Posts tagged: russian-revolution

Reclaiming Lenin

For the centenary of Vladimir Lenin's death, Paweł Wargan revisits Lenin's revolutionary thought and shows how Lenin can help us navigate our political conditions today.
Alain Badiou: We are at a new beginning of Marxist thought

In this interviewed with the renowned philosopher Alain Badiou around the publication of his latest book Petrograd, Shanghaï (La Fabrique, 2018), he discusses the revolutionary legacy of the twentieth century and the future of Marxist theory.
Against "Totalitarianism": A Conversation with Enzo Traverso

We must break with “anti-totalitarian” horizon inherited from the neoconservative restoration of the 1980s.
Myths of the October Revolution: An Interview with Alexander Rabinowitch

"We have an awful lot more to learn about the Russian Revolution."
After the End of the World: Re-reading the Russian Revolution

Owen Hatherley surveys the Russian Revolution centennial literature.
It Takes Organizers to Make a Revolution

Are “organizing” and “spontaneity” really opposites?
Lenin: Remembering and Repeating

Slavoj Žižek argues that Lenin's ultimate courage and originality as a leader was through his determination to face the harsh reality of the aftermath of the revolution head on.
China Miéville on the Russian Revolution

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Miéville tells the extraordinary story of this pivotal moment in history.
Tariq Ali asks "Why Lenin?"

"First things first. Without Lenin there would have been no socialist revolution in 1917. Of this much we can be certain."
Women in Russia Before and After the Revolution

In this long-read, Sheila Rowbotham examines the changing conditions for women before, during, and after the Russian Revolution, as well as the political and social roles played by women during each period.
Women in Russia Before and After the Revolution (Part II)

In the second part of this long-read, Sheila Rowbotham examines the changing conditions for women before, during, and after the Russian Revolution, as well as the political and social roles played by women during each period.
The Russian Revolution: A Verso Reading List

One hundred years on from the Russian Revolution we look back at the events that turned the world upside down. All our Russian Revolution reading is 50% off until Jan 1.