
Revolution: Russia 1917 - 100 years on
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Russia's great revolutionary year began with a demonstration for bread on International Women’s Day. Within a week, the February Revolution had toppled the Tsar. Workers and soldiers began to take control of their own destiny. October saw the greatest anti-capitalist uprising in history as ordinary people overthrew the state and started to run society themselves.
From that moment, socialism has been a demand across the globe. The debate about these events has shaped every struggle for social change. One hundred years on, join us to discuss this history and its meaning for 21st-century socialism.
Timetable
10:00 am - 11.15 am
Storming heaven: the achievements of 1917
Paul Le Blanc, August Nimtz, Lindsey German
11.30 am - 12.45 pm
Democracy and the revolution
August Nimtz, Judy Cox
Lunch
1.45 pm - 3:00 pm
War, nationalism and revolution
Maria Nikolakaki, Chris Bambery, Alastair Stephens
3.15 pm - 4.30 pm
Lenin and Leninism
Tariq Ali, Paul Le Blanc, Kate Connelly
4.50 pm - 6:00 pm
Revolution in the 21st century
John Rees, Tamas Krausz, Lucia Pradella
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