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Planned | "The Conference of the RSDLP Groups Abroad" (1915) by Lenin discusses the resolutions made at a conference held in Switzerland by the R.S.D.L.P. groups residing abroad. The resolutions address the character of the war, the "defence of the fatherland" slogan, the slogans of the revolutionary Social-Democrats, opportunism and the collapse of the Second International, the Third International, pacifism and the peace slogan, the defeat of the Tsarist monarchy, and the attitude towards other parties and groups. The conference emphasizes the imperialist nature of the war and calls for the conversion of the war into a civil war as the correct proletarian slogan. | Jan 9, 2024 3:10 AM | |||||||||||||
Planned | This document is a summary of Lenin's "The Conference of the R.S.D.L.P. Groups Abroad / Berne Resolution". The conference discussed the imperialist nature of the war, the slogan of "Defence of the Fatherland", the collapse of the Second International, the need for the Third International, the role of opportunism, and the attitude towards other parties and groups. The resolutions emphasized the conversion of the war into a civil war, the rejection of pacifism, and the defeat of the tsarist monarchy. | Aug 8, 2023 8:33 AM | August 24, 2023 | ||||||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Completed | This document by Lenin discusses various aspects of war and revolution. It emphasizes the importance of workers' revolution in ending the war and criticizes the capitalist governments. It also mentions the need for control over banks and the transfer of power to the Soviets. The document highlights the split among socialists and the role of the working class in bringing about change. | Theory | Aug 4, 2023 11:47 AM | August 10, 2023 9:00 PM (EDT) | ||||||||||
Not started | Lenin argues that the demand for national independence should be subordinated to the interests of the proletariat's class struggle. He cites the example of the Polish question and emphasizes the need to place the national question on a class basis. Lenin rejects the unconditional demand for national independence and demands that the question be placed specifically on a class basis. He also criticizes the Polish Socialist Party for losing sight of the class point of view and obscuring it by chauvinism and disrupting the unity of the present-day political struggle. | Aug 4, 2023 9:34 AM | |||||||||||||
Not started | The article "Critical Remarks on the National Question" was written by Lenin in 1913 and published in the Bolshevik legal journal "Prosveshcheniye." Preceded by lectures on the national question given in Swiss cities, Lenin also made a report on the national question at the "August" Conference of the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. with Party workers, and a resolution on the report was adopted. | Jul 9, 2023 9:51 PM | |||||||||||||
Not started | Lenin argues that as Great-Russian Social-Democrats, they should not forget the national question and the immense significance it holds in a country that has been called the "prison of the peoples". He emphasizes that a sense of national pride is not alien to them, but they should not justify and eulogize their slavery. Instead, they should use every revolutionary means to combat the monarchy, the landowners, and the capitalists of their own fatherland, which are the worst enemies of their country. Lenin concludes that the interests of the Great-Russian proletariat require that the masses be systematically educated to champion complete equality and the right to self-determination for all the nations oppressed by the Great Russians. | Jul 28, 2023 6:10 AM | |||||||||||||
Not started | Ленин рассматривает отношение классов и партий к религии и церкви в России в 1909 году. Он обращает внимание на растущий клирикализм и борьбу феодалистов в рясах за сохранение привилегий церкви. Ленин показывает, что буржуазия, включая демократические круги, стремится укрепить влияние религии на народ, используя более изощренные методы, чем простые священники. Он призывает социал-демократов использовать любые средства пропаганды и агитации, включая трибуну Государственной думы, чтобы объяснить массам различия между социалистическим и буржуазным антиклерикализмом. | Jul 28, 2023 2:31 AM | |||||||||||||
Not started | This article by Lenin criticizes the tactics of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party in the Russian Duma in the early 1900s. Lenin argues that the party fails to analyze different parties from a class point of view and instead advocates for vague "coordinated actions" without explaining the community of interests or classes involved. He also criticizes the party's emphasis on avoiding strict party alignments and bitter strife, arguing that the principle of class struggle is the foundation of all Social-Democratic teachings and policy. Lenin calls for a policy of fighting both the Black Hundreds and the Cadets and breaking down the hegemony of the liberals over the democrats. | Jul 20, 2023 10:59 AM | |||||||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Completed | Reading | This document discusses Lenin's critique of opportunism and the collapse of the Second International. Lenin highlights the contradictions between the theoretical positions of