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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results145 Connexions Library6 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 3 Sources Library 2 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe ABC of Communism Bukharin, Preobrazhensky; (edited by Carr, E. H.) Book 1920 Written as a commentary on the Bolshevik Party program, combining a vision of communist society with a program for practical action. The Abolition of the State: Anarchist & Marxist Perspectives Price, Wayne Book 2007 Both Anarchists and Marxists believe that it will be possible to do away with the state. But what do they mean by that? What is the state, after all? What institutions, if any, would be necessary ... The Age of Permanent Revolution: A Trotsky Anthology Deutscher, Isaac Book 1964 A collection of writings by Leon Trotsky. The Agrarian Question in the Russian Revolution: From Material Community to Productivism, and Back Goldner, Loren Article 2014 This article was conceived as Part One of a three-part series which would be: 1) the revolutionary epoch 1917–1923, and the ultimately disastrous international influence of the Russian Revolution, ill... "All Power to the Soviets!" Biography of a Slogan Lih, Lars T. Article 2017 An examination of the origins of the slogan "All Power to the Soviets" in its original context of Russia in 1917. All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity  Berman, Marshall Book 1982 Berman examines the clash of classes, histories, and clutures in the modern world, and ponders our prospects for coming to terms with the relationship between a liberating social and philosophical ide... The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution: Documents of revolution Avrich, Paul (ed.) Book 1973 A selection of articles, manifestos, speeches, resolutions, letter, diaries, poems, and songs which seek to capture the spirit of the anarchist movement in Rissia. The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman Kollontai, Alexandra Book 1926 This is the first time that the complete autobiography which Alexandra Kollontai has been published. Written in 1926 under the pressure of the gradually sharpening Stalinist control, readers must real... Bolshevik Party: Entry in the Marxists Internet Archive Glossary Article The Bolshevik party led the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Bolshevik Revolution 1917 - 1923 - Volume One: A History of Soviet Russia Carr, Edward Hallet Book 1950 The first volume of E.H. Carr's eight-volume history of Soviet Russia,, containing an analysis of those events and controversies in Bolshevik history between 1898 and 1917 which influenced the nature ... Bolshevik Women Clements, Barbara Evans Book 1997 A history of the contributions of women to the Soviet Communist Party before 1921 in Russia. The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd Rabinowitch, Alexander Book 2009 An account of how the Bolshevik revolution triumphed. The Bolsheviks and Workers' Control: The State and Counter-Revolution Brinton, Maurice Book 1970 A pamphlet exposing the struggle that took place over the running of workplaces in the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In doing so not only does it demolish the romantic Leninist "histo... Bolshevism: The Road to Revolution Woods, Alan Article 1999 An in-depth analysis of the history of Bolshevism and the many programmatic, tactical and organisational lessons to be drawn from that history. The Case for Socialism Maass, Alan Book 2005 An argument for socialism: a society built from the bottom up through the struggles of ordinary people against exploitation, oppression, and injustice -- one in which people come before profit. A soci... The Contradiction of Trotsky Lefort, Claude Article 1948 It was worth examining carefully Trotsky's attitude at the dawn of Stalinism, for it enables us to elucidate the (theoretical) policy to which he adhered until his death. I have said that Trotsky repr... The Destiny of A Revolution: Review of Victor Serge, Russia Twenty Years After Filtzer, Donald Article 1998 Victor Serge's more impassioned account based on his eyewitness observations of everyday life and the detailed realities of Stalinist political repression. Foreign Interventions in Revolutionary Russia Pauwels, Jacques R. Article 2018 All over Europe, the First World War had brought about a potentially revolutionary situation as early as 1917. In countries where the authorities continued to represent the traditional elite, exactly ... From Lenin to Stalin Serge, Victor Book 1937 A fascinating, first-hand account of the Stalinist takeover in Russia. The Great Class War: 1914-1918 Pauwels, Jacques R. Book 2016 In this critical, revisionist account, historian Jacques Pauwels shows how the First World War was rooted in class strife that begin with the French Revolution in 1789 and continued long past the war ... The Hero' of Kronstadt Writes History: Review of The Revolution Betrayed Mattick, Paul Article 1937 It is only necessary to reflect on the paramount role which Trotsky played in the first thundering years of Bolshevik Russia to