Public Meeting: The Russian Revolution Centenary

political power by the Bolshevik Party under the leadership of Lenin and Trotsky. The overthrow of capitalism in a country of 150 million people and the establishment of the first socialist workers’ state in history was the most consequential event of the twentieth century.

One hundred years later, the Russian Revolution retains a burning contemporary relevance. All the great issues that motivated that revolutionary struggle—imperialist violence, social inequality, political repression—are present today.

The danger of world war, the rise of far-right fascistic movements, the intolerable conditions facing billions of young people—all raise the urgent need for a study of the lessons and experiences of the Russian Revolution.David North, chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, will review the causes, consequences and enduring significance of the 1917 Russian Revolution