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Leon Trotsky on Lenin’s life and legacy
The Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, died on 21 January 1924 — 100…
The Zhenotdel: Russian Revolution’s socialist feminism – lessons for fighting oppression today
This article by Saana Taussi explores the work of Zhenotdel, the women’s department of the central committee of the…
Lenin — 150 years since his birth.
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his revolutionary alias, Vladimir Lenin, was born in the city of Simbirsk,…
How the Bolsheviks Treated the National Question
An "Eastern Orchestra" played for delegates during the September 1920 Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East.
The Living Legacy of the October Revolution
On the centenary of the October Revolution Eddie McCabe looks at the key events and conditions that brought about the world’s first socialist revolution and also explores the decisive leadership given by Lenin, Trotsky and the Bolshevik party.
1917: How socialist revolution inspired Irish workers
By Manus Lenihan In September 1921 the workers at the port of Cork city went on strike. They…
Centenary of the Russian Revolution
Below is an editorial from Socialism Today, the monthly magazine of the Socialist Party in England and Wales…
Women’s & LGBT Liberation in Revolutionary Russia
Young people internationally are being politicised by the oppression of women and LGBT people, opening up debates as…
