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Posted on 23 January 2017 at 14:12 GMT
CWI website marking 1917 Russian Revolution
The Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) has launched a website dedicated to commemorating and celebrating the 1917 Russian Revolution.
The site contains CWI archive material on the Russian Revolution, as well as some writings by Lenin, Trotsky and other leading Marxists from the period and also eyewitness accounts.
Over the course of 2017 the website will add:
- Monthly articles on the developments of the corresponding month in 1917 and their implications.
- Thematic articles - on women, the national question, art, youth, etc.
- Articles on the impact of the revolution in different countries and regions.
- Events to mark the anniversary will be publicised
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The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the class character of society in numerous ways. It is making clear to many that it is the working class that keeps society running, not the CEOs of major corporations.
The results of austerity have been graphically demonstrated as public services strain to cope with the crisis.
The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. But after the corona crisis, it will try to make the working class pay for it, by trying to claw back what has been given.
- The Socialist Party's material is more vital than ever, so we can continue to report from workers who are fighting for better health and safety measures, against layoffs, for adequate staffing levels, etc.
- When the health crisis subsides, we must be ready for the stormy events ahead and the need to arm workers' movements with a socialist programme - one which puts the health and needs of humanity before the profits of a few.
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