The Russian Revolution excited men, and captured their
imaginations. It seemed to herald the fulfillment of the
nineteenth-century socialist movement. Socialists believed that
with the proper use of technocracy they could scourge poverty and
hunger from the earth. They felt that a social system based on
equality and social justice could overcome the traditional division
of each society into rich and poor. They were convinced that they
could overcome social problems that, seething and bubbling beneath
the surface, threatened to be as destructive as wars fought between
great powers.
These were the ideals and objectives of both 1917 revolutions.
They were exciting and contagious. The Russians were seen by many
as being on the threshold of a new and great experiment, one which
would lead the world to peace, democracy, and security-the dream of
ages. Support grew quickly. A worldwide movement committed to the
extension of the ideological and moral principles of the Revolution
and to the defense of the Soviet Union grew and became a
significant factor in world politics. It did not turn out that
way.
Much of the story of this tragedy is to be found in labor
struggles-the split between the Communist Party, the trade unions,
and the workers. The labor movement, which had been pushing for a
democratic alternative, turned against the Bolsheviks soon after
1917, and labor opposition left the Bolsheviks at the crossroads of
history. The Bolsheviks had to choose between dictatorship or
democracy. Under Lenin's guidance they opted for minority dictator
ship, the outcome of which was tyranny over the very people in
whose name they fought. This classic volume, originally published
in 1969, has not been surpassed as a description of how and why
this occurred.
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