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A revolutionary of the “second rank”? Rediscovering Karl Radek

Posted on 31st December 2023 by International Socialism

A review of Radek: A Novel, Stefan Heym (Monthly Review Press, 2022), £20 Who was Karl Radek? At one point in this epic work of historical fiction, Radek refers to himself as belonging to “the second rank” of Bolshevik revolutionaries,… Continue Reading →

Revolution and the Global South

Posted on 18th April 2019 by Camilla

A review of Walter Rodney, The Russian Revolution: A View from the Third World (Verso, 2018), £16.99 Many on the radical left in Britain and the United States remained silent on the centenary of the Russian Revolution. Even among famous… Continue Reading →