Kautsky and Axelrod and their practical attitudes towards the war. He argues that their Marxism has become empty rhetoric, rejecting revolutionary tactics and failing to support and develop the revolutionary movements of the time. Lenin emphasizes the importance of revolutionary mass action and the duty of socialists to help the masses understand and organize for revolution. | Article | May 20, 2023 11:09 AM | May 25, 2023 | |||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Completed | Reading | The "Tasks of Revolutionary Army Contingents" outlines the importance of independent military action and leadership of the masses. The document emphasizes the need for comprehensive theoretical and practical work, including the study of military science and the procurement of arms and ammunition. The document also stresses the importance of immediate action and determination in the face of unanticipated events. | Theory | Jul 17, 2023 8:36 AM | July 20, 2023 | |||||||||
Planned | This article discusses the rise of chauvinism and opportunism in the labor movement, and how they have the same economic basis and political content. The author argues that the opportunist wing of European socialism betrayed socialism and deserted to chauvinism, and that the strength of opportunists and chauvinists stems from their alliance with the bourgeoisie, governments, and General Staffs. The article concludes that a complete break with opportunism is necessary and that a new party is growing up, a real workers’ party, a genuinely revolutionary Social-Democratic Party, unlike the old and corrupt national-liberal party of Legien, Südekum, Kautsky, Haase, Scheidemann and Co. | Jul 12, 2023 6:10 AM | |||||||||||||
Planned | Finished | Lenin's speech at the Congress of the Social-Democratic Party of Switzerland in 1916 discusses the split between revolutionary Social-Democrats and social-patriotic betrayers, which was occurring in all countries of developed capitalism. He also touches on the question of terrorism, stating that the Russian Social-Democrats have always supported the use of violence in the mass struggle, but have linked it with many years of propaganda for an armed uprising and have applied tactics of sustained and systematic mass resistance against the police and the army. | Theory | Jul 10, 2023 7:55 AM | |||||||||||
Not started | This document discusses the tasks of the Young Communist League in building a communist society, including the need to link education and training with the struggle of the working people against the exploiters, and the importance of organising labour and combating individualism. The author argues that communist morality is subordinated to the interests of the proletariat's class struggle, and that only the proletariat can create a solid force to build a communist society. The document also touches on the history of the class struggle in Russia and the role of the Young Communist League in that struggle. | Jun 23, 2023 4:02 PM | |||||||||||||
Not started | Lenin reflects on the life and work of Alexander Herzen, the founder of "Russian" socialism and Narodism. Lenin argues that Herzen failed to understand the bourgeois-democratic character of the Russian revolution and that his ideas on the emancipation of peasants with land had no socialist content. However, Lenin acknowledges Herzen's contributions to the free Russian press and his role in inspiring revolutionary agitation. Lenin also highlights the importance of revolutionary theory and propaganda in the struggle for a free alliance with socialist workers worldwide. | Jun 22, 2023 7:19 PM | |||||||||||||
Planned | Lenin argues that literature must become a component of organised, planned and integrated Social-Democratic Party work. He calls for all Social-Democratic literature to become Party literature and for every newspaper, journal, publishing house, etc., to be integrated into one Party organisation or another. Literature must become a cog and a screw of one single great Social-Democratic mechanism set in motion by the entire politically-conscious vanguard of the entire working class. | Theory | Jun 17, 2023 7:03 PM | July 20, 2023 | |||||||||||
Completed | In this article, Lenin argues that the decision of the Executive Committee of the Soviet of Workers' Deputies to reject the anarchists' application for representation was correct. He explains that the anarchists' philosophy and tactics are inconsistent with the goals of the Soviet, which is a fighting organization for the achievement of definite aims. Lenin also emphasizes the importance of organizing and politically educating the working class during the Russian revolution, and the need to keep the influence of the anarchists over the workers negligible. | Jun 17, 2023 5:40 AM | July 6, 2023 | 10 | |||||||||||
