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1) I loathe Lenin. Here is why
It’s been sitting on my desk for a few weeks now, the great biography of Lenin by Victor Sebesteyn, to which I’ve referred numerous times. The reason it’s there? Because I see many Post-Its in turquoise and neon green sticking … Continue reading
Posted in The War On Workers
Tagged 1891 Volga famine, Anton Chekhov, Lenin, Leo Tolstoy, Russian Revolution, Tsarist Russia, Victor Sebestyen, Vladimir Ulyanov
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Part 2. The matriarch of all revolutions
As I wrote a few days ago, the Russian Revolution — as narrated by Victor Sebestyen in his historical biography, Lenin — was a series of absurdities which remind me of Armando Iannucci’s great satirical film, The Death of Stalin. … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Guns in the U.S. of A., Joe Biden and his people, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Bolsheviks, Congress of Soviets, Cossacks, DOJ, John Reed, Keystone Kops, Lenin, Louise Bryant, Proud Boys, Provision Government of Russia, Russian Revolution, Shock Battalion of Death, Soviet Union, St Petersburg, Steve Bannon, storming of Winter Palace, the Winter Palace, Victor Sebestyen
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Part 1: The matriarch of all insurrections
The Russian Revolution. Now, a few days after the anniversary of an attempted replication of that revolution, it might be a good thing to review what actually happened in St. Petersburg on October 25, 1917, since it seems to be … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Bolsheviks, January 6 2021, Kronstadt naval base, Petrograd, Red Guards, Russian Revolution, Smolny Institute, St Petersburg Russia, Trotsky, Victor Sebestyen, Vladimir Lenin
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