(A Reply To Remarks In Labour Affairs, September '26) The Russian Revolution was envisaged in the first instance by its creator as a preliminary to an international Socialist Revolution against Capitalism. Socialist Revolution was seen by Lenin as having been made possible, even inevitable, in the immediate future, by developments within German capitalism during the War. These developments … Continue reading Was The Soviet Union “A Failed World State”?
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An ideological vacuum in Russia?
Busts of Lenin are still everywhere in Russia. On the other hand, the Yeltsin Centre in the Urals (Yeltsin’s birthplace) has opened an annex in Moscow and has a popular programme of talks and films on the theme of what a bad thing communism was, attended by anti-russian foreign guests. The Constitution meanwhile declares that Russia is … Continue reading An ideological vacuum in Russia?
