Russian Revolution Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Revolutionary history: 100 years ago: Foundation of the USSR

By International Socialist Alternative, the international movement which the Socialist Party in Ireland is part of 30 December 1922 marked the opening of the First All-Union Congress of Soviets in the world-famous Bolshoi Theatre. On the same day, representatives of the then

Jan 2, 2023

Theory & History

30 years ago — Defeat of Anti-Gorbachev coup leads to the collapse of USSR

August 19, 1991 — an eight-man junta announced that the head of the Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev had been taken ill, and an “Emergency Committee” had taken over running the vast country. The defeat of the putsch opened the road

Aug 23, 2021

Theory & History

April 1920: Revolutionary General Strike in Ireland

One hundred years ago this month, workers downed tools and took over their workplaces and towns. What began as a hunger strike in prison grew into a general strike against British Imperialism that pointed in the direction of socialism and workers’ power.

May 7, 2020

Theory & History

Lenin — 150 years since his birth.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his revolutionary alias, Vladimir Lenin, was born in the city of Simbirsk, now known as Ulyanovsk, on Russia’s Volga river a century and a half ago. By the age of 30, he had earned the reputation

Apr 22, 2020

Theory & History

Review: The Socialist Manifesto

Published by: Verso Books, 2019 In this year’s State of the Union address, Donald Trump stated that “America will never be a socialist country.” More recently, he declared that he will be running in 2020 to fight a “socialist takeover.” Why, all

Oct 13, 2019

Theory & History

Kautsky and the Parliamentary Road to Socialism – A Reply to Eric Blanc

By Rob Rooke, member of Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US- article was originally published in its journal Socialist World) We are living through a dramatic period in U.S. history. While the Trump presidency has emboldened the right, we have

Aug 1, 2019

US: White House document sparks debate about socialism

By Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the US) “Coincident with the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth, socialism is making a comeback in American political discourse.” This is the opening sentence of an October 23, 2018

Dec 10, 2018

The Living Legacy of the October Revolution

On the centenary of the October Revolution Eddie McCabe looks at the key events and conditions that brought about the world’s first socialist revolution and also explores the decisive leadership given by Lenin, Trotsky and the Bolshevik party.

Nov 6, 2017

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

“Finland Station” and the struggle for socialism today

At the end of June, in the midst of a growing discussion about socialism in the United States, Bhaskar Sunkara ,editor of the US socialist magazine Jacobin, published an important op-ed in the New York Times entitled “Socialism’s Future May Be Its

Aug 3, 2017

Theory & History

1917: How socialist revolution inspired Irish workers

By Manus Lenihan In September 1921 the workers at the port of Cork city went on strike. They occupied the port and Bob Day, the union organiser, addressed the strikers as “Friends, comrades and Bolsheviks.” Day went on to explain what he

Feb 10, 2017

Russian Revolution

Revolutionary history: 100 years ago: Foundation of the USSR

30 years ago — Defeat of Anti-Gorbachev coup leads to the collapse of USSR

April 1920: Revolutionary General Strike in Ireland

Lenin — 150 years since his birth.

Review: The Socialist Manifesto

Kautsky and the Parliamentary Road to Socialism – A Reply to Eric Blanc

US: White House document sparks debate about socialism

“Finland Station” and the struggle for socialism today

1917: How socialist revolution inspired Irish workers

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden