Rick Spence

Outmaneuvered every step of the way. The Mensheviks are a case study in failure of a political organization. That, too, will be heresy to some people. But look, they lost. Now, so what Lenin managed to do, starting around 1903, continuing on to this, is he managed to divide Russia. to take what had been a single Marxist party and split it into angry, contending factions.

Because he and his Bolsheviks were on one side, advocating a much more militant conspiratorial policy. The discombobulated Mensheviks were over on the other, and in between were a lot of people who really didn't know where they stood on this. I mean, sometimes they kind of agree, and he seems to be making sense today. No, no, I don't think he's making sense in that day.

Because he and his Bolsheviks were on one side, advocating a much more militant conspiratorial policy. The discombobulated Mensheviks were over on the other, and in between were a lot of people who really didn't know where they stood on this. I mean, sometimes they kind of agree, and he seems to be making sense today. No, no, I don't think he's making sense in that day.

Because he and his Bolsheviks were on one side, advocating a much more militant conspiratorial policy. The discombobulated Mensheviks were over on the other, and in between were a lot of people who really didn't know where they stood on this. I mean, sometimes they kind of agree, and he seems to be making sense today. No, no, I don't think he's making sense in that day.

But he managed to completely disunify this organization. Now, who could possibly have seen benefit in that? The Ograna. Now, whether or not they put him up to it, whether or not in some way they...

But he managed to completely disunify this organization. Now, who could possibly have seen benefit in that? The Ograna. Now, whether or not they put him up to it, whether or not in some way they...

But he managed to completely disunify this organization. Now, who could possibly have seen benefit in that? The Ograna. Now, whether or not they put him up to it, whether or not in some way they...

helped move him into a position of leadership, or encouraged it, or encouraged it through people around him, whether he was a witting or unwitting agent of the Zara secret police, he certainly accomplished exactly what it was that they had wanted. And I find that suspicious. It's one of those things that it's so convenient in a way is that I'm not necessarily sure that was an accident.

helped move him into a position of leadership, or encouraged it, or encouraged it through people around him, whether he was a witting or unwitting agent of the Zara secret police, he certainly accomplished exactly what it was that they had wanted. And I find that suspicious. It's one of those things that it's so convenient in a way is that I'm not necessarily sure that was an accident.

helped move him into a position of leadership, or encouraged it, or encouraged it through people around him, whether he was a witting or unwitting agent of the Zara secret police, he certainly accomplished exactly what it was that they had wanted. And I find that suspicious. It's one of those things that it's so convenient in a way is that I'm not necessarily sure that was an accident.

There's also this whole question to me as to what was going on within the Okrana itself. And this is one of these questions when I come to you later about how intelligence agencies interact or serve with the governments to which they are theoretically subordinate. They do tend to acquire a great deal of influence and power. After all, their main job is to collect information.

There's also this whole question to me as to what was going on within the Okrana itself. And this is one of these questions when I come to you later about how intelligence agencies interact or serve with the governments to which they are theoretically subordinate. They do tend to acquire a great deal of influence and power. After all, their main job is to collect information.

There's also this whole question to me as to what was going on within the Okrana itself. And this is one of these questions when I come to you later about how intelligence agencies interact or serve with the governments to which they are theoretically subordinate. They do tend to acquire a great deal of influence and power. After all, their main job is to collect information.

And that information could be about all kinds of things, including people within the government structure itself. And they also know how to leverage that information in a way to get people to do what you want them to do.

And that information could be about all kinds of things, including people within the government structure itself. And they also know how to leverage that information in a way to get people to do what you want them to do.

And that information could be about all kinds of things, including people within the government structure itself. And they also know how to leverage that information in a way to get people to do what you want them to do.

So an argument can be made, again, an argument, not a fact, merely an opinion, which is mostly what history is made out of, opinions, is that at some point, between about 1900 and 1917, people in the Ocrana were playing their own game. And that game took them in a direction which meant that continued loyalty to the emperor, specifically to Nicholas II, was no longer part of that.

So an argument can be made, again, an argument, not a fact, merely an opinion, which is mostly what history is made out of, opinions, is that at some point, between about 1900 and 1917, people in the Ocrana were playing their own game. And that game took them in a direction which meant that continued loyalty to the emperor, specifically to Nicholas II, was no longer part of that.

So an argument can be made, again, an argument, not a fact, merely an opinion, which is mostly what history is made out of, opinions, is that at some point, between about 1900 and 1917, people in the Ocrana were playing their own game. And that game took them in a direction which meant that continued loyalty to the emperor, specifically to Nicholas II, was no longer part of that.

To me, in a way, it seems almost during the events of 1917 that, one, you had an organization that was very effective when it did that suddenly just becomes ineffective. It doesn't really disappear. These things don't go away because it will reappear as the Ochaka basically fairly quickly.