Was the USSR communist?

Hear the author of A Communist History of the British General Strike talk on the contents of his new book. And order your copy of the book. In May 1926 the working class of Britain moved in its millions. Whispers of a new world — one run by the workers, without the need for bosse ...  Afficher plus

Questions of free speech and state repression have reared over the recent period. The right wing cynically uses the idea of free speech to pretend figures like Farage are being silenced. In reality, however, those defending the needs of capitalism and the status quo are given all ...  Afficher plus

This program covers the origins, evolution, and current significance of "communism." After a brief history of communism as a utopian ideal of community, we treat Marx's presentation in the Communist Manifesto, and then communism's subordination to "socialism" to World War 1. That ...  Afficher plus

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East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), is remembered in the West as th ...

En 1917,  la Russie connaît 2 révolutions coup sur coup, celle de février qui renverse le tsar, laissant place à un gouvernement provisoire, et celle d’octobre quand Lénine et les bolcheviks prennent le pouvoir par un coup d’Etat.
Quels sont les acteurs de cette révolution ...

In 1917, revolution changed Russia forever. Putting an end to 300 years of the Romanov dynasty, it made way for what ordinary Russians believed would be a fairer, more egalitarian system. But what sparked the rebellion? What was it like to witness the collapse of the autocracy? A ...  Afficher plus