Maximoff Gregory. The Guillotine at Work. Vol 1. The Leninist Counter-Revolution

Hastings: Christie Books, 2013. — 235 p. — ISBN 978-0-904564-23-5\Originally published in 1940 in two volumes, this is the (partly eyewitness) account of the Leninist terror inflicted upon Russia. Maximoff, a life-long anarchist, fought in the Russian Revolution, organized with the metal-workers, and was imprisoned by Lenin's secret police in 1920 when he refused to join the Red Army (he was happy to fight the Whites, but not put down workers' and peasants' uprisings). Exiled, he wrote this incredible volume, in English. Over the course of nearly 400 pages, he recounts not only the Leninist terror and reaction against the popular revolution, but shows how the actions of Stalin followed deliberately in h is master, and mentor's footsteps. Volume 2, unfortunately never reprinted, was a collection of supporting documents/primary evidence. Regardless, this volume stands alone as a stunning, and sadly relevant indictment of the Bolshevik terror. This is the original American edition of the Cienfuegos Press edition, published here in America in 1979.Grigorii Petrovich Maksimov (Russian: Григорий Петрович Максимов; 1893–1950) was a Russian anarcho-syndicalist. From the first days of the Russian Revolution, he played a leading role in the country's syndicalist movement – editing the newspaper Golos Truda and organising the formation of factory committees. Following the October Revolution, he came into conflict with the Bolsheviks, who he fiercely criticised for their authoritarian and centralist tendencies. For his anti-Bolshevik activities, he was eventually arrested and imprisoned, before finally being deported from the country. In exile, he continued to lead the anarcho-syndicalist movement, spearheading the establishment of the International Workers' Association (IWA), of which he was a member until his death.ContentsIntroduction by Bill Nowlin
Gregory Petrovich Maximoff by Sam Dolgoff
Publisher’s Preface
Author’s PrefaceThe Sources of the Russian TerrorLenin’s Road to Power
The Absolutist and Terroristic Nature
Of the Marxist State
The “Preparatory” Period of Terror
The Bolshevik Counter-Revolution Begins
The Bloody Orgy of the Mass Terror
The Fight Against Liberty
The “Bloodless” Front
The Second Year of the “Bloodless” Front And
“Peaceful” Reconstruction
The Terror in the Last Years of Lenin’s Life
The Tortures
Lenin’s Terror Within the Party
Stalin’s Terror Within the CountryStalin’s Intra-Party TerrorThe Leaders Unmasked
The Bloody Hurricane of Death.
The Final Phase of the Terroristic Cycle.
Formation of the New Classes and Stalin’sMost Recent Intra-Party Terror.
Whither Russia?