A panoramic account of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath animated by the lives, ideas and experiences of workers, peasants, intellectuals, artists, and revolutionaries of diverse persuasions October Song vividly narrates the triumphs of those who struggled for a new society and created a revolutionary workers state. Yet despite profoundly democratic and humanistic aspirations, the revolution is eventually defeated by violence and authoritarianism.
October Song highlights both positive and negative lessons of this historic struggle for human liberation.
An improved index to accompany the book October Song Index.
Paul Le Blanc reflects on the book's themes and additional writings on them that have emerged since October Song's publication After Six Years: Commentary on October Song.
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Rosa Luxemburg: The Incendiary Spark
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Revolutionary Collective
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The Living Flame
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US Trotskyism 1928–1965 Part I: Emergence
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US Trotskyism 1928–1965 Part II: Endurance
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US Trotskyism 1928–1965 Part III: Resurgence
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The American Exceptionalism of Jay Lovestone and His Comrades, 1929-1940
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C. L. R. James and Revolutionary Marxism
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Revolutionary Studies
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Black Liberation and the American Dream
Edited by Paul Le Blanc
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Left Americana
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Trotskyism in the United States
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From Marx to Gramsci
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A Short History of the U.S. Working Class
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Lenin and the Revolutionary Party
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Leon Trotsky and the Organizational Principles of the Revolutionary Party
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Unfinished Leninism