Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution

An outline of the key developments of 1917

This blog contains a summary of Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution.
I hope it is of interest to those who wish to study the events of 1917 in order to learn the lessons for today's struggles.

Much of the content was written in the 1990's before being produced as a Lewisham Socialist Party pamphlet in 2007. It was then made available on this blog.

I have reviewed the content and made some very minor edits in time for the 100th anniversary in 2017.

Links

CWI articles on the Russian Revolution
Full online version of Trotsky's History
YouTube - Archive Trotsky footage
Martin Powell-Davies - Teacher, trade unionist, socialist

About the author

Martin: * Brought up as a socialist by parents who hungered for what is right * One adopted grandfather left me a double-barrelled name, the other his name on a 1926 General Strike black-list * Given a comprehensive education at St.Andrew's, Leatherhead * First-class degree from King's College, Cambridge, for those who like that kind of thing * Secondary science teacher in London 1986-2015 * Lewisham NUT Secretary 1993-2015, organiser of many campaigns to defend teachers and education * Father of four who were all so well-supported by Sedgehill School, SE6. * Member of the NUT National Executive 2010-15 * NEU London Regional Secretary 2016 - 19 * Moved to Cumbria to return to teaching 2019 * Candidate for NEU DGS in 2021 * Proud to have been name-checked by Gove for saying that his 'reforms' could make teaching unbearable * Member of the CWI, following its global struggles via http://www.socialistworld.net * Exiled member of Penge CC, still a 'Middle Aged Man In Lycra' when I can be.

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