Tariq Ali: The Russian Revolution and Global Development, SOAS University of London

This seminar titled “The Russian Revolution and Global Development: Lessons from the First Hundred Years“ was given by Tariq Ali, Professor August H. Nimtz and Professor Tamás Krausz on 28 February 2017 as part of the Development Studies seminar series at SOAS University of London. You can find out more about this event at The Russian Revolution was the greatest anti-capitalist uprising in history, and from its origins, sparked controversy, chaos, imagination and hope. It began with the dismantling of the Tsarist autocracy in February 1917 and its replacement with a provisional government; by October, the provisional government was also overthrown. The Soviets (workers’, soldiers’ and peasants’ councils) began to run society and peasants took over and redistributed land; women’s rights​ ​were recognised and there was an explosion of cultural and artistic creativity. The civil war that followed nearly overthr