Posts tagged: russian-revolution

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  Alain Badiou on the Russian Revolution of October 1917

  "The Russian Revolution of 1917 was an unprecedented event in the history of the human species."

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  “Weren’t We Women First Out on the Streets?": The Incomplete History of 1917

  The history of 1917 in Russia requires a full range of voices, and attention to the entire spectrum of human emotions and experiences, within the masses as well as the elites.

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  The Centenary of the Russian Revolution and the Repudiation of Debt

  In February 1918, the repudiation of the debt by the Soviet government shocked international finance and sparked off unanimous condemnation by the governments of the great powers.

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  “I Wanted to See for Myself the First Land of Socialism”: Black American Women and the Russian Revolution

  The promse of 1917 allowed African American women to assert themselves as an integral part of a global movement to end racism, sexism, and imperialism.

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  The October Revolution of Antoine Volodine

  In the centenary of the October revolution, much has been said about it as a moment in history. Here McKenzie Wark inquires as to what becomes of the myth of October, now that we are in the time of the Anthropocene. 

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  Audio: Ronald Grigor Suny on Reconsidering Russia

  Ronald Grigor Suny discusses the Russian Revolution and its historiography. 

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  Video: Susan Buck-Morss — Global Civil War: Solidarity by Proxy

  In the twenty-first century any world war is a civil war, and any civil war affects the world. Does this mean the end of the Age of Revolutions, or a whole new understanding of what revolution entails?

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  October and Its Relevance: A Discussion with China Miéville

  China Miéville discusses the Russian Revolution and its relevance for today with Eric Blanc, a historical sociologist and author of the forthcoming monograph Anti-Colonial Marxism: Oppression and Revolution in the Tsarist Borderlands.

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  Georg Lukács During War and Revolution

  Lukács discusses his experiences during the years of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic, for which he served as the People's Commissar for Education and Culture. 

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  What does the Russian Revolution mean to you? (Part III)

  This year we've been marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution with new books from Tariq Ali and China Miéville, plus Weekend Reads looking at women in Russia before and after the Revolution, the Black Bolsheviks, and lots more. 

  In this series of posts (Part I, Part II, and Part III below) writers respond to the Revolution and its importance today.

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  What does the Russian Revolution mean to you? (Part II)

  This year we've been marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution with new books from Tariq Ali and China Miéville, plus Weekend Reads looking at women in Russia before and after the Revolution, the Black Bolsheviks, and lots more. 

  In this series of posts (Part I, Part II below, and Part III) we ask writers to respond to the Revolution and its importance today.

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  What does the Russian Revolution mean to you?

  This year we've been marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution with new books from Tariq Ali and China Miéville, plus Weekend Reads looking at women in Russia before and after the Revolution, the Black Bolsheviks, and lots more. 

  In this series of posts (Part I below, Part II, and Part III) we ask writers to respond to the Revolution and its importance today.