USSR
100 years since Lenin’s Death
Lenin for the New Year
By Dominic Alexander
28 December 2023
As the 100th anniversary of Lenin’s death approaches, here are ten books to help renew...
Leon Trotsky on Lenin
Written by Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky’s essay on Vladimir Lenin is historically significant not because it is trustworthy in its judgments but because it is...
Vladimir 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:...
Lenin’s Last Struggle
New Edition
By Moshe Lewin
Subjects: History
Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks for the Study of Russian and Soviet History and Politics
Imprint: University of Michigan Press
Ebook : 9780472026678,...
Centenaire de la mort de Lénine : découvrez l’édition spéciale de...
Pour le centenaire de la mort du révolutionnaire russe, RP Dimanche a concocté une édition spéciale avec un retour sur la question palestinienne à...
Leila Khaled: The Soviets Supplied us with Parts to Develop Advanced...
Plane hijacker recalls to Asharq Al-Awsat her storied operations in the 1970s
By Amman - Ghassan Charbel
Feb 13, 2023
Final episode
Leila Khaled is approaching 80. She...
Do we need Marxism? Marxism and Stalinism
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
In my previous article on Alexandr Buzgalin and his time, the Perestroika turned Katastroika (https://www.defenddemocracy.press/aleksandr-buzgalin-and-his-time-the-soviet-russian-tragedy/) I put the question if Marxism is...
Aleksandr Buzgalin and his time. The Soviet/Russian tragedy
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
I started writing this farewell to my friend Aleksandr Buzgalin (*), whom I had known since the perestroika times, while I was...
The Kissinger legacy and its Carry in the Global South
By Anuradha Chenoy*
For the Global South, Kissinger could well be called Dr. Death. He insured that whichever country raised a voice or could potentially...
Renowned Russian Marxist Economist Aleksandr Buzgalin Dies
ByPaul Jay
October 19, 2023
Aleksandr Buzgalin, Russian Marxist, professor at the Moscow State University, and the coordinator of the Social Movement “Alternatives,” passed away on...