Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution through the eyes of the Global South
September 4, 2018Marxist historian Walter Rodney distills the Bolshevik Revolution for the Global South in a new posthumous book.
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The Russian Revolutions: 1905 and 1917
December 6, 2017Lenin said 1905 saw “the temporary defeat of the Russian Revolution.” Just like that time, the 1990s defeat of socialism will also prove temporary.
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Considering the Soviet experience: Thoughts from an American
December 6, 2017Were “crimes” committed? We are regularly reminded that the answer is “yes, certainly.” But if that is all we learn, we risk losing other valuable parts of the last century’s record.
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From Russia with love: Lenin’s Letter to American Workers
November 21, 2017Just before Christmas, on December 21, 1917, a strange freighter pulled into Elliott Bay in Seattle. This vessel bore an unfamiliar flag—a red flag.
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The Russian Revolution, American repression…and an invasion, too
November 14, 2017Welcome to the confluence of the Russian Revolution and repression in the U.S.
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