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Yvon, M.. What has become of the Russian Revolution - Image 51. 1937. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. May 18, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/4766/show/4748.

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Title	What has become of the Russian Revolution
Creator (LCNAF)	Yvon, M.
Contributor (Local)	Integer
Publisher	International Review
Date	1937
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Communism Economics
Subject.Topical (Local)	Social conditions
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Soviet Union
Genre (AAT)	pamphlets
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Extent	63 pages; 22 cm
Original Item Location	HN523.Y8613 1937
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304536~S11
Original Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	In Copyright
File Name	index.cpd

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Title	Image 51
Format (IMT)	image/jpeg
File Name	uhlib_2209396_050.jpg
Transcript	"brains" of the Plan, who live on the worker's labor, think for him all the time, in all situations. The disappearance of what we usually recognize as capitalism does not, therefore, necessarily bring emancipation to the worker. The Russian example shows the possibility of a regime that we did not foresee: the rule of the economic and social "technician" succeeding the rule of the traditional capitalist. Part Three THE STATE AND CLASSES As elsewhere, the State in Russia pretends to be what it is not. All governments find it convenient to inscribe on public monuments, prisons, banks and lodging houses fine formulae like "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." Such good intentions are condensed in constitutional texts to form the false front of State power. They are the insignia of the official or fictitious power. In the traditional capitalist society, such official, political simulacra disguise the real power of the large financial and industrial corporations. Similarly in the USSR the advertised demagogic devises of the Soviets are used to hide a totally different apparatus, which is the real holder of State power. But "State power" connotes the existence of classes. Are there classes in contemporary Russia? We shall examine, in this part, the following points: 1. The official or fictitious power. 2. The real State power. 3. Classes. I The Official or Fictitious Power The Soviets In 1871, during the Paris Commune, the world saw an attempt at social organization by the workers themselves. Neighborhood organizations, committees composed of workers in arms, elected their representatives and undertook the creation of a worker militia. Such spontaneous popular organizations were seen again in Russia, in 1905, and then in 1917, when they actually took power. In 1917, the Russian Soviets included all worker tendencies, from social-democrats to anarchists. But the Soviets of the revolutionary period soon disappeared. The organisms that bear the name "Soviets" today and are officially said to be the sources of State power in Russia, really have less power than the French municipal councils. They are no more than organs employed by the central power to execute its orders in the limits of the municipalities. The power of the present Soviets is a farce of power, and the elections to the Soviets are a comical take-off on elections. The last Soviet elections took place at the end of 1934. As in preceding elections, the following happened: 49