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DESCRIPTION:Sun, Oct 29, 2017: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm\nSunday Morning at the Marxist 
 Library\nRussian Revolution Centennial, Part 3 of 7\n•	Richard Becker: 
 The Bolsheviks in Power: Three Indispensable Tasks\nABSTRACT: Following the 
 seizure of power, the Bolsheviks were confronted with three immense and 
 immediate tasks: building the new Red Army to defend the Soviet republic 
 against a war of annihilation by the imperialist countries and domestic 
 counter-revolutionaries; addressing a deep economic crisis and widespread 
 hunger; and, reorganizing the left-wing of the world working class movement 
 on a revolutionary basis through the Communist International. How did the 
 Revolution survive against seemingly overwhelming odds?\n•	Ron Kelch: A 
 Marxist-Humanist Perspective: Lenin and Russian Revolution, especially 
 "what happens after?"\nABSTRACT: One hundred years ago Russian workers and 
 peasant masses shook the world as they overthrew the Tsar's regime and 
 established a new order. What can today's movement, searching for 
 revolutionary new beginnings in the face of the totality of the present 
 crisis, learn from that history? Weighing heavily on today's mind is how 
 events unfolded in the Russian Revolution and revolutions since. Indeed, 
 the question, "What happens after the conquest of power?", preoccupied 
 Lenin as he struggled to realize his vision of a new society, in which he 
 sought to bring everyone "to a man, woman and child" into running the state 
 and society. Let's examine the uniqueness and limits of Lenin's philosophic 
 preparation for revolution and especially Lenin's struggles after the 
 revolution from the 1920-21 Trade Union Debate to his 1922-23 
 Testament.\nModerator: Lew Finzel\nAt NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 
 94609\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/20/18803770.php
SUMMARY:Russian Revolution Centennial, Part 3 of 7
LOCATION:NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/20/18803770.php
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