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  • Lessons of October: The political crisis within the Bolshevik Party on the eve of the seizure of power - World Socialist Web Site
    https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/11/03/lect-n03.html

    Before beginning: I will use the old-style calendar for my lecture, because these dates are referenced in some of the comments of those involved and because, as the title of the lecture suggests, the Bolsheviks had to make a revolution before they could change the date.

    As the first lecture in this series, Comrade David North chose as his title, “Why study the Russian Revolution?”

    In a list of 10 points answering this question, North replied in reason nine:

    The Bolsheviks provided the working class with an example of what a genuine revolutionary party is, and the irreplaceable role of such a party in securing the victory of the socialist revolution. A careful study of the revolutionary process in 1917 leaves no doubt that the presence of the Bolshevik Party, with Lenin and Trotsky in its leadership, was decisive in securing the victory of the socialist revolution. [1]

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