
The Political Situation
"The counter-revolution has become organised and consolidated, and has actually taken state power into its hands."
"The counter-revolution has become organised and consolidated, and has actually taken state power into its hands."
"The revolutionary democrat, while submitting a report to his “higher-ups”, or even before submitting it, reveals and exposes every evil and every shortcoming before the people to arouse their activity."
"The imperialist war is crushing the people and threatens to crush them completely. The petty-bourgeois democrats can perhaps stave off disaster for a while. But it is only the revolutionary proletariat that can prevent a tragic end."
"Power is in the hands of a military dictatorship. Without a new revolution, this power can only become stronger for a certain time, primarily for the duration of the war."
"They are in the majority. They are in power. They have formed a bloc with one another. And they see that nothing comes of their efforts!! How can they help raging against the Bolsheviks?"
"Once again we request all fair-minded citizens not to believe these infamous slanders and sinister rumours."
"The basic rule, the first commandment, of any trade union movement is not to rely on the “state” but to rely only on the strength of one’s own class."
"It is natural for the bourgeoisie to hate Jacobinism. It is natural for the petty bourgeoisie to dread it."
"It is a veritable Dreyfusiad, a campaign of lies and slander stemming from fierce political hatred. How foul the sources must be to substitute slander for the clash of ideas!"
"Written on July 19 (6), 1917."
"It is impossible to participate in the imperialist war without “participating” in the capitalist business of subjugating the people with loans from the capitalist gentlemen."
"But who did the shooting? Who dares blame it on anyone without an investigation?"