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Russian Revolution

Stalinism’s long shadow

Posted on 10th January 2022 by Richard Donnelly

Some 30 years ago, the red flag was lowered over the Kremlin for the last time as the Soviet Union collapsed on 25 December 1991.1 Yet, although that Stalinist regime is dead, Stalinism continues to cast a long shadow on… Continue Reading →

Uncategorised Russian Revolution, stalinism

The Communist International 100 years on

Posted on 17th October 2019 by Richard Donnelly

This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Third International—the Communist International (or Comintern), the organisation of revolutionary socialist parties around the world. The Comintern represented the hope of millions that the example of the Bolshevik Revolution… Continue Reading →

Article Communist Party, Russian Revolution

Music, class and party in 1920s Russia

Posted on 17th October 2019 by Richard Donnelly

The recent centenary of the Russian Revolution produced a renewed flurry of interest in the events of 1917 and reminded us of their huge impact. The focus of those discussions for revolutionary socialists was quite rightly the significance of the… Continue Reading →

Article Music, Russian Revolution

“The axe without an edge”: social democracy and the Finnish Revolution of 1918

Posted on 2nd July 2018 by Camilla

The failure of the October Revolution to spread throughout Europe, and beyond, in the years after 1917 is one of the great tragedies of the 20th century. Indeed, many of the catastrophes that subsequently beset humanity including both Stalinism and… Continue Reading →

Article Finland, Russian Revolution

Marxism, class and revolution in Africa: the legacy of the 1917 Russian Revolution

Posted on 9th January 2018 by Camilla

In the first ten years of independence in Africa, even leaders of states that were not explicitly Marxist expressed an allegiance to socialism and an admiration for the Soviet Union. This included many famous leaders of independent Africa: Gamal Abdel… Continue Reading →

Article Africa, Russian Revolution

The unfinished revolution

Posted on 13th October 2017 by Camilla

A review of China Miéville, October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Verso, 2017), £18.99. There is a long-held narrative among liberal and not-so-liberal commentators that contrasts a justified libertarian revolution in Russia in February 1917 with an authoritarian Bolshevik… Continue Reading →

Book reviews Russian Revolution

How far was the Russian Revolution made by the Bolsheviks?

Posted on 13th October 2017 by Camilla

A review of Dave Sherry, Russia 1917: Workers’ Revolution and the Festival of the Oppressed (Bookmarks, 2017), £12.99. At a time when it looks as if capitalism can’t—and shouldn’t—survive through the 21st century, it’s timely to remind a new generation… Continue Reading →

Book reviews Russian Revolution

The Bolsheviks and sexual liberation

Posted on 13th October 2017 by Camilla

The previous issue of International Socialism included a positive review of Tariq Ali’s book The Dilemmas of Lenin.1 The review is right that in general the book offers an accurate telling of the Russian Revolution. But in one aspect Ali… Continue Reading →

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The Russian Revolution and the British working class

Posted on 13th October 2017 by Camilla

The two Russian Revolutions of 1917 inspired socialists and trade unionists across the world. The February Revolution raised the prospect of the overthrow of dictatorship, October the possibility of workers’ revolution and socialism.1 October ripped up the blueprint for socialism… Continue Reading →

Article Labour Party, Russian Revolution, Working class

Maxim Gorky and the fellow travellers

Posted on 13th October 2017 by Camilla

Maxim Gorky rose from poverty to become one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century, the father of Soviet literature and the heir to Tolstoy. Like Tolstoy, he wrote of the cruelty and insanity of Tsarism, and his… Continue Reading →

Article Maxim Gorky, Russian Revolution

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