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DESCRIPTION: In October, 1917, in the middle of World War I, one hundred years ago, 
 Vladimir Lenin and the communist party led millions of people in Russia, 
 one of the world bulwarks of political reaction, superstition, and 
 feudalism, to rise up in an insurrection. This revolution established the 
 first long-lasting socialist state in history: the Union of Soviet 
 Socialist Republics (the Soviet Union).  For the first time since the 
 emergence of class society, society was not organized around exploitation 
 by a ruling class of one kind or another. This shook the whole 
 world!\n\nMillions of Russian people were wounded and killed during World 
 War 1. This imperialist war brought to the surface the underlying 
 antagonisms in Russian society... and a revolutionary climate took hold. 
 Workers rioted and struck. Women took the streets. Soldiers mutinied. The 
 Tsar was overthrown and the government that replaced the Tsar was itself 
 overthrown by the October Revolution.  This epochal revolution changed the 
 course of the whole 20th century and beyond.\n\nCommunism was eventually 
 defeated in the Soviet Union in 1956. But the lessons learned from both the 
 tremendous achievements and the shortcomings and sometimes serious errors 
 -- along with the later richer lessons from the Chinese revolution, led by 
 Mao -- laid the foundation to go forward to new heights.  These lessons 
 were distilled by Bob Avakian and concretized into a new communism.  This 
 new communism is a leap beyond, and in some important ways a rupture with, 
 what has gone before.\n\nThis program will address:\n•   What was the 
 Russian revolution all about?\n•   How did it change the lives of the 
 people?\n•   What are the essential lessons to draw from this experience 
 for\n    the emancipation of humanity?\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/24/18803894.php
SUMMARY:The 100th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia - talk & slide presentation
LOCATION:Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA  94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/24/18803894.php
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