> On Jan 24, 2016, at 8:14 AM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> On Jan 24, 2016, at 1:11 AM, Marv Gandall wrote:
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>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 9:33 PM, Shane Mage <shmage at pipeline.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 9:07 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>>>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 5:52 PM, JOANNA A. <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>> Land, Peace, Bread!
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>>>> That has obvious appeal. Ending prisons is a rare taste.
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>>> Compared to “All Power to the Soviets of Workers', Peasants', and Soldiers' Deputies?"
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> I was comparing slogans, not advocating sloganeering. The slogan "Land, Peace, Bread" emerged in exactly the same circumstances as the slogan "All Power to the Soviets of Workers', Peasants', and Soldiers' Deputies." The former had much more "obvious appeal" than the latter--which, in fact was widely condemned (for example, by Stalin and many genuine "old" Bolsheviks). But which slogan--the one with obvious appeal or the one which would get no votes in Brooklyn--was capable of carrying the Revolution to victory?
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Sorry to have misunderstood your intent. Both slogans resonated with the masses and contributed to the revolution. They were inseparable. The call for Soviet power referred to institutions which the workers, peasant, and mutinous troops had already formed, embodying the demands for peace, land reform, and economic recovery.