Marx’s first draft considered whether Russia’s village commune could serve as a basis for social transformation without reproducing every Western European development stage. The drafts show him...
Marx’s final, concise reply argued that the Russian commune might become a starting point for social regeneration if wider conditions supported it. The letter complicates deterministic interpretations...
In a letter to Vera Zasulich, Marx considered whether the Russian village commune might become a starting point for social transformation without repeating every Western European stage. The draft...
From prison, Luxemburg welcomes the Russian Revolution and analyzes its international consequences. She views the overthrow of the tsar as a world-historical opening while fearing isolation if...