⭐️⭐️ | Completed | Finished | Theory | Jun 7, 2023 4:31 AM | July 6, 2023 | ||||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Completed | Finished | This theory discusses the relationship between religion and socialism. The author argues that religion is a form of spiritual oppression that perpetuates economic oppression and political and social humiliation. The proletariat must fight against this oppression and demand complete separation of church and state. While the party demands complete disestablishment of the church, it does not forbid Christians and other believers in God from joining the party, as the religious question should not be advanced to first place. The revolutionary proletariat will succeed in making religion a truly private affair, and the party will continue to preach the scientific world-outlook and combat religious prejudices. | Theory | Jun 2, 2023 1:06 AM | June 22, 2023 | |||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Completed | Finished | Lenin argues that the root of modern religion is the socially downtrodden condition of the working masses and their apparent helplessness in the face of the blind forces of capitalism. He believes that while educational books against religion are not harmful or unnecessary, Social-Democracy’s atheist propaganda must be subordinated to its basic task—the development of the class struggle of the exploited masses against the exploiters. Lenin also emphasizes the importance of tolerating religion so that the proletariat may educate the masses in the spirit of their program, and not permit an active struggle against it. Finally, he discusses the special historical conditions of the West that have given rise to the present-day, and, if one may so express it, excessive, indifference on the part of the European Social-Democrats to the question of religion. | Article | Jun 13, 2023 2:46 AM | June 15, 2023 | |||||||||
Planned | In this article, Lenin discusses adventurism in Russian Social-Democracy, emphasizing the importance of serious principles, program, tactics, and organization rooted in the masses. He provides historical examples of adventurist groups and trends, including Plekhanov and the liquidators, and calls for Marxist workers to scrutinize every group and put no faith in words. Lenin also stresses the importance of unity among workers based on Marxist decisions and submission of the minority to the majority. | Jun 11, 2023 7:06 PM | |||||||||||||
Planned | This article by Lenin critiques the agrarian programme of the Socialist-Revolutionaries in early 20th century Russia. Lenin argues that the programme confuses socialisation of the land with bourgeois nationalisation and that the development of co-operatives cannot replace the class struggle. He also criticises the programme's lack of a clear idea of the ultimate aim of socialism, a correct understanding of the path leading to that aim, and an accurate conception of the true state of affairs at the given moment or of the immediate tasks of that moment. | Jun 11, 2023 7:05 PM | |||||||||||||
⭐️⭐️ | Planned | Finished | Lenin discusses the challenges faced by Soviet power in the Ukraine and Siberia, including the use of guerrilla tactics and collapse of Kolchak's government. He also highlights the progress made in the international situation, with growing support for the world revolution and demand for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Russia. | Jun 7, 2023 5:05 AM | |||||||||||
Planned | Reading | Lenin's article discusses the events of the Russian Revolution, including the government's use of military force against unarmed workers, the spread of the general strike, and the call for the immediate convocation of a Constituent Assembly. Lenin emphasizes the importance of the proletariat arming themselves and uniting with other revolutionary forces to overthrow the government and achieve freedom from exploitation. | Theory | Jun 3, 2023 4:04 AM | |||||||||||
Not started | In a letter to Gorky, Lenin discusses the arrests of bourgeois intellectuals and the need to prevent conspiracies that threaten the lives of workers and peasants. He argues that intellectuals who support imperialist war and bourgeois prejudices should be jailed if necessary, and that the intellectual forces of workers and peasants are growing stronger in their fight against the bourgeoisie. Lenin urges Gorky to break away from the bourgeois intelligentsia and continue writing. | May 7, 2023 6:34 AM | |||||||||||||
Not started | Lenin criticizes Gorky's article on Dostoyevsky, specifically his statement that "god-seeking" should be put aside only for the time being, as it implies a preference for god-building. Lenin argues that all forms of god-seeking and god-building are dangerous and a form of self-humiliation, and that proletarian writers should not appeal to democracy or public opinion. He also reminds Gorky to take care of his health and asks if he received a novel sent by registered book post. | May 7, 2023 6:34 AM | |||||||||||||
Planned | Lenin's "Letters from Afar" in March 1917 analyze the political situation in Russia after the February Revolution. The new government is controlled by capitalist landowners and bourgeoisie, while the Soviet of Workers' Deputies represents the interests of the proletariat and the poor. The conflict between these forces is temporary, and the proletariat must arm itself and organize to prepare for the second stage of the revolution. The allies of the Russian proletariat are the semi-proletarian and small-peasant population, and the proletariat of all belligerent countries. The government cannot give the people peace, bread, or freedom, and the workers must not support it, but instead, the government must support the workers. | May 7, 2023 4:30 AM | |||||||||||||
