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…
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Guevara in the Reflections of Anastás Mikoyán
Ernesto Che Guevera with Anastás Mikoyán, first vice-president of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Excerpt from the book “Anatomy of the Caribbean Crisis” by Sergo Mikoyán, Chapter XIV, “Che Guevara”. Fragments of an interview with journalist I.R. Grigulievich granted by Anastás Mikoyán, a few months before his death. You were able to meet…
How “The State and Revolution” Changed History
Brian Becker A barricade during The Paris Commune, 1871. Anyone who aspires to be a real communist or to understand the theory of modern communism must study Lenin’s pamphlet The State and Revolution. Lenin was able to nearly finish this monumental contribution to Marxism and revolution while on the run, living underground and hiding from…
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….
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…
Empire Files: What the Russian Revolution Proved Possible
Veteran U.S. activist Brian Becker speaks about the longstanding significance of the Russian Revolution. In the latest edition of The Empire Files, Abby Martin pays homage to the centennial anniversary of the Russian Revolution. She referred to it as “one of the biggest events in human history” and a shift in the global balance of…
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 Bolshevik Revolution’s Pioneering Gains for Women
Urooba Jamal The first worker’s state in the world would never have materialized without the steely, militant determination of women. “Bread!” was the first call to order. “Down with the tsar!” the next. Soon, cries of “Down with the war!” drowned the streets. The women workers of Petrograd — then the capital of Russia —…
The October Revolution: Workers Take Power
Richard Becker The Russian Revolution is a vast subject. An exhaustive analysis of it is beyond the scope of this writing. But below, some of the key points will be highlighted. The Russian Revolution took place in the background of World War I, a war between imperialist powers over control of territories and colonies. The…
How the Russian Revolution Inspired and Assisted National Liberation Struggles
Rebeca Toledo When the Russian Revolution triumphed in October 1917, most of the rest of the world was colonized by the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States. But under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, the revolution became the inspiration for countless peoples, not only by showing that a workers’ state was…
The Russian Revolution, Africa and the Diaspora
This article is part of Black Perspective’s forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora. Hakim Adi From the time of the Great October Revolution in 1917, Africans and those of African heritage around the world gravitated towards the revolutionary events in Russia and Communism, seeing in them a path to their…
