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On this day in 1917, Lenin returned to Russia, arriving into Petrograd’s famous Finland Station. This was the beginning of his one-man struggle to politically reorient the Bolshevik Party – a vital stepping stone towards the October Revolution.
Continuing our ‘sailing under a false flag’ series, exposing the historic crimes of Stalinism, and defending the genuine ideas of communism, Rob Sewell examines the infamous ‘Third Period’, when fatal mistakes allowed Hitler to come to power.
This May, the Marxists in Britain are launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. 80 years ago this week, in the midst of the war, an organisation of the same name was founded – an organisation whose legacy and heritage we defend today.
Continuing our series on the life and ideas of Lenin, 100 years after his death, Dylan Thomas explains how Lenin’s emphasis on the need for class independence was pivotal in arming the Bolsheviks for leading the working class to power in 1917.
The Great Miners’ Strike of 1984-85 began on this day 40 years ago. For twelve months, the miners battled against the Thatcher government and the British state. Four decades later, we talk to two former miners about their heroic struggle.
New musical ‘Cable Street’ does an excellent job of portraying the eponymous 1936 battle, when the working-class community in East London rose up to block Mosley’s fascist thugs in their tracks. These inspiring events are full of lessons for today.
This May, we are launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. To prepare for this, we are looking back on the history of our organisation – including this inspiring episode when comrades made a splash with a bold by-election campaign in South Wales.
This May, we are launching the Revolutionary Communist Party. To prepare for this, we are looking back on the history of our organisation – beginning with the firm position taken by the Trotskyists in the ‘40s against the partition of Palestine.
February 1972 saw the beginning of a powerful miners’ strike, opening up a wave of industrial battles. These culminated in the miners’ strike of ‘74, which ultimately brought down the Tories. This period gives a glimpse of the struggles lying ahead.
We publish here the editorial from the latest – Lenin themed – issue of our quarterly theoretical magazine, ‘In Defence of Marxism’, in which Rob Sewell discusses the life and ideas of the great revolutionary leader, a century after his death.
100 years after his death, there are many so-called ‘Marxists’ who lay claim to Lenin’s name and legacy, whilst defending policies and methods that would be anathema to the great revolutionary. We base ourselves on genuine communist traditions.
In this podcast, Nelson Wan discusses the artistic and creative emancipation unleashed by the October Revolution, which saw individual geniuses rise to prominence, and gave ordinary people access to the world of art and culture.