This is a new translation of a speech delivered by Trotsky before the Citywide Conference of United Social-Democrats on May 20, 1917 (May 7 O.S.).

We think, however, and this is a firm conviction of our revolutionary conscience, that the current Provisional Government, its majority made up of representatives of the landlords, factory owners ...

The following appeal, with the full title "Only a provisional government can bring freedom and piece," led to the arrest of the members of the Central Worker Group, starting two days later on ...

The Provisional Government had been toppled, and the demand for "All Power to the Soviets"--the embodiment of workers' democratic self-rule--was made a reality. This article first appeared in the ...