Vladimir Ilich Lenin Work by Miguel Ángel Nin, courtesy of José Martí National Library On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Granma shares several quotes from the Russian revolutionary’s seminal works: We have created a Soviet type of state and by that we have ushered in a…
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Lenin, 150 Years After His Birth
Atilio Borón Vladimir Illich Ulyanov was born in 1870 in Simbirsk, Russia. He was the founder of the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), the undisputed leader of the first triumphant worker-peasant insurrection on a national scale in the history of humanity: the October Revolution in Russia (which brought to an end that which the heroic Paris…
The Russian Revolution Changed the World Forever
Stephen Millies Vladimir Lenin giving a speech to the Red Army in Sverdlov Square, Moscow, May 5, 1920. On the right of the platform is Leon Trotsky, commander of the Red Army. One-hundred-and-two years ago on Nov. 7, 1917, workers and peasants overthrew the capitalist government in Russia. Two million soldiers in the Russian army…
The Great October Revolution: Declaration of Rights of the Working and Exploited People
Farooque Chowdhury Abolishing all exploitation, completely eliminating the division of society into classes, mercilessly crushing the resistance of the exploiters, establishing a socialist organisation of society, and achieving the victory of socialism in all countries were declared as the fundamental aim of the newly established Soviet Russia, a Republic of Soviets of Workers’, Soldiers’ and Peasants’ Deputies….
Fidel: End of Colonialism Would Not Have Been Possible Without the October Revolution
“Without the October Revolution … it would not have been at all possible to end colonialism and liberate dozens of peoples on all continents,” Fidel said. A century ago, world history changed forever. The Great October Socialist Revolution was one of the most important events in contemporary history of mankind. This historic event, as well…
Ten Days that Shook the World
allpowertothesoviets Ten Days That Shook the World, the most famous first-hand account of the Great October Socialist Revolution, was written by the radical journalist and co-founder of the U.S. communist movement, John Reed. WEDNESDAY, November 7th, I rose very late. The noon cannon boomed from Peter-Paul as I went down the Nevsky. It was a…
Leon Trotsky: The History of the Russian Revolution
Translated by Max Eastman, 1932 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 8083994 ISBN 0913460834 Transcribed for the World Wide Web by John Gowland (Australia), Alphanos Pangas (Greece) and David Walters (United States), 1997 through 2000 Converted to eBook format by Kollektiv Yakov Perelman in 2013, proofed and reset by Pablo Stern (Britain) in 2017 Visit…
Workers World: 100th Anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution
Open Letter to Revolutionaries: How to commemorate the October Revolution Deirdre Griswold Part 1: From Marx’s view of social evolution to Lenin’s ‘Imperialism’ Part 2: Social gains in early years of Soviet power Part 3: ‘Whose state? Our state’ – meaning all nationalities Part 4: External and internal problems, strengths and setbacks Part 5: To…
The October Revolution
General Overview: In 1917 Russia went through two revolutions: February 24 – 29 and October 24 – 25. The first revolution overthrew the tsarist government and replaced it with a Provisional Government of Duma members (mostly members of the Cadet party), who allowed a Contact Commission of the Petrograd Soviet to advise the government. Protests…
