The Russian Soviets were the basis of the first workers’ state in history; the pinnacle of workers’ power. Lenin, quoting Marx, called them “the political form at last discovered under which to work out the economical emancipation of labour”.

To this day the Soviets remain the foremost example of socialist, popular democracy.

Join this session to peek behind the curtain and discover how these magnificent councils really worked, and what they can still teach us about revolutionary strategy today.