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.

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.