{"product_id":"2026100008350-secondhand-the-guillotine-at-work-vol-1-the-leninist-counter-revolution","title":"The Guillotine At Work: Vol 1: The Leninist Counter-Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with illustrated cover in good condition, minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Guillotine at Work: Vol. 1 — The Leninist Counter-Revolution is a landmark work of anarchist political history, written by Gregory Petrovich Maximoff, a prominent Russian anarcho-syndicalist who lived through the Bolshevik Revolution firsthand. The book presents a scathing and meticulously documented indictment of Leninist terror, arguing that the Bolshevik seizure of power represented not a workers' revolution but a brutal counter-revolution that systematically crushed the genuine aspirations of the Russian proletariat and peasantry. Drawing on extensive primary sources, eyewitness accounts, and official Bolshevik decrees, Maximoff chronicles the machinery of repression — the Cheka, mass executions, forced labour camps, and the suppression of rival socialist movements — that defined early Soviet rule. Written from an uncompromising anarchist perspective, the work carries the moral authority of a participant-observer and remains one of the most powerful critiques of Bolshevism ever committed to print. It stands as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the darker realities of the Russian Revolution and the origins of Soviet totalitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130767876315,"sku":"2026100008350-SECONDHAND","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/478498dd-71b4-4e03-b623-a57b0a841723.png?v=1786589666","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008350-secondhand-the-guillotine-at-work-vol-1-the-leninist-counter-revolution","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}