Today, we commemorate 107 years since the october revolution in russia, a historic event that shattered the oppressive machinery of tsarist autocracy and paved the way for a socialist state rooted in the power of the proletariat. led by the bolsheviks, the revolution was a resounding answer to the imperialist war, the hunger for land reform, and the demand for workers' democracy. it represented not just a struggle against monarchy and capital but a definitive statement: the means of production, and indeed society itself, must be placed in the hands of those who labor, rather than a wealthy few.
a century later, the world remains ensnared in the contradictions of capitalism. exploitation, economic crises, and imperialist conflicts endure, as capital continues to consolidate wealth and power in the hands of a small ruling class. the fundamental demands of 1917, economic justice, collective ownership, and an end to imperialism, remain as relevant as ever in the face of capitalism's ongoing failures.
in honoring the october revolution, we remember the soviets, those councils of workers, peasants, and soldiers who embodied the principles of proletarian democracy and served as the backbone of socialist transformation. the soviets offered a radical vision: a society without oppression, built on solidarity and the true, democratic participation of the working class. their legacy reminds us that socialism is not only achievable but necessary for true liberation from the chains of class exploitation and imperialist domination.
today, as we reflect on the revolution’s enduring impact, let us reignite its revolutionary spirit in the struggles we face. the fight for socialism is far from over, and the call of the october revolution, all power to the soviets!, resonates louder than ever in the quest for a world free from exploitation and oppression.

Long live the spirit of the October Revolution! 🚩

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Good-morning, Revolution:

You're the very best friend
I ever had.
We gonna pal around together from now on.

Say, listen, Revolution:
You know, the boss where I used to work,
The guy that gimme the air to cut down expenses,
He wrote a long letter to the papers about you:
Said you was a trouble maker, a alien-enemy,
In other words a son-of-a-bitch.
He called up the police
And told 'em to watch out for a guy
Named Revolution.

You see,
The boss knows you're my friend.
He sees us hangin' out together.
He knows we're hungry, and ragged,
And ain't got a damn thing in this world -
And are gonna do something about it.

The boss's got all he needs, certainly,
Eats swell,
Owns a lotta houses,
Goes vacationin',
Breaks strikes,
Runs politics, bribes police,
Pays off congress,
And struts all over the earth -

But me, I ain't never had enough to eat.
Me, I ain't never been warm in winter.
Me, I ain't never known security -

All my life, been livin' hand to mouth,
Hand to mouth.

Listen, Revolution,
We're buddies, see-
Together,
We can take everything:
Factories, arsenals, houses, ships,
Railroads, forests, fields, orchards,
Bus lines, telegraphs, radios,
(Jesus! Raise hell with radios!)
Steel mills, coal mines, oil wells, gas,
All the tools of production,
(Great day in the morning!)
Everything -
And turn 'em over to the people who work.
Rule and run 'em for us people who work.

Boy! Them radios
Broadcasting that very first morning to USSR:
Another member the International Soviet's done come
Greetings to the Socialist Soviet Republics
Hey you rising workers everywhere greetings
And we'll sign it: Germany
Sign it: China
Sign it: Africa
Sign it: Poland
Sign it: Italy
Sign it: America
Sign it with my one name: Worker

On that day when no one will be hungry, cold, oppressed,
Anywhere in the world again.

That's our job!
I been starvin' too long,
Ain't you?

Let's go, Revolution! -

Langston Hughes, USA 1932

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