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The Russian Revolution

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Suddenly the world turned upside down; workers and soldiers intermingled, called each other comrade, brandished guns and red flags, and performed citizens’ arrests of police and government officials. — location: 647 ^ref-51707

Rodney suggested that the terror was largely organic—an opportunity for poor peasants to settle scores and to retaliate against hated landholders. — location: 862 ^ref-21066

because the sale of surplus grain was needed to accumulate capital for industrialization, the fact that the kulaks controlled 20 percent of the marketable surplus of grain but chose to hoard or cut back production “was one reason why the kulaks had to be crushed and agriculture collectivised.” — location: 863 ^ref-27694

“One can only conclude that Trotsky’s stand is conditioned by bitterness through having been defeated in the struggle for power”(p. — location: 924 ^ref-5890

“The first was the break-up of the old state machinery and the second was educational work among the peasants. Marxism-Leninism was not Nyerere’s point of reference, but he decided upon these same two priorities for Tanzania after the experience gained from several years in office as head of state.” — location: 971 ^ref-26010