The 1917 ‘October Revolution’ in Russia, which took place on 5 November by the old Russian calendar, has spawned countless books and articles, many of the written from the point of view of defenders of […]
Today, 7 November, marks the 104th anniversary of the Russian Revolution – a world-historic event. The October revolution led to a huge transformation of the former repressive Czarist Empire – politically, economically, culturally, and also […]
Today marks the 102nd anniversary of the Russian Revolution, a world-historic event. The October revolution led to a huge transformation of the former repressive Czarist Empire – politically, economically, culturally, and also concerning questions of […]
With monotonous predictability the centenary of the Russian revolution has led to an outpouring of bile – not aimed in the main at the ‘acceptable’ February revolution – but at October. A cacophony of slander […]
A documentary on the BBC has heaped lies and distortions on the Russian Revolution. Socialist Party general secretary Peter Taaffe answers these attacks on the real revolutionary legacy of October 1917. […]
To mark the centenary of the Russian revolution, Izquierda Revolucionaria (CWI Spain) has translated into Spanish John Reed’s classic book, Ten Days that Shook the World. In this introduction to the book, Peter Taaffe explains […]
BBC radio four is broadcasting, starting 9 October ,10 programmes (over two weeks) a dramatised version of John Reed’s classic book about the Russian Revolution, ‘Ten Days That Shook The World’. Special financial appeal to all […]
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