USSR
The Soviet Victory over Nazism 75 years ago, and COVID-19
By Andre Vltchek
How could the Great Patriotic War in which the Soviet people (including many members of my own family) lost at least 25...
US push for low-yield nukes makes atomic war MORE likely as...
By Nebojsa Malic
30 Apr, 2020
The US State Department’s case for tactical nuclear weapons is a case study in psychological projection not seen since the...
The end of illusions: Who is the real Donald Trump
Moscow promises Washington a ‘SERIOUS TALK’ about its V-Day message that omits Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazis
10 May, 2020
Moscow won’t fail to take...
Freak V-Day glitch? Facebook engine CENSORS iconic photo with Soviet flag...
9 May, 2020
Social media feeds are filled with historic shots marking Victory Day, but Facebook seems to have taken issue with one that symbolizes...
Corona-crisis: the West, Germany and the European left
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
April 25, 2020
Humanity is facing one of the most serious and complex crises in its history. It is not only a health...
Giulietto Chiesa (1940-2020): An intellectual of action
It is with great sorrow that we learned yesterday, April 26th, that Giulietto Chiesa has passed away. One of the most remarkable European intellectuals...
“Lenin’s Last Struggle” recounts a losing campaign against the emerging Stalin
By Gary Bono
January 22, 2016
I have previously written about the excellent and informative book, “The Soviet Century” by the Soviet-born historian Moshe Lewin, but...
Lenin’s Testament
"Last Testament"
Letters to the Congress
Written: December 1922 - January 1923
First Published: 1956 in Kommunist (No. 9)
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Volume 36 (p. 593-611)
Online Version:...
Leon Trotsky: Lenin (1925)
Transcriber’s Notes
This transcription of Leon Trotsky’s 1925 Lenin came about through a donation from the personal archives of Asher and Ruth Harer in San...
What Was Lenin Thinking?
By Tariq Ali
April 3, 2017
LONDON — What was Vladimir Lenin thinking on the long journey to Petrograd’s Finland Station in 1917?
Like everyone else, he...