Soviet Russia, the first Communist Republic, the land of, by
and for the common people. We greet you, workers and peasants of
Russia, who by your untold sacrifices, by your determination and
devotion, are transforming the Russia of black reaction, of the
domination of a few, into a land of glorious promise for all.
Comrades in America, watch the bright dawn in the East; you have
but your chains to lose, and a world to gain!--The Workers'
Council.

In general outline the form of the workers' state will be that of the
Russian Soviet Republic, and what it is will appear from the following
semi-official description, the briefest and clearest of any which I have
seen. Its authorship is unknown to me but I know it to be the work of a
committee of which Zinoviev, one of the directing and inspiring minds of
the proletarian movement in Russia, was a member, and it may be that he
is the author. Anyhow it is a recently published, authoritative classic
containing the information for which a large part of the world has been
waiting:

We have before us the example of the Russian Soviet Republic, whose
structure, in view of the conflicting reports printed in other
countries, it may be useful to describe briefly here.

The unit of government is the local Soviet, or Council, of
Workers', Red Army, and Peasants' Deputies.

The city Workers' Soviet is made up as follows: Each factory elects
one delegate for a certain number of workers, and each local union
also elects delegates. These delegates are elected according to
political parties--or, if the workers wish it, as individual
candidates.

The Red Army delegates are chosen by military units.

For the peasants, each village has its local Soviet, which sends
delegates to the Township Soviet, which in turn elects to the
County Soviet, and this to the Provincial Soviet.

Nobody who employs labor for profit can vote.

Every six months the City and Provincial Soviets elect delegates to
the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, which is the supreme governing
body of the country. This Congress decides upon the policies which
are to govern the country for six months, and then elects a Central
Executive Committee of two hundred, which is to carry out these
policies. The Congress also elects the Cabinet--The Council of
People's Commissars, who are