 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekuramwa mabasa kukuru kwa1905, Haapalainen aive mumwe wevatungamiriri veRed Guard muHelsinki. Gore rakatevera, aive mumiriri weFinnish Social Democratic Party ku4th Congress yeRussia Social Democratic Labour PartymuStockholm. Muzhizha ra1906, Haapalainen akamiririra Social Democrats yeFinland mukomiti yeBolshevik yepasi pevhu inoronga kumukira kweSveaborg. Muna Kubvumbi 1907, Haapalainen akasarudzwa sachigaro wekutanga weFinnish Trade Union Federation SAJ iyo yakavambwa muTampere Workers Hall. Haapalainen akadzingwa muhofisi muna 1911 nemhaka yezvinetso zvake zvokunwa. Haapalainen zvino akava munyori, akabudisa uye akashandura mabhuku anoverengeka uye nyaya dzakanangana nehurumende nemasangano. Haapalainen akashandawo semupepeti weSAJ yakabudiswa mwedzi nemwedzi. Muna 1914 akashanda mwedzi mitatu nokuda kwokuvhiringidza zvematongerwe enyika. 