James P. Cannon Speaks! The Khrushchev Revelations :What was lost when the Soviet Union collapsed ?

[ " The interests and the destiny of the international working class are indissolubly bound up with the interests and destiny of the Soviet Union. We Trotskyists regard the Russian Revolution of 1917 as the great dividing line in human history. Ascending world capitalism came to a halt there, met with its first defeat, and entered into its decline. The Russian Revolution signalized the real beginning of humanity’s march to the higher and better order of socialism. All social progress in modern times dates from November 7, 1917. " ]