'Republic of labor' illuminates the lived experience of Russia's printers, workers who differed from their comrades because of their skill and higher wages, but who shared the same challenges of economic hardship and dangerous conditions.

This book contains excerpts from The Workers' Republic Newspaper, in which Connolly published articles on guerrilla warfare and continuously attacked the group known as The Irish Volunteers for their inactivity.

The Russian Workers’ Republic (1921) is a result of the author’s two-month travels through Soviet Russia. Moving freely from cities to villages, he provides a snapshot of Russian politics and society, industry and military, at a crucial point in 1920 before access for foreigners became more difficult and controlled.