On November 7, 1917, the first workers’ state was born out of a popular uprising.

For a long century, socialists have looked back at the October Revolution — sometimes with rose-colored glasses, sometimes to play at simplistic counterfactual. But sometimes for good reason. After all, exploitation and inequality are still alive and well amid plenty. Even knowing how their story ended, we can learn from those who dared to fight for something better.

Take a look below at our recent series on the Russian Revolution, which includes China Miéville, Alexander Rabinowitch, and others. So far entries have been translated into Chinese, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Kurdish, Portuguese, Spanish and, of course, Russian.