B is for Bolshevism
Bolshevism is the model of democracy and unity that won the world’s first socialist revolution
Red October: The working class takes power
IN THE February Revolution of 1917, the workers and soldiers of Petrograd rose in spontaneous revolt against the hardships caused
The renewal of Bolshevism: Lenin’s April Theses
Lenin’s April Theses, at 479 words one of the shortest of his major works, represented a qualitative advance in his
The Bolsheviks and the revolutionary struggle for Women’s Liberation
By Joy Macready The 1917 Bolshevik government advanced a revolutionary programme for women’s rights, struggling to break with the backwardness
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Revolutionary Women: Konkordiya Samoilova
Konkordiya Samoilova was born in 1876 in Irkutsk, Siberia. Her father was an Orthodox priest. Samoilova graduated with a gold
Bolshevism and the fight for women's liberation
In this article Joy Macready examines the relatively unknown history of the Bolshevik’s ground-breaking policies for the liberation of women,
The Bolsheviks, the Red Army and the Civil War in Russia
In 1917 the working class took power in Russia with remarkably little resistance from the bosses. But shortly afterwards the
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How Bolshevik women fought for liberation
In celebration of International Women’s Day and as part of an ongoing debate about the principles of women’s organisation and
The Leninist Party and Democratic Centralism
Here we republish an article from 1998 which sets out our own understanding of the role of democracy, leadership and
Revolutionary Women: Ludmila Stal
Our series on the lives and struggles of great revolutionary women continues with Marija Cubalevska’s look at the life of
Revolutionary Women: Yevgenia Bosch
This site begins a new series on revolutionary women to highlight their often forgotten role in the communist movement. Katja Teran
Party and Programme: Bolshevism Versus Opportunism 1903 – 1912 – Part 2
This article is devoted to the debate on the political and organisational heritage of Trotskyism and Leninism to which the
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