Ten Days That Shook the World · Concept
Workers' Control and Economic Transformation
A major theme is the Bolshevik push for workers' control over industry, nationalization of banks, and a unified economic plan, presented as essential for dismantling capitalist exploitation and organizing production for the people's needs.
A major theme is the Bolshevik push for workers' control over industry, nationalization of banks, and a unified economic plan, presented as essential for dismantling capitalist exploitation and organizing production for the people's needs.
The chapter describes Factory-Shop Committees as spontaneous organisations created by workers to take over and run factories, illustrating the push for workers' control over industry.
Workers demanded control of factories, while the government and employers resisted, leading to strikes and sabotage.
The All-Russian Conference of Factory-Shop Committees calls for workers' control over industrial production.
The proclamation promises 'labor control over production' and the creation of a Soviet government, reflecting the Bolsheviks' commitment to workers' control.
