Continuing our series of articles and videos celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal, answers the myths and distortions put forward by bourgeois academic and historian Orlando Figes in his recently re-released book, A People’s Tragedy.
We continue our week of articles and videos celebrating the centenary anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution with this video talk by Alan Woods.
No other event in human history has been the subject of more distortions, falsehoods and fabrications than the Russian Revolution. We publish here Alex Grant’s list of the 10 biggest downright lies about Lenin, the Bolsheviks, and the 1917 October Revolution – and the truth behind the myths.
The battle between the Spanish state and the Catalan independence movement is not over. We publish here two articles about the fight for a Catalan republic: the first, an analysis by comrades in Lucha de Clases (Spanish section of the IMT); the second, a report by Jorge Martin about the huge general strike seen in Catalonia on this week, on 8th November.
From the beginning, the regional Labour leadership in Wales has been firmly against Jeremy Corbyn and the programme that he stands for. As a result of their Blairite approach, the Welsh Labour leaders have risked losing the party’s support amongst workers and youth in Wales. Maciej Krzymieniecki from Swansea West CLP looks at the changes needed in Welsh Labour if it is to offer a way forward for ordinary people.
In 1988, Alan Woods interviewed Esteban Volkov – Leon Trotsky’s grandson – in the Trotsky Museum in Coyoacan, Mexico, which Volkov is the director of. To commemorate the centenary of the October Revolution, we publish here extracts from the full interview, where Esteban presents a strong defence of both Trotsky and the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Speaking at the recent October Revolution festival in London (on 20th October 2017) to mark the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Esteban Volkov – Leon Trotsky’s grandson and director of the Trotsky Museum in Mexico – discusses the significance of the Revolution, 100 years on.
Continuing our week of articles and videos in celebration of the centenary anniversay of the 1917 October Revolution, we publish here extracts from John Reed’s article entitled Soviets in Action, in which the American socialist writer describes the workers’ democracy that existed in Russia following the Revolution.
In this talk at a recent day school on the Russian Revolution, Daniel Morley of the Socialist Appeal editorial board discusses the question of revolutionary insurrection, examining how Marxists approach the question of the seizure of power.
Today and tomorrow (8-9th November) will see a new wave of rail strikes taking place across Britain, as the RMT union takes further action over such ongoing concerns as safe operation and the use of guards on trains and implementation of driver-only operation. Steve Jones reports on the latest round of strike action on railways across in defence of safety and conditions.
The latest revelations of harassment in Westminster reflect the rottenness of the ruling class; another symptom of a government on its last legs. For many, the Tories have become a stinking corpse, made up of the living dead. As Rob Sewell discusses, not for decades has the establishment been hit with so much sleaze and scandal in one go.
In his latest video outlining the key events of 1917, Alan Woods – author of Bolshevism: the Road to Revolution – discusses the October Revolution, when the workers and peasants of Russia seized power.