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.
We must break with “anti-totalitarian” horizon inherited from the neoconservative restoration of the 1980s.
"We have an awful lot more to learn about the Russian Revolution."
Owen Hatherley surveys the Russian Revolution centennial literature.
Are “organizing” and “spontaneity” really opposites?
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.
On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Miéville tells the extraordinary story of this pivotal moment in history.
"First things first. Without Lenin there would have been no socialist revolution in 1917. Of this much we can be certain."
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.
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.
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.
"The Russian Revolution of 1917 was an unprecedented event in the history of the human species."