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Title: Bolshevism
The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy

Author: John Spargo

Release Date: August 28, 2005 [eBook #16613]

Language: English

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BOLSHEVISM

The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy

by

JOHN SPARGO

Author of
"Social Democracy Explained" "Socialism, a Summary and Interpretation of
Socialist Principles" "Applied Socialism" etc.

Harper & Brothers Publishers
New York and London

1919

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BOOKS BY

JOHN SPARGO

BOLSHEVISM
AMERICANISM AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
SOCIAL DEMOCRACY EXPLAINED

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

ESTABLISHED 1817

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

I. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

II. FROM REVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION

III. THE WAR AND THE PEOPLE

IV. THE SECOND REVOLUTION

V. FROM BOURGEOISIE TO BOLSHEVIKI

VI. THE BOLSHEVIK WAR AGAINST DEMOCRACY

VII. BOLSHEVIST THEORY AND PRACTICE

POSTSCRIPTUM: A PERSONAL STATEMENT

APPENDICES:

I. AN APPEAL TO THE PROLETARIAT BY THE PETROGRAD WORKMEN'S AND
SOLDIERS' COUNCIL

II. HOW THE RUSSIAN PEASANTS FOUGHT FOR A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

III. FORMER SOCIALIST PREMIER OF FINLAND ON BOLSHEVISM

PREFACE

In the following pages I have tried to make a plain and easily
understandable outline of the origin, history, and meaning of Bolshevism. I
have attempted to provide the average American reader with a fair and
reliable statement of the philosophy, program, and policies of the Russian
Bolsheviki. In order to avoid confusion, and to keep the mat