11. 1 Why the Russian Revolution Failed: When Rich Kids do all the Socialism

The leading actors of the Russian Revolutions of February and October 1917 sought to establish socialism: a deeply democratic economic and political system where the employee, employer relationship is abolished, and where workers control their workplaces, the means of production and the government via the free association of the producers. Instead the revolutions resulted in the establishment of the Soviet Union: an authoritarian state where the government became the sole employer and the state controlled the workers instead of the other way around. This then became the model for communist countries around the world who sought to emulate the successes of the Soviet Union, namely industrialization, escaping western imperialism, opening up social mobility for peasants and workers. Why did the Soviet Union fail at socialism What can we learn about this failure to apply to our political struggles in the present and future ALL MUSIC BY STARSIXNINE: