Bolshevik visions : first phase of the cultural revolution in Soviet Russia

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Editor’s Introduction I. What a Communist Ought to be Like INTRODUCTION TASKS OF THE YOUTH LEAGUES (BOURGEOIS AND COMMUNIST MORALITY)* V. I. Lenin WHAT A COMMUNIST OUGHT TO BE LIKE N. Krupskaya COMMUNIST ETHICS A. A. Solts BRINGING UP THE YOUNG GENERATION N. Bukharin REVOLUTION AND THE CULTURAL TASKS OF THE PROLETARIAT P. I. Lebedev-Polyansky II. The New Man and New Woman: Sex Roles, Marriage and the Family INTRODUCTION THE FAMILY AND THE COMMUNIST STATE A. Kollontai FROM THE OLD FAMILY TO THE NEW L. Trotsky MAKE WAY FOR THE WINGED EROS* A. Kollontai THE SEX LIFE OF MAN* L. A. and L. M. Vasilevsky HOW CAN WE PROTECT THE CHILDREN? The Mother of a Child THE LAW, LIFE, AND EVERYDAY LIVING Letters to Pravda and Izvestiya THE “WINGED EROS” OF COMRADE KOLLONTAI P. Vinogradskaya MY LIFE (THE STORY OF MARIA FEDOTOVNA FILIPENKO) M. F. Filipenko III. Tasks and Concepts of Revolutionary Social Welfare INTRODUCTION THE TASKS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN SOVIET RUSSIA N. Semashko THE TASKS OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN SOVIET RUSSIA' A. Vinokurov WORK OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIAT OF HEALTH N. Semashko PROTECTION OF MOTHER, BABY, AND CHILD IN RUSSIA' N. Semashko IV. Religion, Language, and Other “Awkward Habits” of Everyday Life INTRODUCTION HABIT AND CUSTOM L. Trotsky THE FIGHT AGAINST PROSTITUTION A. Kollontai THE STRUGGLE FOR CULTURED SPEECH L. Trotsky ‘THOU* AND YOU* IN THE RED ARMY L. Trotsky COMMUNISM AND RELIGION S. Kheglund (Z. Höglund) IS THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT ANTI-RELIGIOUS? (AN ANSWER TO KHEGLUND)* Em. Yaroslavsky ON ANTI-RELIGIOUS AGITATION AND PROPAGANDA AMONG WOMEN WORKERS AND PEASANTS* Central Committee. RKP “CALLING ALL BELIEVERS,” “SCIENCE OR RELIGION?” ••WITHOUT GOD, WITH MAN”* The Editors “A DAY OF TESTING IN THE COMMUNE” Pravcta, Agitprop Essay V. Proletarian Legality INTRODUCTION PROLETARIAN LAW P. Stuchka GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW IN THE R.S.F.S.R.* People’s Commissariat of Justice THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION AND CRIMINAL LAW' I. Kozlovsky THE PROLETARIAT AND CIVIL LAW* A. Goikhbarg THE OLD AND NEW COURT P. Stuchka FIVE YEARS OF REVOLUTION IN LAW' P. Stuchka THE GENERAL THEORY OF LAW AND MARXISM* E. Pashukanis VI. United Labor Schools: the Ndture of a “Communist Education” INTRODUCTION SPEECH TO THE FIRST ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS ON EDUCATION’ A. Lunacharsky BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED LABOR SCHOOL State Commission on Education ON FACTORY SCHOOLS Co-Worker ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE SOVIET EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: PERSONAL MEMOIRS* A. Lunacharsky, P. Grigorev, A. Tolstov OUT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND THE “PROLETKULTS”* V. Kerzhentsev THE PIONEER YOUTH MOVEMENT AS A FORM OF CULTURAL WORK AMONG THE PROLETARIAT* A. Zalkind STUDENTS AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION A. Lunacharsky VII. Vodka, the Church, and the Cinema: Workers’ Films and the Uses of Visual Art INTRODUCTION VODKA, THE CHURCH, AND THE CINEMA' L Trotsky THE METHOD OF MAKING WORKERS’ FILMS S. Eisenstein CINEMA IN THE COUNTRYSIDE V. Stavnev FROM THE MEMOIRS OF AN OLD CAMERAMAN A. Lemberg ON THE QUESTION OF FINE ARTS A. Andreev ‘FUTURISM’ AND PROLETARIAN ART N. Altman THE PROLETARIAT AND LEFTIST ART B. Aivatov RESOLUTION ‘A’ IN ART К. Malevich MANIFESTO* The Editors of LEF CONTEMPORARY POSTER ART Ya. Tugenkhold ART AND THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION P. Novitsky VIII. Revolution, Literature, and the Performing Arts INTRODUCTION THE PROLETARIAN THEATER V. Kerzhentsev THE THEATER AS TRIBUNE P. Kogan SOCIALIST THEATER IN THE YEARS OF THE REVOLUTION P. Kogan STORMING THE WINTER PALACE A Member of the Audience THE CLUB AND FACTORY THEATERS Huntley Carter PROLETARIAN MUSIC N. Biyusova UNFORGETTABLE DAYS N. Obukhova CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE S. Migai MUSIC AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION N. Maikov THE IDEOLOGICAL FRONT AND LITERATURE* Resolution of the First All-Union Conference of Proletarian Writers REVOLUTIONARY AND SOCIALIST ART L. Trotsky Notes Suggestions For Further Reading