Strategy of Protest and Revolution 4.0: The Russian Bolshevik Revolution
(Lenin’s Strategy)
Hi, and after yet another long hiatus, welcome to Strategy Stuff. This is the fourth entry in “The Strategy of Protest and Revolution”, where we’ll look at how revolutionary and protest movements achieve success. In particular, we’ll focus on the following questions:
- How do activists turn public discontent into a coordinated movement?
- What do successful movements do to achieve their goals? And
- How have successful strategies changed over time?
In this entry, we’ll be looking at the Russian Bolshevik Revolution from March to November 1917. It’s a long entry, so I’ve split it into two parts, each being its own video. This first part will focus on Lenin’s social movement strategy, or how Lenin planned to bring socialism to Czarist Russia.