Ten Days That Shook the World · Concept
Proletarian Revolution and Dictatorship
The book centers on the Bolshevik-led insurrection and the establishment of the 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat,' portraying it as the fundamental struggle of the international labor movement, as endorsed by Lenin.
The book centers on the Bolshevik-led insurrection and the establishment of the 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat,' portraying it as the fundamental struggle of the international labor movement, as endorsed by Lenin.
The Bolsheviki are explicitly described as proposing immediate proletarian insurrection and seizure of government to hasten socialism, while the Left Socialist Revolutionaries share the Bolshevik program of dictatorship of the working-class.
The Bolsheviks aimed to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat, overthrowing the Provisional Government and transferring power to the soviets.
Lenin's speech emphasizes the necessity of proletarian dictatorship to achieve the revolution and save the people.
The chapter describes the Bolshevik conquest of power as driven by the masses, not a small clique, and the establishment of a Soviet government responsible to the Tsay-ee-kah, reflecting the dictatorship of the proletariat.
