Russia

The Story of the February Revolution

Lutz — Mon, 08 May 2017 17:33:10 +0000

The Story of the February Revolution

Schlange vor einer Bäckerei in Tomsk Foto: Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin

Russian workers went on strike on International Women’s Day 1917. They ended up toppling tsarism.

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von Kevin Murphy

Mon, 05/08/2017 - 19:33

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Before February

Lutz — Mon, 08 May 2017 13:00:24 +0000

Before February

Am Taurischen Palais in Petrograd 1917 Foto: von Unbekannt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Public Domain

The depth of the social, economic, and military crisis in Russia and the political consciousness and organization of the working class (in addition to the escalating revolt among soldiers, peasants, students, and oppressed nationalities) raced far in advance of anywhere else in the world in the winter of 1916-1917.

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von Todd Chretien

Mon, 05/08/2017 - 15:00

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The ‘Rising Storm of 1911 to 1913’ in Russia

max — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:34:50 +0000

The ‘Rising Storm of 1911 to 1913’ in Russia

Streikende Arbeiter in Tiflis haben eine Lokomotive umgekippt, 1905 Foto: Wikipedia Public Domain

In the first chapter of her manuscript ‘The Russian Revolution’, Luxemburg describes the revolution(s) of the year 1917 as the ‘product of international developments plus the agrarian question’, and refers to the ‘rising storm of 1911 to 1913’ (see Luxemburg 2004 [1918] p 282-283) in Russia. What does she mean by that?

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von Lutz Brangsch

Mon, 03/13/2017 - 15:34

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Revolution Russia