The Bolsheviks' Strikes

The railway workers union threatened to go on strike unless the bolsheviks agreed to form a coalition government with the other socialist parties. Kamineff was, of course, the bolshevik most against his own party's recent behavior and most in favor of cross party coalition. But when he received their terms, even he was shocked by how extreme the demands were. The m r c, the red guards and the workers generally were currently in the midst of succumbing to an epidemic of mass kenness. With the revolution of soldiers and workers now in full swing, the wine cellers of petrograd were raided with enthusiastic abandon.