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Russian Revolution

The June days

Details Darrall Cozens logo 03 Jul 2007
lenin.jpg In his article (The significance of Lenin's April Theses 1917 ) Darrall Cozens explained how Lenin rearmed the Bolshevik Party in 1917. Continuing our series on the Russian Revolution, he tells how the revolutionaries developed from being a small group when the February Revolution broke out, to become the main alternative to the new establishment by June of that year.

The Significance of Lenin's April Theses 1917

Details Darrall Cozens, Coventry Labour Party and UCU (personal capacity) logo 26 Apr 2007
thumb_leninThis month marks 90 years since Lenin returned to Russia from exile. He immediately embarked on the task of convincing not only the mass of workers, but also the Bolshevik leadership, that the tasks of the revolution were socialist, that what was needed was for power to pass to the hands of the Soviets.

The Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

Details Ted Grant (first published in 1967) logo 07 Nov 2006
Today, November 7th, we celebrate the 89th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution by republishing an article written by Ted Grant, originally published in 1967 on the revolution's 50th anniversary. Even at a time when the bureaucracy seemed almighty and irremovable this article confidently predicts the downfall of the Stalinist regime. Then, the political revolution, i.e. the workers coming to power, seemed a concrete possibility, especially in the light of the 1956 Hungarian events. Unfortunately, because there was no party capable of leading the workers, the collapse of the Stalinist regime led to the capitalist counter-revolution. However, this article clearly demonstrates that the genuine Marxists, the Trotskyists, never had any illusions in Stalinism and always struggled for its overthrow and for the workers to take back the power they had briefly held after the 1917 revolution.

The Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

Details Ted Grant (first published in 1967) logo 07 Nov 2006
Today, November 7th, we celebrate the 89th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution by republishing an article written by Ted Grant, originally published in 1967 on the revolution's 50th anniversary. Even at a time when the bureaucracy seemed almighty and irremovable this article confidently predicts the downfall of the Stalinist regime. Then, the political revolution, i.e. the workers coming to power, seemed a concrete possibility, especially in the light of the 1956 Hungarian events. Unfortunately, because there was no party capable of leading the workers, the collapse of the Stalinist regime led to the capitalist counter-revolution. However, this article clearly demonstrates that the genuine Marxists, the Trotskyists, never had any illusions in Stalinism and always struggled for its overthrow and for the workers to take back the power they had briefly held after the 1917 revolution.

The Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

Details Ted Grant (first published in 1967) logo 07 Nov 2006
Today, November 7th, we celebrate the 89th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution by republishing an article written by Ted Grant, originally published in 1967 on the revolution's 50th anniversary. Even at a time when the bureaucracy seemed almighty and irremovable this article confidently predicts the downfall of the Stalinist regime. Then, the political revolution, i.e. the workers coming to power, seemed a concrete possibility, especially in the light of the 1956 Hungarian events. Unfortunately, because there was no party capable of leading the workers, the collapse of the Stalinist regime led to the capitalist counter-revolution. However, this article clearly demonstrates that the genuine Marxists, the Trotskyists, never had any illusions in Stalinism and always struggled for its overthrow and for the workers to take back the power they had briefly held after the 1917 revolution.

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