Russia: From Worker's State To State Capitalism

To millions throughout the world, the Russian workers' state offered new hope. People everywhere turned from the grim alternatives of a declining capitalism?unemployment, poverty, the threat of new wars?to place their hopes in the government that the soviets, councils of working people, put into power in Russia.

About the author

Anthony Arnove is the editor of several books, including Howard Zinn Speaks, Voices of a People's History of the United States, which he co-edited with Howard Zinn, and Voices of a People's History of the United States in the Twenty-First Century, which he co-edited with Haley Pessin. He also wrote the introduction for the new 35th anniversary edition of Zinn's classic book A People's History of the United States.

Summary

In the Russian revolution of 1917, workers took control of a major country for the first time in history.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Arnove, Arnove Anthony, Tony Cliff, Chris Harman, Harman Chris, Ahmed Shawki
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2017
• EAN: 9781608465453
• ISBN: 978-1-60846-545-3
• Series: Is Books; International Socialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Politics & government