Dear WSWS readers,
The year 2017 marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution, the most monumental event in the history of the 20th century. In February of that year, the working masses of Russia overthrew the monarchy headed by the Tsar. In October, they carried out a revolution under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party that put an end to capitalist rule and created the first ever workers’ state.
All the great issues that motivated the revolutionary struggle of 1917 are present today. There is not a single social, political, economic or ecological problem for which the capitalist system even pretends to have a solution.
In the United States, the Trump administration is the noxious representative of the financial oligarchy, headed by a cabinet packed with CEOs, billionaires, ex-generals and outright fascists. His opponents in the political establishment are themselves reactionaries, concerned that Trump is shifting away from an aggressive, militarist policy toward Russia. The Democratic Party and the media are the mouthpieces of the intelligence agencies, seeking to infect the growing popular movement against Trump with the virus of militarism.
The situation in the United States is the most concentrated expression of a global crisis. Workers around the world face unending war, the continuing deterioration in their conditions of life, political repression and an eruption of the worst forms of national chauvinism.
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To mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution, the WSWS has launched a series of online lectures that will explain the historical and contemporary significance of these extraordinary events. These lectures will educate workers and young people around the world in the experiences of the 20th century, the necessary foundation for the development of an international socialist movement in the 21st century.
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