The Russian Revolution 1917
This document was written by Inqaba Ya Basebenzi of the ANC Marxist Workers’ Tendency in 1987 with introduction by Anton Nilson, militant socialist of the Russian Revolution, and reposted here from Socialist Alternative. Introduction The Russian Revolution was the greatest step forward in history. The working class, though a minority, led all oppressed and exploited people in smashing the Tsarist dictatorship. Taking state power through their Soviets (councils), the armed workers overthrew landlordism and capitalism, laying the first foundations for a state owned and planned economy....