understand why he cannot admit that the Bolshevik revolution was only ab... The History of Democracy: A Marxist Interpretation Roper, Brian S. Book 2013 Roper traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy. He argues that democracy cannot be understood separately fro... IMF World Bank More World Less Bank: New Internationalist March 2004 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2004 A look into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and what they have done. Interactive map of workers' councils (1917-1927) Article 2017 This article charts the spread of the workers' council movement in the ten-year period after the 1917 revolution in Russia. Introducing the Year 1905: Centennial of Struggle: Against The Current vol. 114 The Editors Article 2005 The year 1905 stands out as the onset of an era of explosive anticapitalist struggle—all the more so 100 years later, when we feel stranded in a neoliberal ice age. Looking back at the events of that ... Kronstadt Again Macdonald, Dwight Article 1939 Serge charges that, after the rebels had been disarmed, there was a general massacre of prisoners. And that such as were not shot down on the spot were executed in batches by the Cheka, after secret t... The Kronstadt Commune Mett, Ida Book 1938 A history of the Kronstadt Uprising 1921 which highlights one of the most important yet neglected events of the Russian Revolution. The suppression of the most revolutionary section of the Navy by the... Kronstadt rebellion: Connexipedia Article Article An uprising of Soviet sailors, soldiers and civilians against the Bolshevik government in 1921. Left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks: Connexipedia Article Article A series of rebellions and uprisings against the Bolsheviks led or supported by left wing groups. Lenin 1917-18: the road to the authoritarian state. Biddulph, Barry Article 2014 Lenin’s focus when he returned to Russia in 1917 was on the facts of the revolution, rather than outdated Bolshevik theory. He began with what was real, rather than an abstract possibility. The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg Luxemburg, Rosa (edited by Georg Adler, Peter Hudis, and Annelies Laschitza) Book 1990 Blending a passionate sensibility and a steely intellect with an unshakeable commitment to revolutionary socialism, Rosa Luxemburg is one of the towering figures of the twentieth century. In this comp... Listen, Marxist! Bookchin, Murray Book 1969 Murray Bookchin takes on the 'Marxist-Leninists' who are destroying the New Left. Makhno, Nestor: Connexipedia Article Article Ukrainian anarcho-communist guerrilla leader. (1888-1934). Manifesto of the Makhnovists Makhno, Nestor Article 1918 We must win - win not so that we may follow the example of past years and hand over our fate to some new master, but to take it in our own hands and conduct our lives according to our own will and our... Marxism and Freedom: From 1776 to Today Dunayevskaya, Raya Book 1958 Dunayevskaya argues that Marx's theory is the generalisation of the instinctive striving of the proletariat for a new social order, a truly human society. Marxism and the Russian Anarchists D'Agostino, Anthony Book Studies of the ideas of Russian anarchists, including anarcho-syndicalists, anarchist-communists, Makheavists, council anarchists, Makhnovism, and soviet anarchists. Marxism, class and revolution in Africa: the legacy of the 1917 Russian Revolution Dwyer, Peter; Zeilig, Leo Article 2018 This article assesses the influence of 1917 on African liberation movements and explains how it influenced struggles against and beyond colonialism. A Marxist History of the World part 70: 1917: the February Revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 As WWI turned into a protracted, bloody struggle the initial enthusiasm gave way to growing class tensions which exploded first in Russia's February Revolution. A Marxist History of the World part 71: Dual power: the mechanics of revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The centuries old Russian monarchy was overthrown in a matter of days in February 1917. Neil Faulkner looks at the months of turmoil that followed. A Marxist History of the World part 72: February to October the rhythms of revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The situation of 'dual power' that emerged after the overthrow of the Tsar in February 1917 was marked by a series of major political crises. A Marxist History of the World part 80: Stalinism: the bitter fruit of revolutionary defeat Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 Neil Faulkner looks at the time when the Bolshevik regime turned in on itself and morphed into a mockery of its socialist ideals. The Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Unions Luxemburg, Rosa Book 1906 Luxemburg writes that "the mass strike in Russia [in 1905] has been realised not as means of evading the political struggle of the working-class, and especially of parliamentarism, not as a means of j... Memoirs of a Revolutionary 1901- 1941 Serge, Victor Book 1943 Victor Serge, who was bron in 1890 and died in 1947, was an anarchist, a Bolshevik, a Trotskyist, and