23-12-2008, 01:05 AM
October 1917 in the Julian calendar. Or November 1917 in the Gregorian calendar. Precisely. The 10 days that workers managed to take over a whole country for themselves struck fear into the heart of every elite, aristocrat, bourgeois and bourgeois wanna be. Prior to that time their fear was of anarchists. All the attention of the Czarist police was on the anarchists. Once they realised that workers could ORGANISE and take control for themselves the horror of their underestimation dawned on the ruling classes and we have never heard the end of it. It was also something of a surprise to the communists because it was expected that only in an advanced industrial country like Britain could the workers succeed. Russia was very primitive and backward compared to Britain industrially. The key difference to anarchism is the skill that communists have in organisation. Not that anarchists don't have their own talents and contribution to make in a transition of class rule or revolution.
Hitler knew all the above and which side his bread was buttered on.
Hitler knew all the above and which side his bread was buttered on.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.