fl22lenincover

100th anniversary of the October Revolution

In this issue

22-12-201720 STORIES

FL22 periyar

Periyar and Socialism

Self-respect and socialism

The choice Periyar made then changed the course of history and politics in Tamil Nadu.

FL22SCilyich lamp

Shining achievements

Decades of state investment in planning and science propelled the Soviet Union to the forefront in a wide spectrum of fields, notably mathematics, phy

fl22 women march

Road to emancipation

Women were a significant force in the mass uprising that culminated in the revolution and were instrumental in shaping the attitudes and policies of t

fl22 prabhat lenin

Capitalism today

What is to be done?

World capitalism has entered a period of protracted crisis, pushing the working population into acute distress, unemployment and insecurity. As at the

What they said on science in Soviet Russia

FL22textile machine factory

Success and slowdown

The conceptual case for a system of social ownership combined with planning was transformed into a reality in the Soviet Union and proved immensely su

fl22 literary classics

Vibrant and heterogeneous

The Soviet literary scape had a variety of literature from the officially feted to the critical to the dissident; even under the official canon of soc

FL22lit830495832

A new epoch

The October Revolution had a universal significance. For the first time, socialism came on the agenda of world history as a concrete alternative to ca

FL22NEHRUANDKHRUSHCHEV

Impact on India

Imprint on freedom struggles

The October Revolution must be seen as an event that profoundly changed the character of the Indian people’s struggle for freedom and for carrying for

FL22TARIQALI

On Lenin

FL22RAHUL

Asembly Elections/Gujarat

The communal card again

The BJP once again takes recourse to communal propaganda in a desperate bid to recapture the initiative on the campaign front from the opposition, com

FL22PADMA3

Khilji as villain

The protests against the film "Padmavati" and the vilification of Alauddin Khilji are part of the Hindu right-wing’s scheme to distort histo

FL22Tatlin Tower 1

Art & architecture

Celebration or reflection?

Commemorating the October Revolution raises the problem of understanding the relationship between the political revolution and the creative arts.

fl22 cinema potemkin new 2

On the silver screen

The creative urges of the pioneers and innovators of cinema in the Soviet Union surged in the heady aftermath of the October Revolution and through th

FL22 VP Muzaffar

Reading the Revolution

At a time when a wary colonial regime ensured that news of the Russian Revolution was blocked out in India, it was left to small bands of socialists t

What does socialism in India mean?

FL22trainLenins train

Train to Petrograd

The journey that took Lenin and other revolutionaries from Zurich to the Finland Station in Petrograd and changed the history of Russia and the world

FL22jcKARATlenin speech

Comrades in arms

The October Revolution had a profound impact on the developing world. The people of the global South, in Africa, Asia and Latin America, looked to Mos

FL221919 lenin in red square Colour

The October Revolution

Red October in retrospect

With the October Revolution, the locus of the revolutionary dynamic began to shift towards the East and more generally towards lands that were struggl

Letters to the Editor

Archive

+ READ THIS ISSUE 06-10-2023

fl cover.jpg

+ READ THIS ISSUE 22-09-2023

+ READ THIS ISSUE 08-09-2023

mrinal sen centenary cover.jpg

+ READ THIS ISSUE 25-08-2023

+ SEE ALL ISSUES

Sign in to Unlock member-only benefits!

Bookmark stories to read later.
Comment on stories to start conversations.
Subscribe to our newsletters.
Get notified about discounts and offers to our products.