Articles Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/communist-international/articles/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Wed, 20 Oct 2021 23:06:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Articles Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/communist-international/articles/ 32 32 22825446 Socialists Should Take the Right Lessons from the Russian Revolution https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/09/socialists-should-take-the-right-lessons-from-the-russian-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/09/socialists-should-take-the-right-lessons-from-the-russian-revolution/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:38:00 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7212 The following article was first published in ‘Jacobin’ and is reposted by permission. Eric develops here themes discussed more fully in his new book, Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882–1917). A list of related posts by on this website is appended to the article. A comment on this article by Mike […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/08/09/socialists-should-take-the-right-lessons-from-the-russian-revolution/feed/ 2 7212 How Pioneer Communists Assessed the Russian Soviet Republic https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/29/how-pioneer-communists-assessed-the-russian-soviet-republic/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/29/how-pioneer-communists-assessed-the-russian-soviet-republic/#respond Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:01:21 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6620 The following text is the second-last of a series of posts analyzing the early Communist International, which are listed at ‘Lenin’s Comintern Revisited.’ Contents Resisting Imperialist Intervention Correcting Colonialist Abuses of Soviet Power Weighing the New Economic Policy Providing Material Aid to Soviet Republic Parrying a Social-Democratic Intrusion Debating the New Economic Policy By John […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/01/29/how-pioneer-communists-assessed-the-russian-soviet-republic/feed/ 0 6620 The Baku Congress of 1920 Sounded the Call for the End of Empire https://johnriddell.com/2020/09/30/the-baku-congress-of-1920-sounded-the-call-for-the-end-of-empire/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/09/30/the-baku-congress-of-1920-sounded-the-call-for-the-end-of-empire/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:06:44 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=6167 The following centennial appreciation of the September 1920 Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East first appeared in Jacobin, and is reprinted with permission. By John Riddell: A century ago this month, the new Soviet government summoned anti-colonial revolutionaries from across Asia to a gathering in Baku. The Baku Congress proved to be a […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/09/30/the-baku-congress-of-1920-sounded-the-call-for-the-end-of-empire/feed/ 2 6167 Part 2: Introduction to ‘The Communist International at a Crossroads’ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/12/part-2-introduction-to-the-communist-international-at-a-crossroads/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/12/part-2-introduction-to-the-communist-international-at-a-crossroads/#respond Tue, 12 May 2020 19:07:50 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5781 Third Enlarged ECCI Plenum (June 1922)  Second installment of the Introduction to “The Communist Movement at a Crossroads: Plenums of the Communist International’s Executive Committee, 1922-1923,” by Mike Taber. Available from Haymarket Books. The Third Enlarged ECCI Plenum of 12–23 June 1923 was in several ways a contradictory meeting – more so for what it […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/12/part-2-introduction-to-the-communist-international-at-a-crossroads/feed/ 0 5781 Part 3: Introduction to ‘The Communist International at a Crossroads’ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/10/part-3/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/10/part-3/#respond Sun, 10 May 2020 17:09:17 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5801 A Sharp Break; An Ongoing Legacy Third installment of the Introduction to “The Communist Movement at a Crossroads: Plenums of the Communist International’s Executive Committee, 1922-1923,” by Mike Taber. Available from Haymarket Books. Two Questions Not Discussed  Two decisive questions, however, were not specifically addressed at the Third Enlarged Plenum although they nevertheless remained constantly […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/10/part-3/feed/ 0 5801 ‘The status of women is a question for all socialists’ https://johnriddell.com/2019/03/12/the-status-of-women-is-a-question-for-all-socialists/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/03/12/the-status-of-women-is-a-question-for-all-socialists/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:59:19 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5264 Interview on ‘The Communist Women’s Movement 1920-22’ 8 March 2019: As we mark International Women’s Day (8 March), and the centenary of the establishment of the Communist International (March 1919), Estelle Cooch interviews Daria Dyakonova and Mike Taber about their project on the history of the Communist Women’s Movement (1920-22). The text is reprinted with permission from rs-21 (Revolutionary Socialism in […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/03/12/the-status-of-women-is-a-question-for-all-socialists/feed/ 0 5264 Heroic wager: The decision to form the Communist International https://johnriddell.com/2019/03/03/heroic-wager-the-decision-to-form-the-communist-international/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/03/03/heroic-wager-the-decision-to-form-the-communist-international/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2019 14:45:20 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5246 100 years ago today, on March 4, 1919 This post is Part 2 of a reader’s guide to the proceedings of the Comintern’s founding congress. See also Part 1, “How the Comintern Was Founded.” By John Riddell: Each of the early Comintern gatherings unfolded in a surprising way, but the founding congress was unique in […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/03/03/heroic-wager-the-decision-to-form-the-communist-international/feed/ 11 5246 100 Years Ago – How the Comintern was founded https://johnriddell.com/2019/02/24/100-years-ago-how-the-comintern-was-founded/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/02/24/100-years-ago-how-the-comintern-was-founded/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:16:05 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5232 An introduction to the founding congress and its proceedings: First of two parts. (See Part 2) By John Riddell: One hundred years ago, revolutionary socialists from more than two dozen countries launched a global movement, the Communist International (Comintern). The complete record of their March 2-6 congress in Moscow was published by Pathfinder in 1987 […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/02/24/100-years-ago-how-the-comintern-was-founded/feed/ 2 5232 The dawn of our liberation: The early days of the International Communist Women’s Movement https://johnriddell.com/2018/09/13/the-dawn-of-our-liberation-the-early-days-of-the-international-communist-womens-movement/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/09/13/the-dawn-of-our-liberation-the-early-days-of-the-international-communist-womens-movement/#respond Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:12:38 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5153 ‘If women’s liberation is unthinkable without communism, then communism is unthinkable without women’s liberation.’ — Inessa Armand[1] By Daria Dyakonova. “On July 30, [1920] in the evening, slender columns of women workers wearing red kerchiefs and holding banners make their way to the Bolshoi Theater from remote districts and outskirts of Moscow. The slogans on the banners […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/09/13/the-dawn-of-our-liberation-the-early-days-of-the-international-communist-womens-movement/feed/ 0 5153 The long march to post-capitalist transition: Pan-Africanist perspectives https://johnriddell.com/2018/08/22/the-long-march-to-post-capitalist-transition-pan-africanist-perspectives/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/08/22/the-long-march-to-post-capitalist-transition-pan-africanist-perspectives/#respond Thu, 23 Aug 2018 01:21:26 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5110 By Ameth Lô: The centenary of the October 1917 Russian revolution, a world-shaking historic event, was the occasion for celebration throughout the world. Many diverse interpretations are advanced as to its success in achieving a radical transformation of society, in terms both of its history and its overall impact. Nonetheless, there is no denying that this […]

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