The Unknown Revolution

Foreword: Voline by Rudolf Rocker Introduction Prefact

Book I: Birth, Growth and Triumph of the Revolution (1825-1917) Part I: The First Fruits (1825-1905) 1. Russia at the Beginning of the 19th Century: Birth of the Revolution 2. Repression, Violence and Failure: Development Continues (1825-1855) 3. Reforms; Resumption of the Revolution; "The Failure of Tsarism" and the Failure of Revolution; Reaction (1855-1881) 4. The End of the Century; Marxism; Rapid Evolution; Reaction (1881-1900) 5. The 20th Century; Hasty Development; Revolutionary Advance; Results (1900-1905) Part II: The Jolt 1. The Gaponist Epic: First General Strike 2. The Birth of the "Soviets" 3. The Disastrous War; Victory of a Revolutionary Strike 4. Defeat of the Revolution; Evaluation of the Jolt Part III: The Explosion (1917) 1. War and Revolution 2. Triumph of the Revolution 3. Toward a Social Revolution. 4. Toward a Socialist Government; The Poverty of Socialism 5. The Bolshevik Revolution

Book II: Bolshevism and Anarchism Part I: Two Conceptions of the Revolution 1.Two Opposing Conceptions of the Revolution 2. Causes and Consequences of the Bolshevik Conception Part II: About the October Revolution 1. Bolsheviks and Anarchists Before October 2. Anarchist Position on the October Revolution 3. Other Disagreements 4. Some Reflections Part III: After October 1. The Bolsheviks in Power; Differences Between the Bolsheviks and the Anarchists 2. The Fatal Descent 3. The Anarchist Organisations 4. The Unknown Anarchist Press in the Russian Revolution 5. Some Personal Experiences Part IV: Repression 1. The Preparations 2. The Discharge 3. Unrestrained Fury 4. The Case of Leon Tchorny and Fanny Baron 5. The Case of Lefevre, Vergeat and Lepetit 6. A Personal Experience 7. The Final Settlement 8. The Extinguisher 9. The Deception of Visiting Delegations 10. Bolshevik "Justice" Part V: The Bolshevik State 1. Nature of the Bolshevik State 2. Situation of the Workers 3. Situation of the Peasants 4. Situation of the Functionaries 5. Political Structure 6. General View 7. Achievements 8. Counter-revolution

Book III: Struggles for the Real Social Revolution Part I: Kronstadt (1921) 1. Geographical Notes 2. Kronstadt Before the Revolution 3. Kronstadt as the Vanguard of the Revolution 4. Kronstadt Against the Bolshevik Imposture Part II: Ukraine (1918-1921) 1. Mass Movement in the Ukraine 2. Formation of the Makhnovist Insurrectionary Army 3. Denikin's Offensives and Final Defeat 4. The Makhnovists in the Liberated Regions 5. Wrangel's Offensive and Defeat 6. Third and Last War of the Bolshevik's Against the Makhnovist's and the Anarchists; Defeat of the Insurrectionary Army 7. The Fate of Makhno and Some of his Comrades; Epilogue 8. Testament of the Makhnovshchina to the Workers of the World

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