Russian Revolution centenary
29 August 2017
At the beginning of September 1917 the commander of the Russian Army, general Lavr Kornilov, tried to crush the revolution.
22 August 2017
Ideas can change fast in a revolution, as ordinary people start to take control of their own lives and the world around them
11 August 2017
Fearing that they would also be toppled, ruling classes across the world organised to crush the Russian Revolution of 1917
08 August 2017
The ruling class won’t allow a socialist society to develop, so workers need their own instruments of class rule
08 August 2017
Russia’s revolution showed there can be no women’s liberation without socialism, and no socialism without women’s liberation
28 July 2017
After revolution overthrew Russia’s ruling Tsars, a lucrative industry grew around relics of the old regime
17 July 2017
The question of how the revolutionary party relates to all groups in society remains relevant for the struggle today
11 July 2017
In July 1917 frustration at the Provisional Government led to soldiers’ and workers’ protests that were violently put down
04 July 2017
For the rights of LGBT+ people and women, revolutionary Russia was decades ahead of its time—and shows what is possible when workers unite
27 June 2017
The Bolsheviks backed national rights for oppressed groups as a way of overcoming ‘Greater Russian chauvinism’
20 June 2017
Beginning in the capital Petrograd, the revolution quickly convulsed the vast Russian empire in struggles
20 June 2017
It’s a myth that the Bolsheviks were repressive dictators. Open debate was central to their revolutionary method
06 June 2017
Alexander Kerensky started out on the side of the revolution but betrayed workers’ and soldiers’ demands for an end to the war
30 May 2017
Working class sailors in the Baltic Fleet were the revolution’s powerhouse—and later the victims of its isolation and decline
23 May 2017
Most of the media and mainstream politicians don’t think much of ordinary people.
16 May 2017
War and hunger sparked the Russian Revolution in 1917, but will only such desperate conditions lead to a revolution?
02 May 2017
The British Library’s new Russian Revolution exhibition has some fantastic artefacts but a poor conclusion, writes Sarah Bates
02 May 2017
As the centenary of the Russian Revolution progresses, shelves in bookshops are beginning to groan under the weight of books about 1917.
25 April 2017
May Day 1917 saw massive celebrations in Russia—but tension was brewing against the provisional government
18 April 2017
Joseph Stalin wrote to his Bolshevik party comrade Lev Kamenev in 1912, “I kiss you on the nose, Eskimo-fashion. Dammit! I miss you something awful. I miss you like hell, I swear. I have no one, not a soul to have a proper talk with, damn you.”