Two threads on this board have caught my eye over recent days. The first concerns how the ISO (US) is funded, and the second addresses the mythology that has come to surround the 'Bolshevik newspapers', Iskra and Pravda.

The ISO discussion is based on some revelations that came to light via the financial returns of one of its front organisations, The Center for Economic Research and Social Change. This document, in short, shows them to have received funding from a liberal NGO - $250k...