Marx's Theory of Revolutions

Marx's Theory of Revolutions

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

March 28 – March 15, 1917: Pravda Turns Right


Stalin and Kamenev take over as co-editors of Pravda. They adopted, among other views, the defensist position taken by the Manifesto of the Soviet the day before.

This was contrary to Lenin’s views. Lenin considered the defeat of Russia the lesser of two evils, the greater one being participation in an imperialist war, by and for the capitalist classes of the belligerents.

A supplementary post follows this one in the chronological order.

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