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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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.
What we can learn from Lenin
108 years ago today, Lenin and the Bolsheviks achieved the impossible: they led millions of workers and peasants in a successful socialist revolution. But which events, struggles, and ideas led to that victory? How did Lenin become Lenin?