Episodes in revolutionary history.
A True Accounting of the CPUSA In Its Members Own Words
Exploring an anti-democratic organization designed to stifle the Communist movement.
Revolutionary History
Revolutionary History: The Commune is Dead — Long Live the Commune!
152 years ago, the city of Paris threw off the shackles of the reactionary government of France and repudiated the conservative political order.
Revolutionary History: The Haymarket Massacre and the Origins of May Day
Eight men — socialist and anarchist leaders — stood accused. The trial, Illinois v. Spies et al., started on June 21, 1886, and went on until August 11. The judge was openly hostile to the defendants. No union members or anyone with socialist sympathies was permitted to be seated on the jury. The jury returned eight guilty verdicts. The judge sentenced all but one man to be hanged.
Revolutionary History: Babeuf and the Conspiracy of Equals, 1796
A radical faction attempted to carry the French Revolution into an egalitarian utopia. Although they failed, their conspiracy would inspire revolutionaries for centuries to come, including Marx and Lenin.
Revolutionary History: The St. Louis Commune, 1877
How did socialists in St. Louis, Missouri briefly convert a spontaneous rail strike into a revolutionary commune, uniting Black and white workers? And why did they ultimately fail?
Revolutionary History: On the Anniversary of the Haitian Revolution, 1791
Analysis of and lessons from the Haitian Revolution — the first world-historical revolution in the Western Hemisphere.