Workers today are told to sit down, shut up and accept the world as it is, as our politicians and billionaires declare it to be. But what if ordinary, working class people ran society instead of the rich and powerful? This has happened before – in Russia 1917. The Russian working class overthrew their rulers, ended Russian involvement in World War One, and radically transformed Russian society. 

This session will explore the radical history of the 1917 Russian Revolution, what it took for the working class to seize power under autocratic rule, and the lessons we can take with us in our fight for the future.