"Truth Behind Bars"

Paul Kellogg uses the story of Vorkuta, a notorious camp in the Gulag internment system, as a frame with which to re-assess the Russian Revolution. In particular, he turns to the contributions of Iulii Martov, a contemporary of Lenin, and his analysis of the central role played in the revolution by a temporary class of peasants-in-uniform. Kellogg explores the persistence and creativity of workers’ resistance in even the darkest hours of authoritarian repression and offers new perspectives on the failure of democratic governance after the Russian Revolution.

Paul Kellogg is professor and chair of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at Athabasca University.Paul Kellogg is professor and chair of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at Athabasca University. Previously, he was assistant professor in the Department of International Development Studies at Trent University, and a lecturer in the Department of Politics and School of Public Administration at Ryerson University. He is the author of Escape from the Staples Trap: Canadian Political Economy after Left Nationalism (2015).

Peter Hudis, author of Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades:
“A significant achievement in understanding both the nature of the Soviet Union and the freedom struggles that ultimately led to its demise.”