Not started | Песни о Ленине - сборник песен, посвященных Владимиру Ильичу Ленину. Песни описывают его жизнь, достижения и влияние на Россию и мир. Некоторые из песен включают "Он родился весной", "Песня нашего сердца" и "Это Ленин наш родной". | May 6, 2023 9:18 PM | |||||||||||||
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Not started | Lenin's May Day Leaflet discusses the conditions of workers in Russia during the 19th century, highlighting the exploitation and oppression they faced from their bosses and the government. The leaflet encourages workers to unite and resist their oppressors, and references the success of strikes in various towns. It also advocates for the establishment of a Labor holiday, similar to those in other countries, to demand an eight-hour workday and other workers' rights. The leaflet concludes with a call for workers of all lands to unite in the struggle against capitalism and for the emancipation of the working class. | Jul 21, 2023 3:30 AM | |||||||||||||
TBD | Finished | In this article, Lenin discusses May Day as a day for workers to celebrate their solidarity in the struggle against oppression and coercion. He highlights the two opposing worlds of capital and labor, and the sacrifices made by workers in the fight for a better life and real freedom. Lenin also discusses the awakening of the Russian proletariat and the need for unity and preparation for even more determined struggle. He calls for campaigning for workers' demands and the celebration of May Day to win thousands of new fighters to the cause of freedom and liberation from the yoke of capital. | Article | Apr 28, 2023 8:56 AM | |||||||||||
Completed | In Lenin's April Theses, he argues for the proletariat to take power and end the imperialist war, shift the emphasis of the agrarian program to agricultural laborers' Soviets, and create a republic of Soviets of Workers', Agricultural Laborers', and Peasants' Deputies. He also calls for the immediate union of all banks into a single national bank and the institution of control over it by the Soviet of Workers' Deputies. Finally, he advocates for the alteration of the Party Program and the creation of a revolutionary International. | Apr 23, 2023 9:19 AM | May 11, 2023 | ||||||||||||
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Planned | Finished | Lenin argues that disarmament is a national program of small states and that the fight against opportunism is the main question for the International. He advocates for a proletarian militia, not a bourgeois one, and a program of reforms directed against opportunists. Disarmament is an evasion of the concrete questions of revolution and creates illusions, weakening the struggle against opportunism. The fight against opportunism must be conducted in all fields of proletarian politics, and opportunism can only be defeated by deeds, not just programs. | Article | Apr 23, 2023 7:54 AM | April 27, 2023 | ||||||||||
Not started | A poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky about a conversation with Lenin, where he reports on the progress of their work and the challenges they face, including opposition from kulaks, red tapists, and other groups. The poem reflects on the immense impact of Lenin on the Soviet Union and the struggle to build and maintain a socialist society. | Apr 23, 2023 7:27 AM | |||||||||||||
Not started | In this article, Lenin argues that the Provisional Government's policy towards Ukraine has failed and that the Ukrainian people have the right to shape their own lives without seceding from Russia. He advocates for the recognition of Ukraine's right to freely secede and for a voluntary union of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples. Lenin also criticizes the Ukrainian Central Rada, a counter-revolutionary bourgeois nationalist organization, for its attempts to establish a Ukrainian bourgeois state and prevent the victory of the socialist revolution in Ukraine. | Feb 12, 2023 6:43 PM | |||||||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Not started | Finished | В статье рассматривается иммиграция рабочих в США в 19-20 веках и ее значение для развития капитализма и классовой борьбы. Рост числа переселенцев и изменение их состава отражают процесс выучивания цивилизации отсталых стран и привлечения энергичного рабочего населения со всего мира в международную армию пролетариата. В статье также обсуждаются различия в составе иностранных рабочих в США и Германии. | Article | Jan 7, 2023 7:01 AM | ||||||||||
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Planned | Finished | In this article, Lenin discusses the revolutionary class's desire for the defeat of its own government during a reactionary war. He argues that revolutionary action against one's own government in wartime is necessary and that desiring the defeat of one's own government is not only justified but also contributes to the conversion of the imperialist war into a civil war. Lenin criticizes the "neither victory nor defeat" slogan as a justification for the bourgeoisie and argues for the importance of international revolutionary action against all belligerent governments. | Theory | Nov 17, 2022 4:21 AM | ||||||||||
