An examination of the part played by the left Communists following the Russian revolution, the largest opposition to state socialism until the 1990s. The author feels that the leftist's vision offered no viable model for the construction of a democratic socialist society.

Inhalt

The rise and fall of the Left Communist movement; the debate on Imperialism; Brest-Litovsk; the agrarian question; the organization of Industry; politics and the state; the strength of the Left Communist movement - Moscow, the Urals and the Ukraine.