The State or Revolution (A6)
$16.00
Author: Iain Mckay
Publisher: Active Distribution & Rupture Press
ISBN: 9783911720106
Published: 02/2026
Format: Pocketbook
Size: 4.1 x 5.8
Page count: 184
Just what happened during the Russian revolution and why do some call it a coup d'état? This pocketbook offers the important and often forgotten answers. Complementing his Anarchism, Marxism and the Commune, Iain Mckay sets the record straight concerning the events, politicking and deception that turned the Russian revolution into the "red terror."
This is a co-publication with Rupture Press.
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