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⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Planned | Finished | No content. | Theory | Oct 30, 2022 8:26 AM | August 10, 2023 | |||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Completed | Finished | This document discusses the name of the party and the need to rename it to the Communist Party. It argues that the term "Social-Democracy" is scientifically incorrect and that democracy is a form of state, whereas Marxism opposes every kind of state. It also emphasizes the importance of the proletarian revolution and criticizes the leaders who have betrayed socialism. The document concludes by addressing the formation of the coalition cabinet and the need for the transfer of state power to other classes. | Theory | Sep 28, 2022 5:42 PM | May 11, 2023 | This is a state of the Paris Commune type, one in which a standing army and police divorced from the people are replaced
by the direct arming of the people themselves. It is this feature
that constitutes the very essence of the Commune, which has been so misrepresented and slandered by the bourgeois writers, and to which has been erroneously ascribed, among other things, the intention of immediately “introducing” socialism. This is a state of the Paris Commune type, one in which a standing army and police divorced from the people are replacedby the direct arming of the people themselves. It is this featurethat constitutes the very essence of the Commune, which has been so misrepresented and slandered by the bourgeois writers, and to which has been erroneously ascribed, among other things, the intention of immediately “introducing” socialism.r Lenin: 1917/tasks: WHAT SHOULD BE THE NAME OF OUR PARTY—ONE THAT WILL BE CORRECT SCIENTIFICALLY AND HELP TO CLARIFY THE MIND OF THE PROLETARIAT POLITICALLY? (Draft Platform for the Proletarian Party) 14. As regards the national question, the proletarian party first of all must advocate the proclamation and immediate realisation of complete freedom of secession from Russia for all the nations and peoples who were oppressed by tsarism, or who were forcibly joined to, or forcibly kept within the boundaries of, the state, i.e., annexed.
All statements, declarations and manifestos concerning renunciation of annexations that are not accompanied by the realisation of the right of secession in practice, are nothing but bourgeois deception of the people, or else pious petty-bourgeois wishes.
The proletarian party strives to create as large a state as possible, for this is to the advantage of the working people; it strives to drawnations closer together, and bring about their further fusion; but it desires to achieve this aim not by violence, but exclusively through a free fraternal union of the workers and the working people of all nations.
The more democratic the Russian republic, and the more successfully it organises itself into a Republic of Soviets of Workers’ and Peasants’ Deputies, the more powerful will be the force of voluntaryattraction to such a republic on the part of the working people of allnations.
Complete freedom of secession, the broadest local (and national) autonomy, and elaborate guarantees of the rights of national minorities—this is the programme of the revolutionary proletariat. | ||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Planned | Finished | The document discusses V.I. Lenin's views on social-chauvinism and the betrayal of socialist principles during war. Lenin argues for turning imperialist war into civil war and emphasizes the duty of revolutionists to work towards this goal. The document also provides brief explanations of capitalism, fascism, socialism, and communism. | Theory | Oct 30, 2022 8:21 AM | ||||||||||
⭐️⭐️ | Not started | Finished | Lenin argues that capitalism has created a new form of migration, drawing workers from less developed countries to industrialized nations. While poverty and exploitation are factors, this migration also has a progressive significance, breaking down national barriers and uniting workers in the struggle against capital. Lenin cites the example of America, which has seen a massive increase in immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe, including Russia, and is thus training millions of workers in civilization and putting them in the ranks of the international proletariat. | Theory | Sep 30, 2022 4:06 AM | ||||||||||
Not started | Lenin's "The Tasks of the Proletariat in Our Revolution" discusses the dangers of revolutionary defencism, which is a manifestation of the petty-bourgeois wave that has swept over Russia. It is a result of the deception of the masses by the bourgeoisie and an expression of the interests and point of view of the small proprietor. The aim of propaganda should be to explain to the masses that the social and political character of the war is determined by the position of the class which conducts the war, by the class policy of which the war is a continuation, by the ties of capital, which is the dominant economic force in modern society, by the imperialist character of international capital, by Russia’s dependence in finance, banking and diplomacy upon Britain, France, and so on. The slightest concession to revolutionary defencism is a betrayal of socialism, a complete renunciation of internationalism. | Theory | Sep 26, 2022 6:55 AM | ||||||||||||
