Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tampere ita ce cibiyar manyan al'amuran siyasa da yawa na Finland a farkon karni na 20; misali, taron 1905 na Jam'iyyar Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP), wanda Vladimir Lenin ya jagoranta, an gudanar da shi a zauren Ma'aikata na Tampere, inda aka yanke shawarar, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, don kaddamar da tashin hankali, wanda hakan ya haifar da juyin juya halin Oktoba 1917 a Daular Rasha. Hakanan, a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1905, yayin yajin aikin gama gari, an ayyana sanannen "Red Declaration" a Keskustori. A cikin 1918, bayan da Finland ta sami 'yancin kai, Tampere ya taka muhimmiyar rawa, kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin mahimman wurare masu mahimmanci ga Jamhuriyar Socialist Workers ta Finland (FSWR) a lokacin yakin basasa.
Yaƙin basasa a Finland (28 ga Janairu <unk> 15 ga Mayu 1918); birni shine birni mafi mahimmanci na masana'antu a Finland a farkon karni na 20, wanda yawancin jama'a ke aiki. Tampere wani yanki ne mai karfi a lokacin yakin, tare da Hugo Salmela a cikin umurnin. Sojojin farar fata, karkashin jagorancin Janar Mannerheim, sun kama garin bayan yakin Tampere, inda suka kama fursunonin Red 10,000 a ranar 6 ga Afrilu 1918.