Tag: Lenin
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Lenin on the Centenary of His Death: Seven Reasons not to Leave Lenin to Our Enemies
Michael Brie invites the contemporary Left to consider Lenin’s legacy in new ways on the occasion of the centenary of Lenin’s death. Keep reading »
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Lenin’s Socialism – From the Perspective of the Future
There is a great variety of theories and discussions on the views of V. I. Lenin on socialism as well as on his revolutionary praxis, which often leads to chaos … Keep reading »
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#Lenin150: The Man Who Theorized and Practiced Revolution
“You who are building, twenty meters high and on top the trade-union’s palace, Ilyich’s statue, do not forget in his boot the hole, testified by many, sign of poverty. Because … Keep reading »
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The Revolution Party
A fresh and compelling new account of the Russian revolution to mark its centenary concludes by paying tribute to the Bolsheviks for acting as history’s switchmen, a term derived from … Keep reading »
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Creating a Situation that Does Not Yet Exist
For some two decades, the anti-globalization movement and its successors have assumed that society contains within itself – and automatically throws up – political oppositions and organizational forms independent of … Keep reading »
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Lenin and Occupy
Many socialists have cheered Lars Lih’s demolition of the textbook interpretation of Lenin’s work in Lenin Rediscovered (2008) without examining how many of our own preconceptions on the subject are … Keep reading »