THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION IN POLAND: A HISTORY OF ANTI-COMMUNIST REPRESSION
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION IN POLAND: A HISTORY OF ANTI-COMMUNIST REPRESSION
Author(s): Bartosz WójcikSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Evaluation research, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), History of Communism
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Russian Revolution; Polish independence; anti-communism; historical discourse; rightist ideology; worker’s councils;
Summary/Abstract: The paper supports the following thesis: the October Revolution influenced the constituency of the Polish independent state in 1918 as well as the structure of class struggles in Poland. The history of this impact is absolutely ignored or even denied in contemporary Polish anti-communist ruling historical discourse. The centenary of the Russian Revolution triggered debates presenting this event as “a demonic source of the 20th century totalitarianism”, without mentioning the enthusiasm the Revolution provoked in Polish people (who were both actively participating in it and inspired by it). The nationalist historical policy, which idealizes Poles at any cost, attempts to erase Polish engagement in “Red October” or belittle it as an insignificant episode.
Journal: Praktyka teoretyczna
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 31
- Page Range: 50-71
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English