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Not started | The Bolshevik Revolution promised to transform the lives of gay men across the world, with Lenin and Trotsky offering a new world order of equality, opportunity, and freedom where gay men and lesbians would flourish. The new Soviet criminal code decriminalized sex between men in 1922, declaring that the state had no business in sexual matters as long as nobody was injured and no one's interests were encroached upon. Gay men were at the heart of the Revolution, and Trotsky and Lenin needed and wanted them. | Article | Aug 4, 2022 3:14 AM | ||||||||||||
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Not started | This document is a speech delivered by Lenin at an international meeting in Berne on February 8, 1916. Lenin discusses the true nature of the European war as a conflict between capitalist powers and criticizes the notion of a "war of defense." He highlights the split within socialist and labor organizations and emphasizes the need for proletarian revolution against capitalism. The speech concludes with the belief that the suffering and discontent caused by the war will eventually lead to a revolution. | Oct 24, 2023 12:08 AM | |||||||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Reading Now | This document is a book titled "Lenin: A Caricature of Marxism and Imperialist Economism" written by V. Lenin. It discusses various topics including the Marxist attitude towards war, economic analysis, and political issues. The book was first published in 1924 and is part of the Lenin Collected Works. | Theory | Oct 19, 2023 2:29 AM | January 6, 2024 | ||||||||||
⭐️⭐️ | Not started | Finished | This document discusses Lenin's views on the socialist revolution and the right of nations to self-determination. Lenin emphasizes the importance of solidarity between workers of oppressed and oppressing nations, while criticizing reformists who ignore the oppression of other nations. He also highlights the need for the proletariat to champion the right of nations to self-determination and to oppose national oppression. The document further addresses the attitude of social-chauvinists and the concrete tasks of the proletariat in the immediate future. | Oct 8, 2023 7:37 PM | |||||||||||
Planned | Lenin's analysis focuses on the relationship between finance capital and monopoly capital in the context of imperialism. He argues that finance capital, which refers to the merging of banking and industrial capital, and monopoly capital, represented by large monopolistic corporations, reinforce each other and form the economic basis of imperialism. This connection between economic exploitation, political domination, and contradictions in the capitalist system is a key aspect of Lenin's analysis. | Sep 20, 2023 5:01 PM | |||||||||||||
Planned | This document discusses the tasks of the revolution in the context of the Russian Revolution. It emphasizes the importance of the proletariat joining forces with the petty bourgeoisie to ensure the victory of the revolution. The document calls for the Soviet government to take full power and implement measures such as workers' control of production, land reform, and peace negotiations. It warns against making agreements with the bourgeoisie and emphasizes the need to combat counter-revolutionary forces. The document concludes by highlighting the opportunity for a peaceful development of the revolution if the Soviets seize full power and implement the proposed program. | Sep 18, 2023 11:16 PM | |||||||||||||
Not started | Listening | The article discusses the essence of dialectics, including the identity of opposites and the recognition of contradictory, mutually exclusive tendencies in all phenomena and processes of nature. The author argues that dialectics is a property of all human knowledge and that it is a living, many-sided knowledge with an infinite number of shades of every approach and approximation to reality. The article also critiques metaphysical materialism for its inability to apply dialectics to the process and development of knowledge. | Sep 12, 2023 8:38 PM | ||||||||||||
⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Completed | Lenin's The State and Revolution is a theoretical work written in 1917, exploring the Marxist perspective on the state. It discusses the role of the state in class society, the experiences of past revolutions, and the economic basis for the withering away of the state. The book also critiques opportunism and emphasizes the importance of the socialist proletarian revolution. The second edition includes additional sections and was published in 1919. | Theory | Sep 12, 2023 7:39 PM | October 2, 2023 | ||||||||||
Planned | This document discusses the philosophy of Marxism, focusing on the three sources and component parts of Marxism as outlined by Lenin. The first source is the philosophy of materialism, which rejects superstition and defends natural science. The second source is the economic system, particularly capitalism, which Marx studied extensively in his work "Capital." The third source is the class struggle, which Marx deduced from the revolutions and the struggle between classes in capitalist societies. The author argues that Marx's philosophical materialism and economic theory have provided the proletariat with powerful instruments of knowledge and that independent organizations of the proletariat are growing worldwide. | Theory | Sep 12, 2023 7:17 PM | September 18, 2023 | 4 | ||||||||||
