October Song
Published on 14. November 2017
504 pages
978-1-60846-878-2 (ISBN)
Description
A panoramic account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath ¿ animated by the lives, ideas and experiences of workers, peasants, intellectuals, artists, and revolutionaries of diverse persuasions ¿ October Song vividly narrates the triumphs of those who struggled for a new society and created a revolutionary workers state. Yet despite profoundly democratic and humanistic aspirations, the revolution is eventually defeated by violence and authoritarianism.
October Song highlights both positive and negative lessons of this historic struggle for human liberation.
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Paul Le Blanc, long-time activist and Professor of History at La Roche College, is author of Lenin and the Revolutionary Party, From Marx to Gramsci, and Leon Trotsky. He is an editor of The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg.
Content
- October Song
- Preface
- 1. Nothing Can Ever Be the Same
- 2. Prerevolutionary Russia
- 3. Revolutionary Triumph
- 4. Proletarian Rule and Mixed Economy
- 5. Global Context
- 6. Losing Balance
- 7. Majority of the People
- 8. Liberty under the Soviets
- 9. Consolidation of the Soviet Republic
- 10. Inevitabilities and Otherwise
- Methodological Appendix
- Bibliography
- Notes
- About the Author
