108 years ago today, Lenin and the Bolsheviks achieved the impossible: they led millions of workers and peasants in a successful socialist revolution. But which events, struggles, and ideas led to that victory? How did Lenin become Lenin?

The Bolshevik party was the only party in history which was able to lead the working class in a successful socialist revolution. In this episode, leading RCP member Rob Sewell explains how Lenin built this force, and the lessons to guide us in the struggle for revolution today.

This week marked 120 years since the Bloody Sunday massacre, in which Tsar Nicholas II massacred workers peacefully delivering a petition to his palace. This brutal repression radicalised the masses of Russia, sparking the mighty 1905 Russian Revolution.