The birth of the Soviet Union following the 1917 October Revolution in Russia brought about a qualitative change in the international situation. The new Soviet state and the socialist system it defended became the aspiration and source of inspiration for the peoples of the whole world. The agenda of the working class occupied the centre-stage of political discourse. Even spokesmen of the capitalist class had to pretend that they are for some form of socialism.
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30 years since the disintegration of the Soviet Union:
On the Occasion of the 202nd Birth Anniversary of Karl Marx:
Times are calling for the transition from capitalism to socialism
“Let the ruling classes tremble at a communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of all countries, Unite!” These legendary words of the Communist Manifesto reverberated throughout the world on 5th May, the birth anniversary of Karl Marx.
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