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Stalinism and Restoration

Gorbachev: the key figure of the capitalist restoration of the former USSR

Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, President of the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died yesterday in Moscow aged 91. By Alexander Iturbe Western media pay tribute to him as “one of the most important men in world history at the end of the 20th century“. In Russia and within the former USSR, […]
History

31 de ago de 2022
Special | Trotsky’s Prediction of the Restoration of Capitalism in the USSR

Special | Trotsky’s Prediction of the Restoration of Capitalism in the USSR
When the dissolution of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was declared in December 1991, a debate began that has continued until today about the causes of the collapse and the historical and political significance of this event. By Alejandro Iturbe Translated from Spanish by Rita Brown There are four generally accepted interpretations of […]
Leon Trotsky

21 de dez de 2021

Bolchevism and Stalinism: opposite poles

Bolchevism and Stalinism: opposite poles
This year we are celebrating the 100 years of the October 1917 Revolution. The first victorious socialist revolution, the first Workers’ State established in history, and the triumph of the Red Army against the counter-revolutionary Tsarist and imperialist armies: all of this generated immense enthusiasm in the working class and the peoples around the world. […]
Stalinism and Restoration

24 de set de 2017

The Verdict of History - Prologue to Russian Edition

The Verdict of History – Prologue to Russian Edition
This new edition, now in Russian, of The Verdict of History ,is added to the one in Portuguese (2008), the one in Spanish (2009), and the upcoming one in English. The several editions of this book show the interest it awoke among those who seek to understand what happened with the states where bourgeoisie was expropriated […]
Russian Revolution

20 de set de 2017