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Revolutionary Violence

Red Terror

“Whoever does not see class struggle leads unavoidably to armed conflict is blind.” [i] Red Terror was decreed formally in the Soviet Union on September 3, 1918, through an order of the People’s Commissar for Inland, Gregory Petrovsky. He ordered the end of benevolence, imprisonment of the right-wing SRs, and the arrest of hostages among […]
History

24 de ago de 2017
The Cheka: Sword and Shield of the Revolution

The Cheka: Sword and Shield of the Revolution
After seizing the power, the Soviet government understood there were two great battlefronts to face the counter-revolution in the context of the Civil War. A “foreign front” in the military field, against the White Army and the imperialist troops. A conflict that reached 21 countries, with Czarist officials, international military advisors, white guards, Cossacks, and […]
History

15 de jul de 2017