On November 7, 1917 (October 25 by the old Russian calendar), the workers, soldiers and sailors of Petrograd stormed the Winter Palace and put power in the hands of the revolutionary soviets led by Lenin’s Bolshevik communist party. 

The world’s first successful socialist uprising literally changed the world – inaugurating the era of national liberation and socialist revolutions.

All Power to the Soviets: a resource on the Russian Revolution

The website “All Power to the Soviets,” assembled throughout the revolution’s centenary in 2017, is a great resource on this world historic event that continues to inspire revolutionary workers and oppressed peoples around the world.

“Ten Days the Shook the World”
By John Reed

“The History of the Russian Revolution”
By Leon Trotsky

“Lessons of October: The Struggle Against Imperialist War”
By Sam Marcy