Bolshies & Worker control

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The Bolsheviks The Bolsheviks

and Workers and Workers

Control Control

Maurice Brinton Maurice Brinton

The Bo lshev ik s and W ork ers Con t ro l

The Bo lshev ik s and W ork ers Cont ro l i s a rem ark ab lepamph le t by Maur i ce B r i n ton expos ing the s t rugg le

th a t took p lace ove r the runn ing o f w o rkp laces in theim m ed iate a f te rm a th o f the Russ ian Revo lu t i on . I ndo ing so , no t on l y does i t demo l i sh the roman t i cLen in i s t ‘ h i s to ry ’ o f the re l a t i onsh ip be tween thework ing c l ass and the i r pa r ty du r i ng these yea rs( 1917 - 21 ) bu t i t a l so p rov ides a backbone to unde r -s tand ing w hy t he Russian revo lu t i on fa i l ed the w ay i td i d . From t h i s unde rs tand ing f l ow s a l te rna t i ve poss i -

b i l i t i es o f revo lu t i ona ry o rgan i sa t i on and some 32yea rs af t e r the o r i g i na l w as w r i t t en th i s i s pe rhaps it sg rea tes t con t r i bu t i on today . Fo r th i s reason a loneth i s tex t dese rves the g rea tes t poss ib l e c i r cu la t i ontoday and w e encou rage you to c i r cu late i t as w ide l yas possib le.

The Russ ian Revo lu t i on i n i t s en t i re t y f rom 1905 to1917 con t i nues to be one o f the g rea t pe r i ods o f h i s -

t o r y f o r t h e s t r u g g l e f o r f r e ed o m b y t h e w o r k i n g c la ssaga inst the cap i ta l i st c lass . Now t ha t Len in i sm i sf i na l l y dy ing i t i s up t o ana rch i sts and o th e r l i be r ta r i -an commun is ts to rescue the pos i t i ve and nega t i velessons o f tha t g r ea t revo lu t i on f rom th e d i sto r t i ons o fth e le f t and the r i gh t . Th i s book i s a v i ta l con t r i bu t i onto w r i t i n g t h e r e a l h i st o r y o f t h e r e v o l u t i o n .





















































































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