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Are there any Communists in the group? I'd love to hear what a true Bolshevik thinks of this account of the October Revolution.
Perdo Feely Reed as author was there in Petrograd offering to the Bolsheviks (worker's organizations) that if the Russian workers lead, workers in other countries…moreReed as author was there in Petrograd offering to the Bolsheviks (worker's organizations) that if the Russian workers lead, workers in other countries, particularly in Germany and the US, would follow. This led to hope that a world worker's communist revolution could end the capitalist-imperialist World War I. It is a cause that took root in the Dockyards of Hamburg, the steel and coal workers unions in the US and more. However in Russia, Trotsky would lose to the Stalinist group (read Nationalist Socialism, rather than internationalist), causing Trotsky to flee to Mexico). Question remains: were there any fundamental differences beyond nationalism of Fascist and Stalinist camps?

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