The Socialists Shouldn't Run Candidates

Many revolutionary socialists believed that they should run candidates, not because they thought bourgeois parliamentary democracy was cool. The social democrats predictably broke down along bolshevik menshevik lines. Lenin argued that the duma was still a farce and they should focus on continuing to organize armed revolution. In early 19 o seven, a similar debate unfolded amongst the s rs. And i promise, after i get back, we'll talk a lot more about what was happening inside these revolutionary groups after the revolution of 19 o five was over.