Socialism and the Second International

Before world war one, all these factions had been nominally united under the very broad umbrella of the second international. But just because the communist party making itself synonymous with socialism inside russia, out in the wider world, they remained just one socialist faction among many. Now it is time for nester mac no and the ucranian anarchist to follow the well trod path of the other left wing rivals to bolshevism, says John Avlon.