Document type | Article |
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Author | Clarke, George Elliott |
Journal | Labour / Le Travail |
Volume | 81 |
Date | 2018 Spring |
ISSN | 1911-4842 |
Pages | 241-243 |
URL | http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/view/5888 |
This poem describes the conditions that lead to the Great October Socialist Revolution that took place in Russia in the year 1917. The Russian Revolution was foundational to the labour and social reforms that took place in Canada in the same era (Winnipeg general strike) and over the course of the next 100 years (healthcare, unions, and credit unions).