Amerikai Magyar Értesítő, 1987 (23. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1987-11-01 / 11. szám

November, 1987

HUNGARIAN MONTHLY

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In Commemoration

70TH ANNIVERSARY VifwY«V’

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

In 1987, many people, West and East, are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the “Glorious” October Revolution. To help people understand more about what they are celebrating, we offer a few slices of the anniversary cake. We hope no one gets indigestion.

Lenin, the great teacher who engineered the October Revolution, translated Marxism to fit Russian conditions. Its philosophy: The end justifies the means. Its goal: Communization of the World.

The Party unselfishly led the way to the top.

October, 1917

Once on top, the Party insisted upon assuming the thankless job of ruling, generously waving aside all help.

This is what they celebrate nowadays as the Great October Revolution.

Lenin’s death did not stop progress. Stalin, translating Lenin’s translation of Marx, announced the same philosophy: The end justifies the means; and the same goal: Communization of the world. But, the methods became a bit more direct in Stalin's translation.

March, 1917

After the overthrow of the Czar and his government, the people of Russia began their uphill rush toward democracy. The Bolshevik Party worked among the intellectuals, laborers and peasants striving toward the peak. The Party pulled a small and well-disciplined organization behind it.

1924