100 years ago, more than 100,000 soldiers from all the world’s great powers took part in the Russian Civil War on the side of the white generals. Their aim was to crush the workers’ revolution that had overthrown the Tsar and prevent it from spreading to other countries. https://internationalsocialist.net/en/2022/11/the-russian-civil-war-1918-22-2
@yogthos It wasn't workers revolution that overthrown the tsar, he was already not in power. They've overthrown the interim government. Other than that, the article seems neutral and nice. At least it's not whitewashing Stalin, who brought all the tsarist practices back, including the new serfdom, so the workers and especially the peasants got the worst of both worlds.
But yeah, White Terror is just as real as the Red one.
@m0xee the revolution took over a decade to mature. Revolutions are not singular events, but a long and a complex process.
@yogthos That's true!
I am left-leaning myself, but as the one born in the Soviet Union, I can't stand some parts of the Soviet mythos, The Great October Revolution is one of those. It makes it look like Bolsheviks were the only power responsible for stripping the Tsar of his powers — it's simply not true. The Left would sound way more credible if they stopped pushing it. The article may look biased because of that headline, while in fact it isn't — that was my point.
@m0xee Russia went through a bourgeoisie taking power in 1905, and then being finally overthrown in 1917.
Of course there were many different factions fighting for power as the monarchy collapsed.
The reason people focus on the Bolsheviks is that this was the faction that represented the workers and the peasants.
From socialist perspective, the entire process that culminated in Bolsheviks taking power was the revolution.
@yogthos Yeah, I get it. The October Revolution was important for Bolsheviks, but it was not what ended the monarchy, this was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_Revolution
The Bolsheviks weren't the only acting power and not even the only socialist power. I think that this is a very important detail that is often overlooked or somehow diminished in the Soviet history, while the importance of October events is overblown 🤷
