The “Third Period” of the Comintern’s Mistakes

We republish here, for our summer 2014 organization-wide reading, an “under-the-radar” classic by Leon Trotsky. It includes a searing critique of the errors of Stalinism in theory, strategy, and tactics.

97th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

On the 97th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, we commemorate this great event by recommending three works of Ted Grant and Alan Woods: Russia: from Revolution to Counter-Revolution by Ted Grant (1997), The Meaning of October by Alan Woods […]

Bureaucratism or Workers’ Power

This important document provides an analysis of the nationalized planned economy that existed in the Soviet Union and other Stalinist regimes.

The Russian Revolution: The Meaning of October

Today is the 96th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, an event which altered the entire course of human history. For the first time—if we exclude the brief but glorious episode of the Paris Commune—the working […]

The LGBTQ Movement and the Fight for Equality (Part Two)

In part two, Tom Trottier analyzes the history of the LGBTQ movement and anti-sodomy laws in the United States, as well as gains made for LGBTQ people during the Bolshevik revolution and the later curtailment […]

Women in the Soviet Union

We reproduce here an article from 1988 which examines the position of women in the former USSR.