a revisionist-Marxist. Belgian by birth and upbringing, French by adoption and in literary express... My Disillusionment in Russia Goldman, Emma Book 1925 Anarchist Emma Goldman recounts her experiences in Russia during the early years of the Revolution, and her subsequent disillusionment with the Bolshevik regime. The National Question: Selected Writings by Rosa Luxemburg Luxemburg, Rosa (edited by Davis, Horace B.) Book 1976 In her penetrating analysis of nationalism, Rosa Luxemburg argues that the formula of "the right of nations to self-determination" is essentially not a political or programmatic guide to the nationali... The New War Pankhurst, Sylvia Article 1919 Soldiers who enlisted, or were conscripted, for the old war have been quietly kept on to fight in the new war which began without any formal declaration. They have not been asked: "Do you approve this... 1917 and the Colonial Revolution Solenberger, Peter Article 2018 Solenberger discuss the 1917 Russian Revolution and the subsequent spead of the communist movement internationally. He focuses on the conditions which led to the rapid spread of its ideas and how in 1... Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative Cohn-Bendit, Daniel; Cohn-Bendit, Gabriel Book 1968 An account of the May 1968 uprising in Paris, positing a left radical alternative to the encrusted beliefs of the old left and the right. A comment on power, on bureaucracy, and on the paths to libera... An October for Us, for Russia and for the Whole World: Against The Current vol. 131 an appeal from Russian Intellectuals and Artists Article 2007 This appeal from Russian intellectuals and artists on the 90th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution comes to us from veteran leftists, social democrats, artists and even children of Left Oppo... October Revolution: Connexipedia Article Article The October Revolution, also known as the Soviet Revolution or Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution. The October Revolution: Its Necessity & Meaning Mandel, David Article 2018 On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Mandal examines the necessity and meaning of the October Revolution. 'October Song' - A challenging portrayal of the Russian Revolution: Review of Paul Le Blanc, October Song: Bolshevik Triumph, Communist Tragedy, 1917-1924 Riddell, John Article 2018 A review 'October Song,' Paul Le Blanc's book about the Russian revolution. Detailed with excerpts and criticism. On Revolution Arendt, Hannah Book 1963 Arendt examines the American, French, and Russian revolutions and draws conclusions about the meaning of revolution. Once More: Kronstadt Macdonald, Dwight Article 1938 I admire Trotsky and accept many of his theories. An article like this - essentially a piece of special pleading, however brilliant - makes it harder to defend Trotsky from the often-made accusation t... Once More: Kronstadt Serge, Victor Article 1938 The question which dominates today the whole discussion is, in substance, this: When and how did Bolshevism begin to degenerate? Organizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists Makhno; Mett; Arshinov; Valevski; Linski Article 1926 In 1926 a group of exiled Russian anarchists in France, the Delo Truda (Workers' Cause) group, published this pamphlet. Organizational Questions of the Russian Social Democracy Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1904 Rosa Luxemburg's contribution to the debate within the Russian Social Democratic movement on party organization and democratic centralism. Luxemburg joins Trotsky in warning of the dangers inherent in... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 12, 2017: Race and Class Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Class conflict - first and foremost, the relationship between the capitalist class and the working class -- is the fundamental contradiction that defines capitalist society. Class is a reality which s... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 28, 2017: Resisting Injustice Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 In this issue, we look at the relentless persistence of people challenging injustice and entrenched power in places around the world, including Palestine, Korea, China, Canada, and the United States. ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 27, 2017: Official Enemies Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Why and how do some countries become 'enemies'? How and why do governments and media work in tandem to demonize official enemies? Who are the people who live in those countries, what are their lives l... A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Prelude to Revolution: The Petrograd Bolsheviks and the July 1917 Uprising Rabinowitch, Alexander Book 1968 About the role of the Bolsheviks in the period between the February and October 1917 revolutions, concentrating on their role in the July uprising in Petrograd. The Question of Stalin Colletti, Lucio Article Colletti explores the contradictions of Bolshevism as the vanguard party which constructed a powerful state apparatus to manage the socialist relations of production while abandoning the development o... Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches by Emma Goldman Goldman, Emma (edited by Shulman, Alix Kates) Book 1972 A collection of essays which provide a comprehensive view of Emma Goldman's theories and beliefs. Reds (film) Beatty, Warren (director) Film/Video 1981 A 1981 film that was co-written, produced, and directed by Warren Beatty. The picture centres on the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in hi... Report from Moscow from Otto Ruhle Ruhle, Otto Article 1920 The Russian tactic is the tactic of authoritarian organisation. It has been so consistently developed and in the end carried to extremes, by the Bolsheviks to the fundamental principle of centralism t... The Revolution Party Panitch, Leo Article 2017 The accumulating failures of both Communist and Social Democratic parties over the past 50 years was accompanied by a marked shift on the radical left toward a broad-ranging ‘movementism’ – whether in... The Role of Bolshevik Ideology in the Birth of the Bureaucracy Castoriadis, Cornelius Article 1962 People have not finished talking about the Russian Revolution, its problems, its degeneration, and about the regime it ultimately produced. And how could one? Of all the revolts of the working class, ... Rosa Luxemburg: Selected Political Writings Luxemburg, Rosa (edited with an introduction by Robert Looker) Book 1972 A selection of Rosa Luxemburg's writings which highlight her outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of revolutionary socialism. The Rosa Luxemburg Reader Luxemburg, Rosa. [Anderson, Kevin; Hudis, Peter (eds.)] Book 2004 A definitive one-volume collection of Luxemburg's writings. Rosa Luxemburg Speaks Waters, Mary Alice Book 1970 A selection of speeches and writings by Rosa Luxemburg. Rosa Luxemburg, Women's Liberation, and Marx's Philosophy of Revolution Dunayevskaya, Raya Book 1981 Part I - Rosa Luxemburg as Theoretician, as Activist, as Internationalist. Part II - The Women's Liberation Movement as Revolutionary Force and Reason. Part III - Karl Marx: From Critic of Hegel to Au... Russia in 1919 Ransome, Arthur Book 1919 This book describes the economic, social and political situation Arthur Ransome saw during his visit to Russia in February and March of 1919. Underlining the description of these events is the wrenchi... Russia in Revolution 1900-1930 Salisbury, Harrison E. Book 1978 A portrait of thirty years of political and artistic upheaval. Russia Twenty Years After Serge, Victor Book 1937 Serge's impassioned account based on his eyewitness observations of everyday life and the detailed realities of Stalinist political repression. The Russian Enigma: Lenin, Also...: Chapter 9 of Book 3 of The Russian Enigma, cut by the publisher of the original 1938 version Ciliga, Ante Article 1938 Chapter 9 of Book 3 of Ante Ciliga's The Russian Enigma originally published as In The Land of The Great Lie. The book details Ciliga's time spent in Soviet Prisons and 'isolaters' following his arres... The Russian Revolution Luxemburg, Rosa Book 1918 The basic lesson of every great revolution, the law of its being, decrees: either the revolution must advance at a rapid, stormy, resolute tempo, break down all barriers with an iron hand and place it... The Russian Revolution in Retreat: Against The Current vol. 136 Farber, Samuel Article 2008 The relationship between “Leninism” and Stalinism has been a highly controversial topic between the political left and right as well as within the left itself. The “totalitarian” school of thought, hi... The Russian Revolution Ninety Years After: Against The Current vol. 131 Mandel, David Article 2007 The October Revolution of 1917 in Russia was the most influential political event of the 20th century. But since history is written by the victors, it is not well known that October was the opening sh... Russian Revolution of 1905: Connexipedia Article Article A wave of mass political unrest through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Russian Revolution of October 1917 Website Eye-Witness reports and analyses of the Revolution by its participants and links to historical documents. The Russian Revolution Revisited Weissman, Susan Article 1998 THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION is dead. The last of its veterans and contemporaries are gone, and the working class of today has little or no connection to the revolutionary movements of the inter-war generat... The Russian Revolution Revisited - Review: Against The Current vol. 161 Goldner, Loren Article 2012 A review of 'The October Revolution in Prospect and Retrospect: Interventions in Russian and Soviet History' by John Eric Marot. The Russian tragedy Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 There is only one solution to the tragedy in which Russia in caught up: an uprising at the rear of German imperialism, the German mass rising, which can signal the international revolution to put an e... Selections from the Prison Notebooks Gramsci, Antonio Book 1951 Gramsci's Notebooks cover a wide range of subjects including history, culture, politics, and philosophy. Sex and the Russian Revolution