Lenin, Trotsky and the Theory of the Permanent Revolution · John Peter RobertsChapter 5 – 1917: From the April Theses to the October, Proletarian RevolutionOpen this chapter in the reader5.1Introduction5.2 February, the Letters from Afar and the April Theses5.3 Trotsky in Early 19175.4 The April Conferences5.5 “All Power to the Soviets”5.6 July Days and Consequences5.7 The Class Character of the October 1917 Revolution and the Nature of the Resulting StatePrevious4.11 Comparison with the Revolutionary Democratic DictatorshipContentsNext5.1Introduction