The October revolution was a leap forward for LGBTQ liberation. But in March 1934, Stalin re-criminalized homosexuality across the whole of the Soviet Union.
British intelligence played a key role in the lead up to the slaughter of up to two million members and supporters of the Indonesian Communist Party.
On June 22, 1941, the Nazis unleashed the largest invasion yet visited on the people of the Soviet Union. The Soviet people were responsible for the victory over Hitler, but the same credit does not […]
Just a few years after it entered the scene of history, the Comintern suffered a sudden, irreversible decline. How was all that potential squandered and turned into its opposite?
As for the liberation of imperialist-dominated countries, Mao had nothing but detrimental policies to offer.
The Spanish Civil War, like any revolutionary period, was an acid test for political parties and tendencies. Despite its ultimate defeat by the counterrevolution, it holds rich lessons for socialists today.
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.
This important document provides an analysis of the nationalized planned economy that existed in the Soviet Union and other Stalinist regimes.
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 […]
