The Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, died on 21 January 1924 — 100 years ago. The party he led, known as the Bolsheviks and later the Communist Party, took power in the October Revolution of 1917, the first...
Revolution never develops in a straight line
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, London
Between February and October 1917 there were many sharp turns in the situation in Russia. In April, the government coalition of 'socialists' ...
Budget cuts endangered city residents
David Rhoades, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States), Los Angeles
(This article was first published...
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