Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by LIEBKNECHT Karl
Presentation
During the first four months of the First World War, no statement from German socialists appeared denouncing the war. Government repression and the bonds of Social Democratic Party discipline prevented antiwar voices, such as those of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, from (…)
, by LENIN Vladimir, RIDDELL John, TROTSKY Leon / TROTSKI Léon / TROTSKY Léon
Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, 100 years ago, two Russian socialist leaders, V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky, published antiwar manifestos that greatly influenced the international socialist response to the conflict.
Lenin’s appeal, “The Tasks of Revolutionary Social Democracy (…)
, by RIDDELL John
The following talk was delivered to the Socialism 2014 conference in Chicago, June 28, 2014. It has been edited for publication in International Socialist Review. See also my article “Capitalism’s First World War and the Battle Against It“ in Socialist Worker .
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On this day (…)
, by RIDDELL John
Paul Kellogg’s review in Socialist Studies of my edition of the Communist International’s 1922 world congress raises two probing questions regarding the legacy of the Communist International (Comintern) in Lenin’s time. First, he questions a long-held conception that the Bolshevik leaders (…)
, by RIDDELL John
For socialists, this month marks a significant anniversary. One hundred years ago, a congress of the Second — or Socialist — International took a bold stand in the struggle against capitalist war. The congress pointed the way toward the Russian revolution of 1917 and provided an enduring guide (…)
, by LIEBMAN Marcel
HISTORY has come to ascribe to Bolshevism the responsibility for the rift in the international workers’ movement. But the role of the historian is to challenge established notions and to undo the damage wrought by the distorting myths of the past. A case in point is the emergence of Communism (…)
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