Education in the Soviet Union Through the Eyes of an American Principal

An American principal traveled to the USSR in 1926 and 1927 to study Soviet schools. Here are the results of her study.

The Challenges of the Russian Revolution and Women’s Rights

This is the second of two articles in a series that explores the advances in the realm of women’s rights opened by the Russian Revolution, as well as the difficulties in implementing these advances due to the material conditions of post 1917 Russia.

The Challenges of the Russian Revolution

This is the first of two articles in a series that explores the advances in the realm of women’s rights opened by the Russian Revolution, as well as the difficulties in implementing these advances due to the material conditions of post-1917 Russia.

A Revolution in Search of Heirs

In the current context of a prolonged crisis of capitalism and its parties, as well as the emergence of new political phenomena, the question is raised once again: Shall we recreate illusions in reformism or prepare for the next revolution?

Soviet Hegemony

Craig Brandist speaks about hegemony, the national question and colonialism in the early years of the USSR.

Marxism or Populism? A Debate About Proletarian Culture

The young Soviet Republic was fertile ground for the development of art with the emergence of new trends, genres and styles.

Menshevism: The Girondins of 1917

Menshevism was committed to gradualism and opposed to the “historical impatience” of a socialist revolution.

The Moscow Thermidor: Stalinist Degeneration and the Lessons for Today

What was Stalinism? Why did it occur and will it be the fate of all socialist revolutions?

Memories of the Future

The Russian revolution is not old and dead history; socialists can learn central lessons from the working class revolution 100 years ago. What are these lessons?