The Revolutionary Democracy of 1917
Those who draw a straight line from the October Revolution to Stalinism invariably ignore the civil war that came in between.
Soma Marik is a associate professor of history at RKSM Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, and a feminist activist involved in the Nari Nirjatan Pratirodh Mancha, Calcutta, and the Maitree network.
Those who draw a straight line from the October Revolution to Stalinism invariably ignore the civil war that came in between.
In the midst of a right-wing onslaught, Indian workers carried out one of the largest strike in world history.