John Riddell
The ‘German October’ of 1923: A failed bid for workers’ power
By John Riddell&
How pioneer Communists assessed the Russian Soviet Republic
By John Riddell
February 6, 2021 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from John Riddell's Marxist Essays and Commentary — The Communist International (or Comintern) was founded in Moscow in 1919, with the goal of helping to extend the socialist revolution that had taken place in Russia across Europe and around the world.
The Russian Communist (Bolshevik) party that had led in establishing Soviet power was respected in the International as a prime source of strategic and tactical guidance. Yet the Comintern’s statutes did not accord any primacy to the Russian Communist Party (RCP). Like other Comintern sections, the Russian party was answerable to the International’s world congresses.
The Comintern’s Second Congress: A Centennial Introduction
By John Riddell
India’s Kashmir crackdown poses risk of war
