Victor Serge
Articles by or about Victor Serge, Russian anarchist-turned-Bolshevik who, though contributing many interesting critical insights of Bolshevism, remained loyal to it until his death.
An archive of texts and documents by and about Victor Serge on libcom.org.
Serge, Victor
Articles by or about Victor Serge, Russian anarchist-turned-Bolshevik who, though contributing many interesting critical insights of Bolshevism, remained loyal to it until his death.
1917: The Proletariat's Democratic Revolution in Finland
The following is an excerpt from 'The Truce and the Great Retrenchment' - Chapter 6 of Year One of the Russian Revolution by Victor Serge.
Sacrificed by the Bolsheviks at the negotiating table as they agreed the Brest-Litovsk treaty with international capital ("The revolution will not be lost simply because we will be giving the Germans Finland, Latvia and Estonia" - Lenin, Collected Works, Vol. 26, pp.
The Truth about the Bonnot Gang - Ezra Brett Mell
A short account of the Paris-based anarchist robbers - and inventors of the getaway car - who operated in 1911-12 and the political debate that went on as to the worth of 'illegalist' activity.
A fuller account was given in the book 'The Bonnot Gang' by Richard Parry; published by Rebel Press, London, 1987.
This pamphlet was published by Coptic Press and then reprinted by Solidarity Bookshop Publications, Chicago, 1969.
Kronstadt '21 - Victor Serge
We reproduce an excerpt from Memoirs of a Revolutionary, (1945) by Victor Serge on the Kronstadt rebellion against the Bolshevik autocracy, its dictatorship over the proletariat. Despite Serge remaining an (albeit highly critical) Bolshevik apologist and remaining in the camp of those who claimed Kronstadt as 'a tragic necessity', he is honest enough to describe the facts of the situation in their own damning terms.
For instance, the first act of the Bolshevik hierarchy was to publicly lie about the nature of the revolt, both to loyal party members and to the rest of society; they claimed that it was a revolt of the White generals to restore the old regime. This was the first lie of many about the rebellion that have been perpetuated ever since by Bolshevik apologists.
Anarchists, Bolsheviks and Serge - Daniel Guerin
Anarchists, Bolsheviks, and Serge
From Daniel Guerin's _Anarchism_ (Monthly Review Press) (reprinted with permission):
