"Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich — that is the democracy of capitalist society."The question of the state is not something that normally occupies the attention of most workers. This is no accident. The state would be of no use for the ruling class if people did not believe that it was something harmless, impartial and above the interests of classes or individuals. However, Marxism teaches us that the state is an instrument for the oppression of the e...

"The pamphlet… outlined a broad plan of organisation in which everyone would find a place for himself, become a cog in the revolutionary machine, a cog, which, no matter how small, was vital to the working of the machine. The pamphlet urged the necessity of intensive and tireless efforts to build the foundation that had to be built if the Party was to exist in deeds and not in words…" (Nadezhda Krupskaya, Reminiscences of Lenin.)First published in early 1902, What Is to Be Done? re...

“Struggling uncompromisingly with the reformists and all kinds of distortionists of Marxism, Lenin brought scientific socialism to a new stage. He enriched Marxism, the great ideological weapon of the proletariat, and greatly contributed to the formulation of the theory of proletarian dictatorship. He developed the Marxist principle on the worker–peasant alliance, the national and colonial question, proletarian internationalism, the building and strengthening of a new type of proletarian p...

"Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder is a work by Vladimir Lenin attacking assorted critics of the Bolsheviks who claimed positions to their left. Most of these critics were proponents of ideologies later described as left communism.The book was written in 1920 and published in Russian, German, English and French later in the year. A copy was then distributed to each delegate at the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern, several of whom were mentioned by Lenin in the work.

During the First World War, Lenin found himself isolated, but he was not afraid to fight against the stream. He dedicated all his strength to educating and training the Bolsheviks on the basis of the genuine ideas of Marxism. His masterpiece, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, is an immortal monument to his work in the vital field of theory.No book has ever explained the phenomena of modern capitalism better. Indeed, all of Lenin's predictions concerning the concentratio...

The Bolsheviks led the workers to power in the October Revolution of 1917. To ensure its survival, they grappled with the task of spreading the revolution beyond Russia.'Left-Wing' Communism: An Infantile Disorder was written in 1920 to educate the newly-formed communist parties of the Third International, and to correct theultra-left, sectarian trends that infected many of them. Inspired by the Revolution and repelled by the betrayals of social democracy, these communists h...

Ideas que han cambiado el mundo.A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolución. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y consolado. Han enriquecido vidas, y también las han destruido.Taurus publica las obras de los grandes pensadores, pioneros, radicales y visionarios cuyas ideas sacudieron la civilizac...

Versão na íntegra do Texto Escrito por Lenin Entre 1901 e 1902 e publicado em março de 1902, los Stuttgart. O carater Prático-Politico, Traço do Pensamento lenineano, temperatura nessa obra SUA Melhor Expressão e UMA Riqueza categorial, Que revelação o Domínio maduro fazer autor sobre como Obras de Marx, dos teóricos marxistas russos e europeus Ocidentais e fazer Pensamento social, de SUA Época. A Tradução e de Marcelo Braz, de Fontes Castelhana e francesa.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin can be considered on of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Here is his fascinating and world changing treatise on socialism and religion.

Vladimir Lenin (speaking Russian) was the main theoretician and practical leader of the Bolsheviks. He was voted the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. Leon Trotsky was a Communist theorist, prolific writer, and leader in the 1917 Russian Revolution. Josef Stalin (speaking Russian) was the General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party and a key leader in World War II.

Part of Pluto's 21st birthday series Get Political, which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience.This is an entirely new collection of Lenin's writing. For the first time it brings together crucial shorter works, to show that Lenin held a life-long commitment to freedom and democracy. Le Blanc has written a comprehensive introduction, which gives an accessible overview of Lenin's life and work, and explains his relevance to political thought today...

Si fuera necesario dar una definición lo más breve posible del imperialismo, debería decirse que el imperialismo es la fase monopolista del capitalismo. Una definición tal comprendería lo principal, pues, por una parte, el capital financiero es el capital bancario de algunos grandes bancos monopolistas fundido con el capital de los grupos monopolistas de industriales y, por otra, el reparto del mundo es el tránsito de la política colonial, que se expande sin obstáculos en las regiones toda...