10 Days That Shook the World "John Reed’s Ten Days that Shook the World represents one of the 20th Century’s greatest political-literary achievements, being one of the first book length eye-witness accounts of the great Russian October Revolution."
The Salaries of High-Ranking Office Employees and Officials Written onDecember 1 (November 18), 1917.
Meeting Of The All-Russia Central Executive Committee "Although only a few days remain before the Constituent Assembly is summoned, the bourgeoisie are organising civil war, intensifying sabotage and undermining the armistice."
Decree On The Arrest Of The Leaders Of The Civil War Against The Revolution Written on 28 November, 1917.
Interview Given to Gregori Yarros Interview Given by Lenin toGregori Yarros, Correspondent of the Associated Press Agency, on November28(15), 1917.
The Program for Peace What is a peace program? From the viewpoint of the ruling classes or of the parties subservient to them, it is the totality of the demands, the ultimate realization of which must be ensured by the power of militarism.
The Extraordinary All-Russia Congress Of Soviets Of Peasants' Deputies "A necessary condition for the victory of the socialist revolution, which alone can secure the lasting triumph and full implementation of the law on land, is the close alliance of the working and exploited peasantry with the working class—the proletariat—in all the advanced countries."
Direct-Line Conversation Between The Government and Field H. Q. November 22 (9), 1917 "In the name of the Government of the Russian Republic, on behalf of the Council of People’s Commissars, we dismiss you from your post for refusing to obey government orders and for conduct that entails untold hardships for the working people of all countries and especially the armies."
The Requisition of Articles of Warm Clothing for the Soldiers at the Front "Two rich families having two rich fiats are obliged to move into one of their fiats during the winter, giving the other up to the use of the poor population in view of the extreme need created by the war."
Theses for a Law on the Confiscation of Apartment and Tenement Houses Written: December 3 (November 20), 1917.
Draft Decree On The Right Of Recall "It would be betraying democracy and abdicating the basic principles and tasks of the socialist revolution, which has begun in Russia, to refuse, on that ground, to practise the right of recall, or to hamper or restrict its exercise in any way."
Alliance Between the Workers and Exploited Peasants "The alliance between the workers and the working and exploited peasants would make it obligatory for the party of the proletariat to vote for the peasants and against the bourgeoisie"
To The Population "Comrades, working people! Remember that now you yourselves are at the helm of state. No one will help you if you yourselves do not unite and take into your hands all affairs of the state."
Speech at a Joint Meeting of the Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies and Delegates From the Fronts "If the war is to be brought to an end, the power of capital must be destroyed."
Meeting Of The All-Russia Central Executive Committee "Victory will belong only to those who have faith in the people, those who are immersed in the life-giving spring of popular creativity."
Draft Resolution On Freedom Of The Press "For the workers’ and peasants’ government, freedom of the press means liberation of the press from capitalist oppression, and public ownership of paper mills and printing presses"
Ultimatum from the C.C. Majority "It stands to reason, a split would be highly deplorable. But an honest and open split would now be incomparably better than internal sabotage, the thwarting of our own decisions, disorganisation and prostration."
The Tasks Of The Public Library In Petrograd Written by Lenin in November, 1917, on the need to improve public education in Petrograd.
