A Leninist vanguard party dying in a foreign land: 1956: the fading revolution
Part of an apparently unfinished work on the "vanguard party" experience, Stan Weir writes about a weekend with Max Shachtman, as the Hungarian Revolution was happening.
Hungarian Tragedy - Peter Fryer
A first hand account of the Hungarian Revolution and its crushing by the Soviet intervention. Peter Fryer was correspondent for the Daily Worker (Now Morning Star) a newspaper under the control of the Communist Party of Great Britain. His experiences in Hungary and the censoring of his reports led to Fryers resignation from the paper and party.
Hungary 1956: reading guide
Libcom.org's reading guide to the 1956 Hungarian uprising against the Communist dictatorship which saw a general strike declared and workers' councils spring up across the country.
The Hungarian workers' revolution
Submitted by wojtek on Aug 10 2012 20:57
A pamphlet by the Syndicalist Workers' Federation on the Hungarian revolution of 1956. Originally published in '57, this is the revised second edition which includes by a preface by Terry Liddle.
United Nations report on the Hungarian uprising 1956
Submitted by Harrison on Jul 14 2012 02:55
UN special committee report on the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Examines the revolutionary workers councils established by Hungarian workers, and analyses the dangers they posed to both the Soviet bureaucracy and capitalism.
HONGRIE 1956: «LE PROLETARIAT A L’ASSAUT DU CIEL» - Mouvement Communiste
The original French version of the Mouvement Communiste pamphlet on Hungary 56.
Hungary ’56: “the proletariat storming heaven” - Mouvement Communiste
Mouvement Communiste’s analysis of the Hungary ’56 workers’ uprising. Stresses the importance of the collective actions taken by workers at the point of production and critically examines the demands and programmes that they put forward.
The Hungarian revolution 1956 - Scorcher publications
Submitted by Mike Harman on Aug 31 2007 22:59
An pamphlet on the revolution in Hungary 1956, published by Scorcher publications in 1984. No.1 in a series of Council Communist Pamphlets.
