The Russian Revolution and Stalinism
By François Forgue On October 25th, the Second Congress of Soviets met in Petrograd. In his History of the Russian Revolution Trotsky writes: “In Smolny on the 25th of [...]
OUR REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE
The Workers’ United Front and the Revolutionary Party
Introduction The main instruments the working class has to fight for its immediate and historic interests are its class organizations: trade unions, workers parties, and, [...]
The Revolutionary Party & Its Role in the Struggle for Socialism
By James P. Cannon The greatest contribution to the arsenal of Marxism since the death of Engels in 1895 was Lenin’s conception of the vanguard party as the organizer and [...]
Intro to Socialism
Introduction The world today is in a mess. Look at your neighborhood and look at the world. We are facing the worst economic depression since the 1930s. Everyday we [...]
Some Reflections on the Founding of the Fourth International and the Relevance of its Programme
By Daniel Gluckstein and François Forgue On 3 September 1938, in a barn in a small rural community of the Paris region, 22 militant activists representing organisations from [...]
An Introduction to the Russian Revolution
By Socialist Organizer Presentation The Russian Revolution is possibly the most misrepresented event in history. Mountains of articles and books make the case that in October [...]
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