Ignacio de Llorens has just published the first biography of the Russian anarchist Volin, a key figure in the creation of the first soviet and late…
“Stalinism is a Marxist invention to save Lenin and Trotsky”
Tag: Russian Revolution
A cautionary tale from my Russian anarchist great-grandfather
On the danger of sacrificing principle for pragmatism ~ George Askaroff ~ Originally published 22 October 2024 When faced with substantial external…
The adventures of G. P. Maximoff
How the Russian anarcho-syndicalist became a political journalist, ended up in the Red Army, and helped organise Kropotkin’s funeral ~ Nikolai Ge…
Book review: History of the Anarchist Red Cross
Yelensky’s Shadows in the Struggle for Equality is a masterful exploration of his lifetime supporting political prisoners ~ SoraLX ~ During the c…
International anarchist statement on the centenary of the 1921 Kronstadt Uprising
Today marks the 100th annviersary of the beginning of the Kronstadt uprising.
Pioneers of anarchism: Varlam Cherkezishvili (Tcherkesoff)
Lesser-known of two “anarchist princes” exiled to London in the 1890s (the other being Peter Kropotkin), Cherkezishvili (Warlaam Tcherk…
Russia: Anarchists illegally protest for revolution centenary
This year Leninists worldwide have been celebrating the victory of the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution but in Russia the anarchists came out t…
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Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
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Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
Jim Crow is still alive
One day people will look at today’s global Apartheid the way we look at American Segregation ~ Joseph Chen ~ Whenever I turn back to the hist…
