Luxemburg on the Russian Revolution
A correction
by Helen Scott and Paul LeBlancHelen Scott and Paul Le Blanc, editors of Volume 5 of Verso’s Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, reply to John Marot’s Tempest article based on the book.
Rosa Luxemburg and the democratic road to socialist revolution
by John Marot
John Marot explains how Luxemburg’s ideas of revolutionary democracy developed in light of the German Revolution.
Bolshevism Mystified
by John Marot
In a new book, Russia scholar Lars Lih sees a basic continuity in Bolshevism from 1903 to Stalin. John Marot argues that party history was marked instead by major turns—first toward socialist revolution and later a break away from it.
Lenin: Catastrophe and revolution
A discussion from Socialism 2023
by Paul Le Blanc, Promise Li, and Cliff ConnollyPaul Le Blanc in conversation with Promise Li and Cliff Connolly about the legacy of Lenin and the Bolsheviks explored through Leblanc’s recent book Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution.