Sifting Leninism From the Ash Heap of History

Sifting Leninism From the Ash Heap of History

The political landscape in this off-year election cycle is littered with examples of authoritarianism, discord, violence, and murder. In New York City, the leading candidate for mayor in next month’s election promises socialism for the Big Apple. In Virginia, the Democrat running for attorney general envisions shooting a Republican lawmaker in the head. He also expressed a desire for the lawmaker’s young children to die in their mother’s arms. I…

‘The Revolution in Crisis, Introduction V’ by Louis C. Fraina from The Proletarian Revolution in Russia by V.I. Lenin and L. Trotzky. Communist Press, New York, 1918.

Fraina’s extensive introduction continues with a look at the August reaction that followed 1917’s ‘July Days’. From a truly unique historic document and (486 page) collection of Lenin and Trotsky, writings from the first year of the Revolution with additions by Chicherin and introduced by Fraina. Personally edited, introduced, produced, and published by pioneering US […]