Russian Revolution
National liberation and Bolshevism re-examined: A view from the borderlands
Bund members and pogrom victims in Odessa, 1905.
Leon Trotsky and revolutionary insurrection
Trotsky aboard his famous armoured train during the Civil War in Soviet Russia.
On Marxism and melodrama: An interview with Lars Lih
Lars Lih has explored the political and theoretical relationships between Lenin and Karl Kautsky.
PDF version of Marta Harnecker's: 'Instruments for doing politics'
September 8, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal – This is the PDF versi
New pamphlet by Marta Harnecker: 'Instruments for doing politics'
The above series of videos in Spanish by Marta Harnecker are what the pamphlet below is based o
The role of the united-front tactic
Australian protest against the US war on Vietnam.
Getting our priorities straight: Paul Le Blanc responds to Luke Cooper
Flint sit-down strike (1936-1937).
‘Toward the United Front’: Recovering revolutionary memory for 21st century socialism (+ video)
Part 1.
February 16, 2013 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal – On February 3, 120 socialists took part in a Toronto meeting to celebrate publication of Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, 1922, available in paperback from Haymarket Books. This 1300-page volume is the seventh book of documents on the world revolutionary movement in Lenin’s time edited by John Riddell. Riddell’s address to the Toronto meeting, below, explains the purpose of the book and the publishing project. The video of the event, filmed by Left Streamed, begins above and continues below. It was moderated by Abbie Bakan, with additional commentary by David McNally, Greg Albo, Suzanne Weiss and Paul Kellogg.
Forgotten legacies of Bolshevism on revolutionary organisation
"Iskra. It is often argued that the early period of the organisation of Iskra resembled the small, highly homogenous and monolithic cadre grouping that today is promoted as the sine qua non of revolutionary organisation, but if one looks at the original concept of the Iskra editorial board, we can see it promoted debate among a plurality of tendencies."
[Click HERE for more discussion on revolutionary organisation.]
Willi Münzenberg.
December 29, 2012 -- The following talk on work by the Communist International to gather material aid for the Soviet Republic was given by Suzanne Weiss at the fourth Toronto study session on Toward the United Front, a 1300-page edition the fourth Communist International Congress (1922).
The study session, entitled “The Comintern’s Struggle for Social Hegemony”, surveyed the Comintern's work in unions, cooperatives, education, youth organisations and on material assistance to Soviet Russia. The presentation, taking up a speech by Willi Münzenberg, is followed by a brief biography and a description of the study session. More information on Toward the United Front is available HERE. – John Riddell
This article first appeared at Johnriddell.wordpress.com and is posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission.
Paul Le Blanc: International conference in China on Lenin’s thought
Paul Le Blanc presents the keynote address to the international conference on “Lenin’s thought in the 21st century: interpretation and its value”, held October 20-22, 2012.
[Read more by (and about) Paul Le Blanc HERE and more on Lenin HERE.]
By Paul Le Blanc
