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Workers' Truth

The Workers' Truth ( ) was a Russian socialist opposition group founded in 1921. They published a newspaper with the same name, Workers' Truth, which first appeared in September 1921. The Workers' Truth considered that the Soviet economy had been transformed into a form of capitalism, with the technical managers and organizers as a new ruling class, together with the private entrepreneurs that emerged with the New Economic Policy (NEP), the Communist Party having become the representative of that ruling class, and no longer of the proletariat. Thus, the Workers' Truth, although continuing to act within the Communist Party, defended the need to create a new workers' party. Its main activists were arrested in September 1923—the group's activity being largely suppressed thereafter—and expelled from the Communist Party in December of the same year.

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The Workers' Truth ( ) was a Russian socialist opposition group founded in 1921. They published a newspaper with the same name, Workers' Truth, which first appeared in September 1921. The Workers' Truth considered that the Soviet economy had been transformed into a form of capitalism, with the technical managers and organizers as a new ruling class, together with the private entrepreneurs that emerged with the New Economic Policy (NEP), the Communist Party having become the representative of that ruling class, and no longer of the proletariat. Thus, the Workers' Truth, although continuing to act within the Communist Party, defended the need to create a new workers' party. Its main activists were arrested in September 1923—the group's activity being largely suppressed thereafter—and expelled from the Communist Party in December of the same year.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1921 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 1921 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 1921 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 1923 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1921". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "1921". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "1921". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "1923". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335423398

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