yesterday was the 103rd anniversary of the october revolution, which became the beacon of hope for worker's liberation throughout the world, setting off a wave of revolutions, strikes and mass social movements. here's a scene from the great film "reds"

I highly recommended watching that. it's about american journalist jack reed who witnessed the october revolution firsthand and became a communist. he wrote the brilliant book "ten days that shook the world", a must-read. here's a PDF of it: https://ia803108.us.archive.org/24/items/tendaysthatshoo00reedgoog/tendaysthatshoo00reedgoog.pdf

the revolution also created a backlash, leading to the murder of heroes of the communist movement like rosa luxemburg by an alliance of fascists, liberals and social democrats, and the imperialist invasion of russia itself, as detailed in this thread: https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1274328723165253632

for more great literature on the russian revolution see the books I referenced in that thread here: https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1274335573323456514, and for more on the murder of rosa luxemburg and karl liebknecht see this thread: https://twitter.com/zei_squirrel/status/1289635302571556864