On
November 7, 2017 Marxists in New York City will come together to commemorate a revolutionary centenary. One hundred
years to the day since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, US
activists and scholars will assemble to celebrate a socialist
revolution which, more than any other, defined the 20th century and
still impacts our century, the 21st.
The
Bolshevik Revolution stunned a despairing world weary of the mass
slaughter in the trenches of the First World War. It sent shock waves
through all people’s movements around the world, not least in our
country.
Contrary
to establishment and corporate media dogma, the historical truth is
that the revolution scored immense socialist and democratic
achievements: it ended unemployment and built a modern planned
economy; it ended women’s bondage; it tackled national inequality
of long-oppressed peoples; it beat back imperialist attempts to
strangle the revolution; it industrialized a backward economy at
breakneck speed; it defeated Nazi invasion; it inspired and aided
other revolutionary and anti-imperialist movements.
The event will be held on Tuesday Nov. 7th, from 6 PM to 9 PM at:
The Center for Worker Education,
#25 Broadway, Manhattan,
7th-Floor Auditorium (Three blocks south of Wall Street).
Speakers include: Anthony Monteiro, Brian Becker, Roger Keeran, Angelo D’Angelo, Sarika Chandra, Anna Rebrii, Larry Holmes, Michela Martinazzi and others.
The program is organized by the 1917 Centenary Committee under the sponsorship of the Journal of Labor and Society.
Source: Marxism-Leninism Today.
