Brian Becker on Empire Files: What the Russian Revolution proved possible

Nov 7, 2017

Brian Becker of the PSL is interviewed by Abby Martin on The Empire Files. The PSL’s new book “Storming the Gates: How the Russian Revolution Changed the World” can be ordered online and is 25% off on Nov. 7, the day of the anniversary (for one day only!)

Nov. 7, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the seizure of power by workers and peasants in the Russian Revolution, regarded as the most world-altering event in the history of civilization.

Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August

Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August

  This article, first published in August 2022, includes some slight edits, updated information, and added citations. Introduction In August 1619, enslaved Africans touched foot in the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States. The...