China: from revolution to Tiananmen
Thirty years ago, the world’s largest-ever student movement was brought to a violent close by the so-called People’s Liberation Army.…
Category: History
The Amritsar massacre – 100 years on: never forgive, never forget
13th April 2019 marks the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) massacre in colonial Punjab, India. Around 1,000 unarmed victims…
The Cuban Revolution
Sixty years ago, on New Year’s Day 1959, a general strike paralysed Cuba and forced dictator Fulgencio Batista to flee…
The German revolution of 1918
“The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit of revolution,” remarked Lloyd George to the French Premier Clemenceau in…
Top 10 lies about the Bolshevik Revolution
No other event in human history has been the subject of more distortions, falsehoods and fabrications the Russian Revolution. We…
Indian Independence: A Revolution lost
In this article we summarise British rule in India and examine the main and most influential political characters, which eventually…
Gandhi: the myths behind the Mahatma
Mahatma Gandhi, the defining figure of the Indian nationalist campaign against British colonial rule in India, is known by most…
What the Russian Revolution achieved and why it degenerated
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution. The apologists of capitalism, and their faithful echoes in the…
The Russian Revolution: The meaning of October
Today is the 99th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, an event which altered the entire course of human history. For…
India and Pakistan: Traumatic Partition and the Elusive Independence
August 14th and 15th are celebrated as the days of independence of Pakistan and India from direct British imperialist rule.…