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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results112 Connexions Library3 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 1 Sources Library 3 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryThe ABC of Communism Bukharin, Preobrazhensky; (edited by Carr, E. H.) Book 1920 Written as a commentary on the Bolshevik Party program, combining a vision of communist society with a program for practical action. The Abolition of the State: Anarchist & Marxist Perspectives Price, Wayne Book 2007 Both Anarchists and Marxists believe that it will be possible to do away with the state. But what do they mean by that? What is the state, after all? What institutions, if any, would be necessary ... The Age of Permanent Revolution: A Trotsky Anthology Deutscher, Isaac Book 1964 A collection of writings by Leon Trotsky. "All Power to the Soviets!" Biography of a Slogan Lih, Lars T. Article 2017 An examination of the origins of the slogan "All Power to the Soviets" in its original context of Russia in 1917. The Anarchists in the Russian Revolution: Documents of revolution Avrich, Paul (ed.) Book 1973 A selection of articles, manifestos, speeches, resolutions, letter, diaries, poems, and songs which seek to capture the spirit of the anarchist movement in Rissia. The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman  Kollontai, Alexandra Book 1926 This is the first time that the complete autobiography which Alexandra Kollontai has been published. Written in 1926 under the pressure of the gradually sharpening Stalinist control, readers must real... Bolshevik Party: Entry in the Marxists Internet Archive Glossary Article The Bolshevik party led the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Bolshevik Revolution 1917 - 1923 - Volume One: A History of Soviet Russia Carr, Edward Hallet Book 1950 The first volume of E.H. Carr's eight-volume history of Soviet Russia,, containing an analysis of those events and controversies in Bolshevik history between 1898 and 1917 which influenced the nature ... Bolshevik Women Clements, Barbara Evans Book 1997 A history of the contributions of women to the Soviet Communist Party before 1921 in Russia. The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd Rabinowitch, Alexander Book 2009 An account of how the Bolshevik revolution triumphed. The Bolsheviks and Workers' Control: The State and Counter-Revolution Brinton, Maurice Book 1970 A pamphlet exposing the struggle that took place over the running of workplaces in the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In doing so not only does it demolish the romantic Leninist "histo... Bolshevism and Stalinism Mattick, Paul Article 1947 From any view that goes beyond the capitalist system of exploitation, Stalinism and Trotskyism are both relics of the past. Bolshevism: The Road to Revolution Woods, Alan Article 1999 An in-depth analysis of the history of Bolshevism and the many programmatic, tactical and organisational lessons to be drawn from that history. A Classic Study Revisited: Against The Current vol. 143 Horn, Gerd-Rainer Article 2009 Pierre Broué (1926-2005) was one of the few Trotskyist historians who carved out a niche in academia, though this career choice had to overcome many obstacles. Coming of age at a time in France when t... The Contradiction of Trotsky Lefort, Claude Article 1948 It was worth examining carefully Trotsky's attitude at the dawn of Stalinism, for it enables us to elucidate the (theoretical) policy to which he adhered until his death. I have said that Trotsky repr... Council Communism & The Critique of Bolshevism Brendel, Cajo Article 1999 Council Communists don't see Stalinism as a sort of 'counter-revolution' that deprived October of its fruits. Rather they see Stalinism just as a fruit of this revolution, one that opened the door for... Failure of a Dream?: Essays in the History of American Socialism Laslettt, John H. M.; Lipset, Seymour Martin Book 1974 Examines the reasons for the relative weakness of American socialism. From Bolshevism to the Bureaucracy Cardan, Paul (Cornelius Castoriadis) Book 1962 Among the innumerable questions raised by the fate of the Russian Revolution, two form the poles around which we may organise all the others. The first question is: What kind of society was produced b... From Lenin to Stalin Serge, Victor Book 1937 A fascinating, first-hand account of the Stalinist takeover in Russia. From National Bolshevism to Ecologism Goldner, Loren Article 1980 National Bolshevism, which made its appearance in the German council movement in 1920, was initially created by two ex-militants of the American I.W.W., who played in Germany the same role as anarcho-... Germany's lost Bolshevik: Paul Levi revisited: A review of David Fernbach (ed), In the Steps of Rosa Luxemburg: Selected Writings by Paul Levi Zehetmair, Sebastian Article 2012 Paul Levi’s name is almost unknown today outside a small community of specialised historians. But in the years 1919 and 1920 he was well known in Germany and abroad as the chair of the young Communist... The Hero' of Kronstadt Writes History: Review of The Revolution Betrayed Mattick, Paul Article 1937 It is only necessary to reflect on the paramount role which Trotsky played in the first thundering years of Bolshevik Russia to understand why he cannot admit that the Bolshevik revolution was only ab... The History of Democracy: A Marxist Interpretation Roper, Brian S. Book 2013 Roper traces the history of democracy from ancient Athens to the emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy. He argues that democracy cannot be understood separately fro... Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism Warren, Bill Book 1980 Argues that the accepted theories of imperialism are profoundly flawed. The Invading Socialist Society James, C.L.R.; Forest, F. [Raya Dunayevskaya]; Stone, Ria [Grace Lee Boggs] Book 1947 History has shown that in moments of great social crisis, its farthest flights fall short of the reality of the proletarian revolution. Never was the proletariat so ready for the revolutionary struggl... Kronstadt 1921: Trotsky's Defense. Response to Trotsky Serge, Victor Article 1938 It is in fact in the domain of repression that the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party committed, from the very beginning of the revolution, the gravest errors, those which were to most dangerous... The Kronstadt Commune Mett, Ida Book 1938 A history of the Kronstadt Uprising 1921 which highlights one of the most important yet neglected events of the Russian Revolution. The suppression of the most revolutionary section of the Navy by the... Kronstadt rebellion: Connexipedia Article Article An uprising of Soviet sailors, soldiers and civilians against the Bolshevik government in 1921. The "Labor Aristocracy" and Working-Class Struggles: Consciousness in Flux, Part 2: Against The Current vol. 124 Post, Charles Article 2006 Whatever the theoretical and empirical problems with the economics of the labor aristocracy thesis, its defenders still claim that well paid workers have generally been more reformist and conservative... "Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder Lenin, V. I. Book 1918 Lenin's repsonse to ultraleftists who advocate 'no compromises' and refuse to work in 'reactionary' trade unions and parliamentary elections. Left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks: Connexipedia Article Article A series of rebellions and uprisings against the Bolsheviks led or supported by left wing groups. Lenin 1917-18: the road to the authoritarian state. Biddulph, Barry Article 2014 Lenin’s focus when he returned to Russia in 1917 was on the facts of the revolution, rather than outdated Bolshevik theory. He began with what was real, rather than an abstract possibility. Lenin and the Vanguard Party James, C.L.R. Article 1963 To believe that Bolshevism, or to be more precise, Leninism, would under the circumstances advocate or preach the theory of the vanguard party is to continue slander of Leninism, but not to his theory... Lenin as Philosopher Pannekoek, Anton Book 1938 Since the importance of Lenin's philosophy is so strongly emphasised in Leninist organizations, it is necessary to make it the subject of a serious critical study. The doctrine of Party-Communism of t... Lenin as Philosopher: Some additional remarks to Anton Pannekoek's recent criticism of Lenin's book Materialism and Empirio-Criticism Korsch, Karl Article 1938 Both in his revolutionary materialist philosophy and m his revolutionary jacobinic politics, Lenin hid from himself the historical truth that his Russian revolution, in spite of a temporary attempt to... Lenin and the Bolshevik Party: A revolutionary collective Le Blanc, Paul Article 2018 The Russian Revolution of 1917 clearly reveals the complexities of Bolshevism – Lenin's party – as a revolutionary collective. Marxism and Freedom: From 1776 to Today Dunayevskaya, Raya Book 1958 Dunayevskaya argues that Marx's theory is the generalisation of the instinctive striving of the proletariat for a new social order, a truly human society. A Marxist History of the World part 71: Dual power: the mechanics of revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The centuries old Russian monarchy was overthrown in a matter of days in February 1917. Neil Faulkner looks at the months of turmoil that followed. A Marxist History of the World part 72: February to October the rhythms of revolution Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The situation of 'dual power' that emerged after the overthrow of the Tsar in February 1917 was marked by a series of major political crises. A Marxist History of the World part 80: Stalinism: the bitter fruit of revolutionary defeat Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 Neil Faulkner looks at the time when the Bolshevik regime turned in on itself and morphed into a mockery of its socialist ideals. Max Eastman: One American Radical's View of the 'Bolshevization' of the American Revolutionary Movement and a Forgotten, and Unforgettable, Portrait of Trotsky Goldner, Loren Article 2006 Memoirs of a Revolutionary 1901- 1941 Serge, Victor Book 1943 Victor Serge, who was bron in 1890 and died in 1947, was an anarchist, a Bolshevik, a Trotskyist, and a revisionist-Marxist. Belgian by birth and upbringing, French by adoption and in literary express... My Disillusionment in Russia Goldman, Emma Book 1925 Anarchist Emma Goldman recounts her experiences in Russia during the early years of the Revolution, and her subsequent disillusionment with the Bolshevik regime. The Myth of Lenin's 'Concept of The Party': What They Did to What Is To Be Done? Draper, Hal Article 1990 Lenin protested more than once that his initial formulations in WITBD were being distorted and misinterpreted by opponents, after which he went on to clarify and modify. If we want to know Lenin's 'co... National liberation and Bolshevism reexamined: A view from the borderlands - An analysis of the socialist debates on the national question up through 1914: A view from the Czarist empire's borderlands obliges us to rethink assumptions about the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 Eric, Blanc Article 2014 The following paper analyzes the socialist debates on the national question up through 1914. I argue that an effective strategy of anti-colonial Marxism was first put forward by the borderland sociali... National Liberation and Bolshevism Reexamined: A View from the Borderlands Blanc, Eric Article 2014 A view from the Czarist empire's borderlands obliges us to rethink many long-held assumptions about the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, as well as the development of Marxist approaches to national liber... 