The essence of revolutionary communism: new introduction to the 'Classics of Marxism' Wellred Books’ bestselling title The Classics of Marxism: Volume One is available in a brand new edition. Here we publish the introduction by Fred Weston – leading member of the Revolutionary Communist International. Fred highlights how, far from being relics of the past, the writings inside by Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky are the most modern texts you can come across if you want to understand the nature of the capitalist system and how it can be overthrown.
When US imperialism invaded Soviet Russia Following the victory of the Bolsheviks in October 1917, the imperialists of the world did their utmost to strangle the new workers’ state. As well as arming, financing, and supplying the counter-revolutionary White armies, they directly committed troops to intervene in the developing civil war. In this article, John Peterson uncovers the little-known history of the US imperialists’ involvement, and how the Bolsheviks responded on an internationalist class-basis to win the war.
Socialism in one country: how Stalin abandoned Marxism Lenin always maintained that the ultimate victory of the Russian Revolution was linked to that of the world revolution. His internationalism was a direct continuation of that of Marx and Engels. But in 1924, Stalin broke with this tradition by presenting his reactionary theory of ‘socialism in one country’. In this article, Niklas Albin Svensson explains why genuine Marxists are internationalists, why Stalin came to revise Marxism, and how this would have disastrous consequences for decades to come.
Lost Soviet document vindicates Trotsky: there really was “no better Bolshevik!” “Trotsky said long ago that unification is impossible. Trotsky understood this and from that time on there has been no better Bolshevik.” Vladimir Lenin delivered this statement to the Bolshevik Petrograd Committee on 1 November 1917 (Old Style).
Democracy, Bonapartism and Fascism: lessons for today Wellred Books’ latest title Democracy, Bonapartism & Fascism: Class Struggle in the 1930s is out now! We publish below the introduction, written by Niklas Albin Svensson, which explains the invaluable theoretical lessons of this collection of writings by Leon Trotsky and Ted Grant.