The Workers Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: The Fight for Workers Democracy in the Soviet Union

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Focusing on the ideological struggle within the USSR's Communist Party, this manifesto presents the views of the Workers Opposition, which advocated for direct worker control, democratic socialism, and the rights of labor unions. It critiques Leninist centralization and Stalinist dictatorship, calling for free criticism of Party leaders and a return to a worker-organized Council-based state. The historical context reveals the peril faced by its proponents, many of whom perished in Stalin's prisons.