Drucker, Peter Article 2018 The philosophy of the October Revolution contained radical ideas around sexual politics which have been forgotten today. Drawing parallels to today's issues on gender and sexuality could help a new ge... Six Red Months in Russia: An Observers Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship Bryant, Louise Book 1918 Louise Bryant's account of her time in Russia during the revolution 1917-1918. The Socialist Register 1984: Volume 21: The Uses of Anti-Communism Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Stalin – An Appraisal of the Man and his Influence Trotsky, Leon Book 1941 Trotsky's unfinished biography of Stalin. Strike!: The True History of Mass Insurgence from 1877 to the Present Brecher, Jeremy Book 1972 A history-from-below that brings to light strikes as authentic revolutionary movements against the establishments of state, capital, and trade unionism. Svyazhsk Reissner, Larissa Article 1922 Larissa Reissner's vivid description of the 1918 battle for Svyazhsk during the Russian Civil War. The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Present Revolution: a.k.a. The April Theses Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Article 1917 This article contains Lenin’s famous April Theses read by him at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies, on April 4, 1917. Ten Days That Shook The World Reed, John Book 1919 John Reed's gripping account of the Russian Revolution of November 1917. Theses of the Workers Opposition Shliapnikov, Alexander Article 1921 Advocated the role of unionized workers in directing the economy at a time when Soviet government organs were running industry by dictate and trying to exclude trade unions from a participatory role. To The Finland Station: A Study in the Writing and Acting of History Wilson, Edmund Book 1940 The revolutionary tradition in Europe and the rise of socialism. Toward a socialist future: Children's picture books after the Bolshevik Revolution Scripps, Thomas Article 2016 The Russian Revolution of 1917 was the defining event of the 20th century. Its influence extended across virtually every aspect of human society the world over. The scope for study of the revolution a... Trotsky Reconsidered: Claude Lefort's Perspective Garvey, John Article 2013 In spite of all the ink spilled that says the opposite, Trotsky may have been closer to Stalin than he was to Lenin. That’s the argument made by Claude Lefort (one of the leading members of Socialisme... Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution: Volume One Trotsky, Leon Book 1932 A combination of dramatic narrative and searching analysis by one of the key figures in the Russian Revolution. Volume 1 cover the period up to the “July Days” – a semi-insurrection followed by attemp... The Unfinished Revolution Russia 1917-1967 Deutscher, Isaac Book 1967 On the signficance of the Russian Revolution. The Unknown Dimension: European Marxism Since Lenin Howard, Dick, Klare, Karl E. Book 1972 The radical intellectual tradition of European post-Leninist Marxism, so different from the dogma of the orthodox leftist parties, is an unknowwn dimension. This anthology sets out to recover this Mar... Was the Bolshevik Revolution a Failure? Mattick, Paul Article 1938 As soon as the Bolsheviks recognized that the proletariat was too weak to establish state capitalistic systems favorable to Russia in other countries, and also that the bourgeoisie was no longer willi... When Canada Invaded Russia Engler, Yves Article 2017 The corporate media presents Russia as militaristic but ignores Canada’s invasion of that country. Why Marx Was Right Eagleton, Terry Book 2011 Eagleton takes common objections to Marxism and demonstrates how and why they are wrong. The Women of 1917 Trudell, Megan Article 2017 Women weren't just the Russian Revolution’s spark, but the motor that drove it forward. Workers Opposition: Solidarity London Pamphlet Kollontai, Alexandra Book 1921 Published in Soviet Russia in January 1921 and banned in March 1921. Workers' Opposition: Connexipedia Article Article A group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled to achieve workers rights and trade union control over industry. Workers' Opposition: Connexipedia: Entry in Encyclopedaa of Marxism Glossary of Terms Article A group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled to achieve workers rights and trade union control over industry. Workers Power and the Russian Revolution: A review of Maurice Brinton's For Workers Power Wetzel, Tom Article 2005 Year 501: The Conquest Continues Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 An examination of the U.S. role in the world placed in the long historical perspective of the 500 years that followed the voyages of Columbus. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAK Press AK Press is a worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We're small: a dozen people who work long hours for short mo... Break Their Haughty Power Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective. Bureau of Public Secrets Articles from a Situationist perspective.
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