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Oct 2023
22m 25s

1917: Lenin's April Theses

Revolutionary Communist Party
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We are republishing Alan Wood's series on the Russian Revolution as a podcast, originally released to mark the centenary of the greatest event in human history. Alan continues into part two of this series by discussing Lenin's April Theses, in which he sought to theoretically rearm the Bolshevik leaders who were in danger of taking an opportunist route foll ... Show More
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