A People's History of the Russian Revolution (People's History People's History)

by Neil Faulkner

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The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action and destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers.



Faulkner rejects caricatures of Lenin and the Bolsheviks as authoritarian conspirators, 'democratic-centralists' or the progenitors of Stalinist dictatorship; though short-lived, the Revolution of October 1917 was an explosion of democracy and creativity. Crushed by bloody counter-revolution, its socialist vision was ultimately displaced by a monstrous form of bureaucratic state-capitalism.



Laced with first-hand testimony, this history rescues the democratic essence of the revolution from its detractors and deniers, offering a perfect primer for the modern reader.



Published in partnership with the Left Book Club.
  • ISBN10 1786800209
  • ISBN13 9781786800206
  • Publish Date 20 January 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Pluto Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 304
  • Language English