1917 - The Kornilov Affair Mobilises the Masses

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1917: Russian Revolution
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As we saw when looking at the July Days the Bolsheviks were able to survive the post-July repression because of their firm roots within the working class. However, for those looking for easy lessons for today, a warning. It has to be remembered that this would not have been worth anything if it was not for the relative strength of the Petersburg workers in their own concentrations in the Vyborg...

1917 - The Proletariat Takes Power

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1917: Russian Revolution
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Pamphlets

"On the evening of October 24th the Provisional Government had at its disposal little more than 25,000 men. On the evening of October 25th, when preparations were underway for the storming of the Winter Palace, the Bolsheviks assembled about 20,000 Red Guards, sailors and soldiers before that last refuge of the Provisional Government.

Ninety Years Since the October Revolution

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Russia and Eastern Europe
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1917: Russian Revolution
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When the USSR collapsed, the international bourgeoisie sang communism’s requiem. The funeral oration was used to demonstrate how the failure of the supposedly communist Soviet Union proves that, outside of capitalism, there is no possibility of any other form of social organisation coming into existence.

The Effects of Financial Speculation: Profits, Desperation and Misery

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Documents

(From Battaglia Comunista 9/2007) · In the USA it seems the perception of phenomena which give rise to the greatest fear is changing; terrorism, in all its guises, is being replaced to an ever greater extent by the fear of the so-called “sub primes”. · Truth be told, we were more familiar with other financial products that came to the fore some time back - junk bonds, swaps, options - to which now...

The Postal Workers are Struggling for More Than a Living Wage

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Unionism
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British Isles
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Workers' conditions and struggles
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Revolutionary Perspectives

As we go to press, the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) have called off the latest one day strike by postal workers planned for August 9th. They have entered into a deal with management to halt all further action until September 4th. In the meantime, the CWU leaders have committed themselves to reaching a “negotiated settlement”. · In some ways this is a surprising turn of events.

Brown Premiership: New Leader, Same Agenda

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Parliamentary Left and Reformism
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British Isles
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Revolutionary Perspectives

On 27th June, Gordon Brown finally reaped the reward for 10 years of loyal service to the Blair regime. The much-anticipated handover of power has generated considerable excitement in the popular press that the Brown premiership will herald a change of direction and that Brown represents some sort of return to traditional Labour social democratic values.

Housing: A Never-ending Crisis under Capitalism

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British Isles
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Housing
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Revolutionary Perspectives

The ideology of the free market, beloved of politicians from Thatcher to Blair, frequently clashes with the reality of modern capitalism. An economy based on huge amounts of state regulation propped up by debt is not the free market Adam Smith had in mind. Nevertheless, the ideology generally trots along until it is slapped in the face by reality.

China: Hundreds of Protests a Day Against the Super-exploitation by Capital

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Eastern Asia
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Workers' conditions and struggles
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Revolutionary Perspectives

Economic Boom Widens the Class Differences in this Huge Asian Country - From Battaglia Comunista 4 (April 2007) · One dead and 60 injured: that was the outcome of clashes between March 10th and 12th in central China. The protest, involving 20000 demonstrators faced by thousands of police and soldiers, was caused by revelations of corruption and above all by the doubling of the price of bus tickets...

Cajo Brendel (1915-2007)

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Revolutionary Perspectives

Cajo Brendel died on June 26th. He was over 90 years old but remained committed to the emancipation of the working class until the last. One of the last of the Dutch Left who was an associate of Anton Pannekoek he was also the animator of the Dutch councilist group Daad en Gedachte. · Although we opposed his councilism (which denied the party was also a necessary instrument in the liberation of...

Russian Imperialism on the March

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Russia and Eastern Europe
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Revolutionary Perspectives

After the Soviet Union · Since the collapse of the USSR the USA has celebrated “the end of history” by trying to cash in on a “peace dividend” which allowed it to mop up the peripheral areas of the former Soviet Empire. The US-led war in Afghanistan was preceded by the establishment of air bases in the former Soviet republics of Central Asia.

Reflections on the Samara Summit between the European Union and Russia

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Russia and Eastern Europe
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

New Imperialist Fronts on the Horizon · Comrade Mauro Stefanini wrote in an article in Prometeo, June 2003: · "The objective of the now desperate war policy of the ruling clan of the USA is to hold up, if not to avoid, the joining together of the Euro-zone and Russia." · This is where one must begin if one wishes to fully understand the outcome of the Samara summit last 17-18th of May.

The Recent Turkish Parliamentary Election

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Caucasus and Anatolia
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Revolutionary Perspectives

(An Article from the Enternasyonalist Komünist Sol) · (CWO Introduction - In Revolutionary Perspectives 41, we published correspondence with the EKS on imperialism (at the end of 2006) and a leaflet that they wrote on the war in Lebanon (in the summer of 2006). Since then, we have had the oportunity to meet and directly discuss with comrades of the EKS and hope to continue our mutual cooperation.

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