Orlando Figes on 1917

[jondwhite]

Some tweets from Orlando Figes on 1917, any thoughts on the guy would be appreciated, I know a previous mention of him in the SS was critical

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Well I was in it but I wish I hadn't been – BBC2's #Countdowntorevolution – a crass, simplistic, cliché-ridden rendering of October 1917

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I've given 50+ media interviews on 1917 centenary in recent weeks around the world but none in the UK where media is pitifully at a loss

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   Orlando Figes‏ @orlandofiges Oct 21

    

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   Orlando Figes‏ @orlandofiges Oct 21

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   I'm in Chile for a series of talks and events to mark the 1917 centenary. Here's one of a dozen – join me there: http://www.chile-canada-chamber.cl/041017/

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      Russian TV series blaming Trotsky for October coup smells of anti-Semitism – https://www.timesofisrael.com/russian-tv-series-claims-jewish-trotsky-masterminded-the-bloody-1917-revolution/ … via @timesofisrael

       
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[jondwhite]

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 I'm in Chile for a series of talks and events to mark the 1917 centenary. Here's one of a dozen – join me there: http://www.chile-canada-chamber.cl/041017/  Russian TV series blaming Trotsky for October coup smells of anti-Semitism – https://www.timesofisrael.com/russian-tv-series-claims-jewish-trotsky-masterminded-the-bloody-1917-revolution/ … via @timesofisrael 0 replies 1 retweet 14 likes           Orlando Figes‏ @orlandofiges Sep 27

[jondwhite]

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 17 July 1917: "spontaneous" demonstration or a failed Bolshevik coup? My latest blog on 1917 will soon be live: http://revolutionaryrussia.com Orlando Figes‏ @orlandofiges Jul 22   The Bolsheviks and Leather – thanks Susan Reed for putting the silly China Miéville right Russian Revolution 1 reply 5 retweets 32 likes           Orlando Figes‏ @orlandofiges Jul 17

[Sympo]

There's a debate between him and (trotskyist) Alan Woods about the Russian Revolution. Both of them get pretty pissed off if I remember correctly. It's on YouTube (1 hour 14 minutes):Russian Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy – Alan Woods vs. Orlando Figes – YouTube

[ALB]

Earlier this month French television broadcast a documentary on Russia in 1917 . According to veteran Council Communist Henri Simon on a discussion forum, this showed well that "il ne s'agit pas d'une conquête des masses mais d'un coup d'état minutieusement préparé par une minorité politique très réduite" or, roughly translated:

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that it was not a question of a conquest by the masses but a carefully prepared coup d'état by a very small political minority.

Nice to find someone else from our milieu taking this view.

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