nadia Sayed
Celebrating the 1917 Russian Revolution - and debating the lessons for today
07 November 2017Hundreds of people marked the centenary of the Russian Revolution at the Celebrating 1917 conference in central London last Saturday.
1917 - when workers shook the world
31 October 2017The Russian Revolution of October 1917 is the most important event in human history. For centuries ordinary people had dreamed of a world without the rule of emperors, kings, generals and the rich. Some gave their lives fighting for such change.
How workers won in 1917
31 October 2017The Provisional Government assembled in the Winter Palace at 9pm on 25 October to “work out methods for the resolute and final liquidation of the Bolsheviks”.
The revolution was defeated - but it didn't have to be
31 October 2017Within a decade of the revolution a regime was taking shape in Russia that pushed back everything revolutionaries had fought for.
Billionaires are getting even richer
29 October 2017“It has been a good week for billionaires,” wrote the editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek in the Financial Times on Saturday.
The Russian Revolution was democratic. Holding it back was not
02 October 2017The October uprising had broad support from workers—unlike the parliamentary efforts to hold it back
Was there a parliamentary alternative to revolution?
26 September 2017Workers in revolt lost faith in the capitalist parliament—and looked towards a better system
Trotsky—the leader who armed the workers’ movement
19 September 2017Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was at the forefront of the 1917 Revolution
Workers in revolt needed newspapers of their own
12 September 2017Workers’ councils and political parties set up newspapers to counter the lies of the rich—and to organise the struggle against them in the Russian Revolution of 1917
How the shockwaves of the Russian Revolution spread across the world
05 September 2017News of revolution in Russia inspired workers to take action against their own rulers—and showed them they could win
Up in arms—how workers in Russia united in action to beat a coup
29 August 2017At the beginning of September 1917 the commander of the Russian Army, general Lavr Kornilov, tried to crush the revolution.
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