A Deal With the Capitalists or Overthrow of the Capitalists? (How to End the War) Published in Pravda No. 65, June 7 (May 25), 1917.
Revolutionary Silhouettes Anatoly Lunacharsky's Revolutionary Silhouettes, based on the author's personal recollections, contain valuable information on the leaders of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
The Russian Revolution: On the Eve of The February Revolution On the morning of 30 December 1916, the people of Petrograd woke up to the news that the infamous priest Gregori Rasputin had been killed with poison. Rasputin was a charlatan, drunkard and serial-womaniser of upper class wives and daughters, but most importantly he was the closest adviser to the royal couple.
The February Revolution of 1917: Storming Heaven The First World War was becoming a catastrophe for Russia. From the front line there was news of defeat after defeat. The breakdown of the economy produced a shortage of bread. Crowds of half-starved and desperate women queued outside shops for bread that never arrived. But at the top of Russian society things were very different.
How to Fight Counter-Revolution "If you want to do more than merely complain about the counter-revolution, if you want to fight it, you must join us in saying: Down with the ten capitalist Ministers!"
The Class Origins of Present-Day and “Future” Cavaignacs "The fact is there: the Socialist-Revolutionaries and Mensheviks are the ruling party now. And this ruling party is voluntarily ceding power (the majority in the government) to the party of the Cavaignacs!!"
The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It "To be really revolutionary, the democrats of Russia today must march in very close alliance with the proletariat, supporting it in its struggle as the only thoroughly revolutionary class."
Answering fake news about the Russian Revolution A feature appeared recently in the London Evening Standard (10th February, 2017) by a certain Victor Sebestyen about the exhibition Russian Art 1917-1932 at the Royal Academy.
Political Parties in Russia and the Tasks of the Proletariat "We are decidedly against all imperialist wars and all bourgeois governments waging such wars, including our own Provisional Government; we are decidedly against “revolutionary defencism” in Russia."
The Fight Against Kaledin Written: the Decision—December 30, 1917 (January 12, 1918); the Addendum—January 1 (14), 1918.
Concerning the Expulsion from the Party of S. A. Lozovsky "A person who holds an important post in the trade union movement and is debauching that movement with shoddy bourgeois ideas..."
Resolution Of The Council Of People's Commissars On The Rada's Reply To The C.P.C. "The revolutionary movement of the Ukrainian working classes for the transfer of all power to the Soviets is assuming ever greater proportions in the Ukraine itself and holds out the prospect of an early victory over the Ukrainian bourgeoisie."
