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Podcast: The Sound of Solidarity
Episode: Russia’s 1905 revolution: birth of the soviet
Description: Adam Adelpour looks at the 1905 revolution in Russia and argues that the development of democratic workers' councils, known in Russian as soviets, was critical to the workers' victory over capitalism in October 1917.
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This talk was delivered at Solidarity's Keep Left conference on 20 April 2025.