Whatever Happened to the Spartacist League?

Pamphlet published by the International Bolshevik Tendency, April 2005. (A substantial extract was also published in 1917 No. 27 as "Prestige Politics & Programmatic Confusion: ICL & the Russian Question")

Main Essay

Appendix No. 1: Debate in the ICL Over Yeltsin’s Coup

• Document 1: On the Counterrevolution in Russia, Tony R., London, 26 June 2003
• Document 2: ["Our position on the Russian Question"], Bonnie B., New York, 27 June 2003
• Document 3: On the Counterrevolution in the USSR--In Reply to Tony R’s Document, Ben M., London, 28 June 2003
• Document 4: The Proletariat is Key, Ralf Neuer, 29 June 2003
• Document 5: Smoke and Mirrors over August ‘91: Beware BT’s "Allegory of the Cave" (A Reply to Comrade Tony), Chuck, Toronto, 30 June 2003
• Document 6: On Yeltsin’s Coup, Ed C., Chicago, 1 July 2003
• Document 7: Dating the Counterrevolution—A reply to Comrade Tony’s document, Olly, London, 3 July 2003
• Document 8: On the capitalist counterrevolution in the USSR—A reply to Tony R, Edward, London, 3 July 2003
• Document 9: Once again on counterrevolution in Russia, Tony R., London, 10 July 2003

Appendix No. 2: Compare and Contrast—ICL vs. IBT on Stalinism and Soviet Defensism

Posted: 13 August 2005