Marking 100 Years Since the Revolution

The centenary of the global “earthquake” will be marked this year, and two British organisations — the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School and the Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies — decided that they would work together on ideas and projects that could draw upon their rich and varied resources, dating from their foundations in the years after the revolution.

One thing led to another, and before long the Russian Revolution Centenary Committee (RRCC) was born. This will be a major one-day event on 4 November 2017 which the RRCC itself is organising, and will explore various themes, including British trade unions and the revolution; the political struggle for historical memory; the cultural significance of the revolution; and the political relevance of the revolution to contemporary society.