ch. 5 extorted consent obtained to arm workers to defend againzt kornilov

ch. 6 1. menshiviks, minimalists, blocked bolzhevik participation in Central committee even when bolzheviks had 30%

1. tsereteli, menshivik, minimalist leader, spoke against “personal movements”, tried to. suppress leaders who had such movements.

ch.7 soldiers from front, on ending war: “Why is the petrograd soviet silent?”

ch. 10: the “professional” elements were organized by the mensheviks, in fact they were the bourgeoisie. they recruited from the liberal-bourgeois cadet party, since they were more “efficient”.

ch. 11- Chernov, experienced, well-read early leader, refused to make any important decisions in order to hold onto power. divided factions eventually forced him out. too few resources.

ch. 14- Bolshevik paper shut down by military, needed to raise funds for new paper. printers boycott paper, organized by lther paper.

ch. 16- first act by bolsheivks: abolish death penalty and hold elections.

Ch. 21, Failure of Kerensky offe sive on Petrograd, Mensheviks must divide government from within, some Bolsheviks quit government with Mensheviks.

ch. 22/23? left social revolutionaries and right srd on same list even though right revs tried to arrest left revs and left revs overthew sr leader kerensky.

26. the point isn’t to die for the cause but to acheive success and progress towards the goal.

27. taking power of means of production “gradual and internal”, advantage of ruling class, civil war, anarchy