One-hundred-and-seven years ago, on 7 November 1917, the Russian working class conquered power. This was the greatest event in human history. For the first time ever, workers and peasants overthrew […]
On Monday 17 October, the Morning Star published a review of the new edition of Trotsky’s biography of Stalin written by Andrew Murray. While admitting that “this book has literary and historical
Die Demokratie gilt heute in der westlichen Welt als Wesensmerkmal der kapitalistischen Gesellschaft. Diese Vorstellung wurde in der krisenfreien Nachkriegszeit nach 1947 und besonders in der ideologischen Offensive nach dem
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution. The apologists of capitalism, and their faithful echoes in the labour movement, try to comfort themselves with the thought that
Was ist Geschichte? Warum sollten wir akzeptieren, dass das gesamte Universum, vom kleinsten Partikel bis zu den entferntesten Galaxien, Gesetzmäßigkeiten unterliegt, und dass die Prozesse, welche die Evolution aller Spezies
The IMT has spent the past year commemorating the March 1919 centennial of the Third (Communist) International’s founding. In particular, we celebrate the extraordinary promise and lessons of its first
Of all the catchwords used by capital’s paid and unpaid defenders, ‘freedom’ is surely the most used and the least understood. “Capitalism is freedom” according to Turning Point UK. Milton
An avalanche of books has recently been published to discredit Lenin, Trotsky and the Russian Revolution. First and foremost of these writers is Professor Robert Service. The aim of his
Die Frage des Staates in einer kapitalistischen Gesellschaft ist von zentraler Bedeutung. Der Staat ist aus marxistischer Sicht kein über der Gesellschaft stehender unparteiischer Schiedsrichter, sondern in letzter Instanz „bewaffnete
The Russian Revolution is the greatest event in human history, because for the first time the working class not only led a revolution, but took power directly into their own