the russian revolution
All Russia was learning to read, and reading—politics, economics, history—because people wanted to know… In every city, in most towns, along the whole front, each political faction had its newspaper… and hundreds of thousands of pamphlets were distributed every day.
– John Reed
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What did Lenin and Trotsky really stand for?
For over 80 years, an entire industry distorted the ideas of Lenin and Trotsky. While Trump renews the charge against communism, the republication of Alan Woods and Ted Grant’s ‘Lenin and Trotsky: What They Really Stood For’ could not have come at a better time.
Year one of the Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was the greatest event in human history, where the workers took power into their hands and grasped the state. But revolution is never a one act drama, it is a transition from one mode of production into another.
Shostakovich: The musical voice of the Russian Revolution
From this year’s Revolution Festival, Peter Kwasiborski, introduces Shostakovich.