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Great stuff! Notice the emphasis on the composition of the workers' militia selected to implement the decree, including women/domestic workers. (In this period Lenin wrote over and over again of the need for rank-and-file committees in all spheres to implement the new laws, and the essential participation of women in such committees.) See also: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/reviprog/ch04.htm " ... 11) Housing laws to be enacted and a housing inspectorate elected by the workers’ organisations to be instituted for the purpose of sanitary inspection of dwelling houses. However, only by abolishing private property in land and building cheap and hygienic dwellings can the housing problem be solved." In a few years however Lenin and allies were already having to handle complaints of abuse of workers by housing officials (for which he said such "communist criminals" should be hanged): https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1922/mar/18a.htm _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
