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Russia 1917-18: Revolution for peace, bread and land – counter-revolution’s terror and invasions

November 29, 2018 senan

After two and a half years of the First World War, Russia exploded in February 1917 in a revolution that overthrew the Tsar’s dictatorship. The capitalist provisional governments that took over did not at all […]

1918: Revolution ends First World War as international radicalisation shakes the world

November 13, 2018 senan

The horrific slaughter of the First World War has haunted generations. By the time it ended, it had put into question the ‘right’ of the ruling classes to rule, something that helped provoke revolutions and […]

Germany: 100 years since the November revolution 1918

November 9, 2018 senan

November 9 is a momentous date in German history. On this date Robert Blum, one of the leaders of the 1848 revolution in German-speaking countries, was executed in Vienna; the Nazis instigated the infamous Reichspogromnacht […]

Mexico: The movement of 68 and the massacre of Tlatelolco

October 3, 2018 senan

“From time to time, each new era presents people, especially their young people, with new dilemmas and plots. Previous legacies are crumbling and boys and girls must invent their own way of being in the […]

80th anniversary of founding of Fourth International

September 9, 2018 niall

This week saw the 80th anniversary of the founding conference of the Fourth International, on 3 September, 1938. To mark this historic event, we republish below a brief 2013 introduction to an article by Peter […]

France 1968: when workers were on the brink of taking power

May 25, 2018 senan

50 years since the greatest general strike in history Much has changed in the half century since the revolutionary events of May 1968 in France. At that time there was still a ‘cold war’ between […]

Gorbachev: Accidental architect of world change

February 19, 2018 senan

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, left a truly historical legacy. Aiming to reform bureaucratic rule he helped unleash forces that led to the complete collapse of Stalinism in Russia and eastern Europe. That […]

Vietnam War: 50 years since the Tet Offensive

January 30, 2018 niall

On 30 January 1968 the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the People’s Army of Vietnam launched the Tet Offensive against US and allied troops in South Vietnam. On the 50th anniversary of this key stage […]

The revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg

January 15, 2018 niall

On 15 January 1919, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, the finest brains of the German working class and its most heroic figures, were brutally murdered by the bloodthirsty, defeated German military, backed to the hilt […]