The origins of Bolshevism: The first workers' unions
Click here for the series on The Roots of Bolshevism of which this article is part John O'Mahony continues his series of articles "The question of the city workers is one of those that it may be said will be moved forward automatically by life itself to an appropriate place, in spite of the a priori theoretical decision of the revolutionary leaders". G V Plekhanov, in the journal of Zemlya i Volya The history of the beginnings of a labour movement in Russia is a subordinate part of the history of populism. The first Russian labour movement was a populist movement. It was initiated by populists...