1905 Trotsky, Leon Book 1922 For a number of years, when the reaction was triumphant, the year 1905 appeared to us as a completed whole, as the Russian revolution. Notes from a Revolution Dying: Against The Current vol. 134 Pirani, Simon Article 2008 In June 1922, five years on from the Russian Revolution, a group of Moscow communists gathered to discuss a letter by Vladimir Petrzhek, an auto worker, tendering his resignation from the communist (o... Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative Cohn-Bendit, Daniel; Cohn-Bendit, Gabriel Book 1968 An account of the May 1968 uprising in Paris, positing a left radical alternative to the encrusted beliefs of the old left and the right. A comment on power, on bureaucracy, and on the paths to libera... Once More: Kronstadt Macdonald, Dwight Article 1938 I admire Trotsky and accept many of his theories. An article like this - essentially a piece of special pleading, however brilliant - makes it harder to defend Trotsky from the often-made accusation t... Once More: Kronstadt Serge, Victor Article 1938 The question which dominates today the whole discussion is, in substance, this: When and how did Bolshevism begin to degenerate? Organizational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists Makhno; Mett; Arshinov; Valevski; Linski Article 1926 In 1926 a group of exiled Russian anarchists in France, the Delo Truda (Workers' Cause) group, published this pamphlet. Organizational Questions of the Russian Social Democracy Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1904 Rosa Luxemburg's contribution to the debate within the Russian Social Democratic movement on party organization and democratic centralism. Luxemburg joins Trotsky in warning of the dangers inherent in... Our Generation: Volume 12 Number 2 Serial Publication (Periodical) Paul Levi: A Luxemburgist Alternative?: A review of In the Steps of Rosa Luxemburg: Selected Writings of Paul Levi Drucker, Peter Article 2012 Among the adversaries of capitalism, some have argued that a revolution could have been achieved differently and better in the spirit of Rosa Luxemburg, who wrote a critique of the Bolsheviks’ undemoc... A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Prelude to Revolution: The Petrograd Bolsheviks and the July 1917 Uprising Rabinowitch, Alexander Book 1968 About the role of the Bolsheviks in the period between the February and October 1917 revolutions, concentrating on their role in the July uprising in Petrograd. The Question of Stalin Colletti, Lucio Article Colletti explores the contradictions of Bolshevism as the vanguard party which constructed a powerful state apparatus to manage the socialist relations of production while abandoning the development o... Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the twenty-first century Spannos, Chris (ed.) Book 2008 Real Utopia identifies and obliterates the barriers to an egalitarian, bottom-up society, while convincingly outlining how to build it. Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches by Emma Goldman Goldman, Emma (edited by Shulman, Alix Kates) Book 1972 A collection of essays which provide a comprehensive view of Emma Goldman's theories and beliefs. Report from Moscow from Otto Ruhle Ruhle, Otto Article 1920 The Russian tactic is the tactic of authoritarian organisation. It has been so consistently developed and in the end carried to extremes, by the Bolsheviks to the fundamental principle of centralism t... Revolutionary Organisation and Open Letter to IS Article 1972 A 1972 pamphlet incorporating two previously published texts, 'Revolutionary Organisation' (1961) and 'An Open Letter to I.S.' (1968). They are presented as "a contribution to the serious discussing n... The Role of Bolshevik Ideology in the Birth of the Bureaucracy Castoriadis, Cornelius Article 1962 People have not finished talking about the Russian Revolution, its problems, its degeneration, and about the regime it ultimately produced. And how could one? Of all the revolts of the working class, ... Rosa Luxemburg, Women's Liberation, and Marx's Philosophy of Revolution Dunayevskaya, Raya Book 1981 Part I - Rosa Luxemburg as Theoretician, as Activist, as Internationalist. Part II - The Women's Liberation Movement as Revolutionary Force and Reason. Part III - Karl Marx: From Critic of Hegel to Au... Russia in Revolution 1900-1930 Salisbury, Harrison E. Book 1978 A portrait of thirty years of political and artistic upheaval. The Russian Enigma: Lenin, Also...: Chapter 9 of Book 3 of The Russian Enigma, cut by the publisher of the original 1938 version Ciliga, Ante Article 1938 Chapter 9 of Book 3 of Ante Ciliga's The Russian Enigma originally published as In The Land of The Great Lie. The book details Ciliga's time spent in Soviet Prisons and 'isolaters' following his arres... The Russian Revolution Luxemburg, Rosa