In this talk at a recent day school on the Russian Revolution, Daniel Morley of the Socialist Appeal editorial board discusses the question of revolutionary insurrection, examining how Marxists approach the question of the seizure of power.

In his latest video outlining the key events of 1917, Alan Woods – author of Bolshevism: the Road to Revolution – discusses the October Revolution, when the workers and peasants of Russia seized power.

Continuing our week of articles and videos celebrating the centenary anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, Ben Curry discusses the build up to the insurrection on 25th October (7th November in the new calendar) and the decisive role played by Lenin in the debates surrounding the question of whether the time was right for the soviets to seize power.