Revolution in Danger

by Serge, Victor

• ISBN13: 9781608460830
• ISBN10: 1608460835
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: Haymarket Books

Summary

Upon arrival in Petrograd in 1919, Victor Serge-the great chronicler of the Russian Revolution-found a society shredded by civil war. Threatened on all sides by invading armies from fourteen countries, and attacked from within by counterrevolutionary forces seeking to restore the Tsar, the fledgling revolution was facing its darkest hours.

Author Biography

Victor Serge (1889-1947), best known as a novelist, was an active participant in the anarchist movement before becoming a committed Bolshevik once he reached Russia in 1919. An eloquent critic of tyranny no matter its form, Serge was a leading member of the Left Opposition in its struggle against Joseph Stalin, a cause that ultimately resulted in his exile from Russia. Ian Birchall is an independent writer and translator. His translations from the French include the writings of Victor Serge and Alfred Rosmer. He is on the editorial board of Revolutionary History and is a long-standing member of the British Socialist Workers Party.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Chronology	p. 13
During the Civil War	p. 15
The Endangered City	p. 57
The Anarchists and the Experience of the Russian Revolution	p. 115
Notes	p. 163
Further Reading	p. 167
Glossary	p. 169
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