Find Leaflets Of The Russian Revolution: Socialist Organizing In 1917 Originated By Barbara C. Allen Distributed As Interactive EBook

short introductory section on the rise of the Russian Revolution that was great and a short conclusionary section on the aftermath of Octoberin terms how the Bolsheviks treated trade unionism mostly didn't understand sandwiched in a bunch of leaflets of the Russian Revolution.
Very cool to see the conflicting approaches, like the Bolshevik vs Menshevik agitation in regards to WWI, A

testament to the chaotic rise of sometimes competing tactics in revolution! Fascinating collection of pamphlets from the intense days of Russias two revolutions, The pamphlets themselves are interesting in implications for the present as we see a lot of the same questions in play, and also because of the simple and easy to read language that has been so, so lost by the modern left.


The book also doubles as a super zoomedin microhistory of the trade union movement during the revolutions and shortly thereafter, interesting in its own right.
When workers and peasants rose up across Russia and smashed the centuries old Tsarist autocracy their actions reverberated across the world, and continue to inspire activists to this day.
This carefully assembled and expertly translated collection of documents from the Petrograd socialist movement inprovides contemporary readers with a firsthand glimpse into the revolutionary ferment as it unfolds.


In Leaflets of the Russian Revolution, Barbara Allen selects and introduces the pamphlets and other agitational material that give life to the debates, disagreements and perspectives that animated the masses during the revolution.
I grew up in rural North Carolina and loved to read about people in other places and times and to write short stories, poems, and satire.
I studied Russian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a Ph, D. in Russian and Soviet History at Indiana University Bloomington, I teach at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, .