Why we need more Bolsheviks today
October 1917 is often described as a “Bolshevik coup”, suggesting that the Bolsheviks took advantage of momentary excitement and disorder to seize an existing machine of power. In fact, in the weeks after October 1917, the Bolshevik government elected by the Soviet congress had essentially no means to implement its policies other than the power and cogency of its political agitation.