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.

Today is the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, which saw the working class seize power for the first time ever. We are republishing a lesser-known article by Lenin, which outlines the theory of permanent revolution in relation to the Russian Revolution.