Lenin

From a talk given on Sept. 2, 1993, introducing a series of classes on basic Marxist concepts after the destruction of the Soviet Union. We’re looking into the arsenal of weapons in the struggle against […]

Alexandra Kollontai was a member of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party and one of the organizers of the Great October Socialist Revolution in 1917. She was a leading Marxist theorist on women’s liberation […]

The great African American poet and Harlem Renaissance figure, Langston Hughes, wrote two poems about V.I. Lenin in the 1930s. They reflect the tremendous spirit of hope that the Russian Revolution breathed into the national […]

The Communist Manifesto was originally called the “Manifesto of the Communist Party.” When Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote their famous pamphlet, it was not just the worldview of two individuals. It was written as […]

Written in 1990 and first published in the Summer 1993 issue (#18) of Liberation and Marxism magazine. A new book on the Russian Revolution by the professional anti-communist Richard Pipes, “History of the Russian Revolution” […]

For a major anniversary like the 150th birthday of V.I. Lenin on April 22, 2020, it’s tempting to try and write some overarching summary of his enormous revolutionary contributions: building a revolutionary party, imperialism and […]

Originally published in the Jan./Feb. 1991 issue (#8) of Liberation and Marxism magazine. “David Grey” was a shared pen name for editors Vince Copeland and David Perez. Right now, it’s hard to find any pro-capitalist […]