The April Theses

• Lenin immediately set out a political programmed called his "April Theses".
• Lenin called for

  • An immediate end to the war.
  • No co-operation with the PG.
  • The transfer of all state power to the Soveits.
  • Land to be given to the peasants.
  • The socialisation of the economy.
• The points of the April Theses were effectively communication in Bolshevik propaganda through simple slogans such as:

  • "All Power to the Soviets"
  • "End the War"
  • "Peace, Land, Bread"
• The April Theses and its slogans was an offer to ordinary Russian people that would lead to an improvement to their lives.
• Lenin's vision was of a second revolution led by a hardcore group of professional revolutionaries on behalf of the people.

  • This was the vision he had in his 1902 pamphlet, "What is to be done?"