Lenin

Lenin

• Trotsky on Lenin - book review

  

  A welcome new edition of neglected writing by Trotsky makes accessible revealing insights into Lenin and Russian society, finds Dominic Alexander

• We carried the Revolution on our shoulders - book extract

  

  In this second book extract of The Women's Revolution: Russia 1905-1917, Judy Cox describes the involvement and militancy of women during the October Revolution and the Civil War.

• The Women's Revolution - book extract

  

  In this first of two extracts of The Women's Revolution: Russia 1905-1917, Judy Cox describes how the unnamed, uncredited women of Russia were at the forefront of the February Revolution in 1917

• The October Revolution: lessons and legacy

  

  Historian and activist Paul Le Blanc reflects upon the Year One of international working class struggle

• Storming the heavens: The Russian Revolution 100 years on - event

  

  On the 100^th anniversary of the October Revolution Counterfire is hosting an event to celebrate the defining political moment of the twentieth century

• Lenin, state and revolution: an introduction

  

  Lenin’s classic pamphlet on the role of the state in capitalist society has lost none of its relevance, writes Dragan Plavšić

• Rosa Luxemburg, reform and revolution - video

  

  Rosa Luxemburg is one of the greatest Marxist activists and thinkers of all time. Elaine Graham-Leigh discusses her ideas on reform, revolution, and much else.

• The Dilemmas of Lenin

  

  Tariq Ali finds a fresh approach to Lenin that enables a rediscovery of the importance of his revolutionary politics for today, finds Lindsey German

• What is Marxism? A guide to revolutionary theory - organised by Counterfire

  

  We need to organise against an establishment that will do anything to stop radical social change. Three forums on revolutionary theory will help us understand how

• October 1917: Workers in Power

  

  The collection of essays in October 1917show the Revolution as animated by ‘the irrepressible aspiration of humanity to freedom’, finds Judy Cox

• Georg Lukacs and the actuality of revolution

  

  Hungarian Marxist Georg Lukacs is under attack. We repost a talk given by Chris Nineham at the recent conference in Budapest to defend him  

• Why we need organisation: politics and structure

  

  Are Lenin’s Bolsheviks still the template for radical socialists in the 21st century, asks Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• Revolution remembered

  

  Event commemorating the Russian Revolution, linking it to today's struggles, was big success for revolutionary left, reports Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• The October Revolution: history and heritage

  

  Historian and activist Paul Le Blanc reflects upon the Year One of international working class struggle from Counterfire’s recent 'Revolution: Russia 1917 – on hundred years on' event

• 5 things Orlando Figes got wrong about the Russian Revolution on BBC Newsnight

  

  Orlando Figes was enlisted by the BBC to trash the history of the Russian Revolution. In the run-up to Saturday's Revolution 1917 event, Chris Nineham corrects some matters of fact

• Lenin's State and Revolution

  

  The Revolution 1917 event is this Saturday 25th Feb at Rich Mix London. Lenin's State and Revolution offers crucial insights to those campaigning to change the world 100 years later, explains Paul Vernell

• To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921

  

  The sharp and dramatic debates during the Third Congress of the Comintern contain lessons on strategy and tactics of crucial relevance today, argues Chris Bambery

• Russia's road to revolution

  

  The revolutionary events of 1905 profoundly affected the revolutionary parties themselves, argues Sean Ledwith

• Must revolution always mean catastrophe?

  

  Neither Cromwell, nor Robespierre, nor Lenin, could become an icon or avatar for the reactionary regimes they helped to overthrow, but Stalin was different argues Bill Bowring

• 1905: The 1917 Revolution's dress rehearsal

  

  The Russian Revolution of 1917 was led by a working class who, in 1905, had already tasted their own power and experienced bitter defeat

• 'A marvellous adventure' - John Reed‘s Ten Days that Shook the World

  

  John Reed’s remarkable eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution is introduced by Judy Cox

• Revolution - Russia 1917: One Hundred Years On - event

  

  On 25 February, Counterfire is hosting an event celebrating the 100^th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, taking a closer look at the key questions of the period

• Classic texts 2: a summary of Lenin's 'Left-Wing' Communism - an infantile disorder

  

  The question for Lenin was: do you stand on the side lines, or engage in joint activity, including electoral activity, in order to break the hold of those who were fudging the issue of reform and revolution?

• The principles of liberation: how Lenin rescued Marx

  

  Chris Nineham reviews 'Reconstructing Lenin. An intellectual biography' by Tamas Krausz

• Classic texts: a summary of Lenin’s State and Revolution

  

  Can the state be taken over because it is a neutral space or does it have to be overthrown? Paul Vernell looks at Lenin's answer

• Lenin and the Labour Party - lessons for today?

  

  As Jeremy Corbyn's campaign for Labour leader gains seemingly unstoppable momentum, John Rees looks at some of the debates on the left at the time of the formation of the Labour Party

• Lenin and the art of revolution - John Rees and James Meadway | Dangerous Times 2015

  

  Video from the session 'Lenin and the art of revolution ' at Dangerous Times Festival 2015. Produced by Paul Hanes

• Global Imperialism and the Great Crisis: The Uncertain Future of Capitalism

  

  Lenin’s understanding of imperialism and imperial rivalry still best describes the world we face, argues Dan Poulton, reviewing Ernesto Scepanti’s Global Imperialism and the Great Crisis

• Revolution in a day: an introduction to the theory and practice of radical change | London 18 April

  

  A radical day school providing an essential introduction to the theory and practice of radical change

• Unfinished Leninism: The Rise and Return of a Revolutionary Doctrine

  

  Leninism, so frequently misunderstood, is shown to be of vital relevance for contemporary politics in Paul Le Blanc, Unfinished Leninism, argues Alex Snowdon

• Gramsci’s Leninism

  

  Chris Walsh explores Antonio Gramsci as a Leninist, the originality of his thinking and the relevance of Gramsci today