Book 1918 The basic lesson of every great revolution, the law of its being, decrees: either the revolution must advance at a rapid, stormy, resolute tempo, break down all barriers with an iron hand and place it... The Russian tragedy Luxemburg, Rosa Article 1918 There is only one solution to the tragedy in which Russia in caught up: an uprising at the rear of German imperialism, the German mass rising, which can signal the international revolution to put an e... Selections from the Prison Notebooks Gramsci, Antonio Book 1951 Gramsci's Notebooks cover a wide range of subjects including history, culture, politics, and philosophy. Six Red Months in Russia: An Observers Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship Bryant, Louise Book 1918 Louise Bryant's account of her time in Russia during the revolution 1917-1918. The Socialist Register 1964: Volume 1: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (ed.s) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1964 The Socialist Register 1975: Volume 12: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 The Socialist Register 1984: Volume 21: The Uses of Anti-Communism Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Socialist Thought: A Documentary History Fried, Albert; Sanders, Ronald (eds.) Book 1964 An anthology of important documents in the history of European socialist thought, from pre-revolutionary France to the 1950s. The Struggle Against Fascism Begins with the Struggle Against Bolshevism Rühle, Otto Article 1939 Russia must be placed first among the new totalitarian states. It was the first to adopt the new state principle. It went furthest in its application. It was the first to establish a constitutional di... The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Present Revolution: a.k.a. The April Theses Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich Article 1917 This article contains Lenin’s famous April Theses read by him at two meetings of the All-Russia Conference of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies, on April 4, 1917. Ten Days That Shook The World Reed, John Book 1919 John Reed's gripping account of the Russian Revolution of November 1917. Theses of the Workers Opposition Shliapnikov, Alexander Article 1921 Advocated the role of unionized workers in directing the economy at a time when Soviet government organs were running industry by dictate and trying to exclude trade unions from a participatory role. To The Finland Station: A Study in the Writing and Acting of History Wilson, Edmund Book 1940 The revolutionary tradition in Europe and the rise of socialism. Trotsky Reconsidered: Claude Lefort's Perspective Garvey, John Article 2013 In spite of all the ink spilled that says the opposite, Trotsky may have been closer to Stalin than he was to Lenin. That’s the argument made by Claude Lefort (one of the leading members of Socialisme... Trotskyism and the vanguard party Diemer, Ulli Article 1974 One of the most consistent achievements of the Trotskyists over the years has been to drive people away from radical politics. The number of burned-out and alienated ex-Trotskyists greatly exceeds the... Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution: Volume One Trotsky, Leon Book 1932 A combination of dramatic narrative and searching analysis by one of the key figures in the Russian Revolution. Volume 1 cover the period up to the “July Days” – a semi-insurrection followed by attemp... Was the Bolshevik Revolution a Failure? Mattick, Paul Article 1938 As soon as the Bolsheviks recognized that the proletariat was too weak to establish state capitalistic systems favorable to Russia in other countries, and also that the bourgeoisie was no longer willi... Why Marx Was Right Eagleton, Terry Book 2011 Eagleton takes common objections to Marxism and demonstrates how and why they are wrong. Workers' Opposition: Connexipedia Article Article A group within the Russian Communist Party that struggled to achieve workers rights and trade union control over industry. Working Class Experience: Rethinking the History of Canadian Labour, 1800-1991 Palmer, Bryan D. Book 1983 From nineteenth-century tavern life to late twentieth-century cinema, from rough canallers and the first stirrings of craft unionism to contemporary public-sector strikes, this books provides a sweepi... Year One of the Russian Revolution Serge, Victor Book 1930 The purpose of Year One of the Russian Revolution is essentially one of reconstructing the chain of events, in the Russia of revolution and counter-revolution, which has led from the 'Commune-State' o... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesBlack and Red Publishing books and pamphlets with an anti-authoritarian perspective since 1968. Black & Red books record contemporary and historical attempts to lead principled lives. They examine social relations ... Bureau of Public Secrets Articles from a Situationist perspective.
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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryFrom the Connexions ArchivesThe International Situation World United Front & Proletarian Revolution Article 1977 These Canadian Marxist-Leninists distinguish themselves from those who they perceive as betrayers of the working class -- namely the Communist Party of Canada and other "phoney" communists. In this p... Marxists Internet Archive Website Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable. The Red Menace A libertarian socialist newsletter Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, ... |
