Year One of the Russian Revolution - Brossura

Serge, Victor

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ISBN 10: 1608462676 ISBN 13: 9781608462674

Casa editrice: Haymarket Books, 2015

Riassunto

<div>Brimming with the honesty and passionate conviction for which he has become famous, Victor Serge&#8217;s account of the first year of the Russian Revolution&#151;through all of its achievements and challenges&#151;captures both the heroism of the mass upsurge that gave birth to soviet democracy, and the crippling circumstances that began to chip away at its historic gains. Year One of the Russian Revolution is Serge&#8217;s attempt to defend the early days of the revolution against those, like Stalin, who would claim its legacy as justification for the repression of dissent within Russia.</div>

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Informazioni sull?autore

<div>Victor Serge (1889-1947) is best known as a novelist &#150; with two of his works recently republished by the New York Review of Books &#150; and for his <i>Memoirs of a Revolutionary</i>. Originally a participant in the anarchist movement, Serge became a committed bolshevik upon arrival in Russia during 1919 and lent his considerable talents to the cause of spreading the revolution across Europe. An eloquent critic of tyranny no matter its form, Serge was a leading member of the Left Opposition in its struggle against Stalin, a cause which ultimately resulted in his exile from Russia.<br><br>Peter Sedgwick (1934&#150;1983) was a lifelong activist and a founding member of the New Left in Britain, and one of the first translators of Serge's work into English. In addition to his journalism and political writings, he is the author of a book, <i>Psycho-Politics</i>.</div>

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Haymarket Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1608462676
• ISBN 13: 9781608462674
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 532
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile