Women before, during and after the Russian Revolution
The history of Bolshevism from the very early days right up to the Russian revolution contains a wealth of lessons…
250 million join general strike as mass movement erupts against new draconian citizenship law
On 8 January, India came to a grinding halt as more than 250 million joined a general strike across the…
Marxists and the National Question
As the capitalist system lurches from one crisis to the next, old contradictions are re-emerging. Instability, polarisation and huge political…
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.…
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…
Climate chaos: capitalism to blame
This summer has been one of freakish weather events the world over. No longer is climate change a thing of…
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…