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Completed | Ленин аргументирует необходимость создания органа партии, который будет регулярно выходить и тесно связываться со всеми местными группами социал-демократов. Он считает, что все деятельности социал-демократов должны быть направлены на это, и что без такого органа местная работа останется узкой и непрофессиональной. Он также говорит о необходимости концентрации всех сил партии на создании такого органа, но не за счет других форм деятельности, таких как агитация, демонстрации, бойкоты и т.д. Он считает, что все эти формы деятельности являются основой деятельности партии, но без их объединения через орган всей партии они теряют девять десятых своего значения. Он также говорит, что создание такого органа возможно только в определенных условиях, о которых он расскажет в следующий раз. | Aug 28, 2023 3:57 PM | |||||||||||||
Not started | Lenin argues that the immediate task of the Party is to form a revolutionary organization capable of uniting all forces and guiding the movement in actual practice. The starting point should be the founding of an All-Russian political newspaper, which would enable systematic, all-round propaganda and agitation, consistent in principle, and the chief task of Social-Democracy. The newspaper should be All-Russian, political, and a collective organizer, and will naturally lead to the formation of a permanent organization that will engage in regular general work and train its members to follow political events carefully, appraise their significance, and develop effective means for the revolutionary party to influence these events. | Aug 25, 2023 2:13 AM | |||||||||||||
Completed | This document discusses the crisis and the state of the Russian revolution. It highlights the suppression of a peasant revolt by the government, the disorganization among the Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries, and the need for the Bolsheviks to take immediate action to prevent the revolution from failing. The author emphasizes the importance of seizing power and warns against waiting for the Congress of Soviets. | Aug 11, 2023 5:03 PM | September 25, 2023 | ||||||||||||
Planned | Finished | This document discusses Lenin's critique of the social-chauvinists' sophisms in relation to the economic history of Japan in the 1980s. It highlights the betrayal of Marxism by A. Potresov and Kautsky, who defend national liberal-labour policies and use misleading arguments. Lenin argues against their justifications for supporting the governments and bourgeoisie of the Triple Entente, emphasizing the need for socialists to combat deception and overthrow the ruling classes in all belligerent countries. | Theory | Aug 9, 2023 2:51 PM | |||||||||||
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Not started | In this article, Lenin discusses the role of the bourgeoisie in World War I, arguing that both groups of belligerents are equally guilty of spoiliation, atrocities, and boundless brutality. He criticizes the socialist parties of leading European countries for failing to combat chauvinism and nationalism, and for betraying the cause of socialism by voting for war credits and joining the bourgeois governments of belligerent countries. Lenin calls for the formation of a republican United States of Europe and the transformation of the present imperialist war into a civil war, with the aim of achieving genuine freedom for the nations and socialism. | Aug 9, 2023 1:52 PM | |||||||||||||
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Planned | During the Russian revolution, Lenin discusses the compromising nature of the Socialist-Revolutionary and Menshevik parties, their support for the resumption of the predatory war, and their betrayal of the revolutionary workers. He emphasizes the need for the working people to break with these parties and unite with the revolutionary workers to achieve land reform, freedom, and a just peace. The revolution taught valuable lessons to the workers and peasants, exposing the return of tyranny, the lack of liberty, the resumption of war, and the exploitation of the capitalist class. Lenin highlights the importance of understanding the development of the revolution and the struggle between different parties representing the interests of different classes. The second phase of the revolution saw the bourgeoisie consolidating their power and fooling the Socialist-Revolutionaries and Mensheviks into supporting a "coalition" government, which further undermined the revolution and served the interests of the capitalists. | Aug 9, 2023 1:08 PM | |||||||||||||
Planned | This document is a forward by V.I. Lenin to a pamphlet titled "Deception of the People with Slogans of Freedom and Equality." Lenin discusses the pressing question of equality in Soviet Russia, particularly between workers and peasants. He argues that the choice is between freedom to trade in grain, which leads to the oppression of the poor and the return of undivided power to the landowners and capitalists, or delivery of grain surpluses at a fixed price to the state, which means an alliance between the peasants and the workers to eliminate the possibility of capitalist rule being restored. He urges peasants to unmask the wolves in sheep's clothing who champion "freedom" and "equality" but actually side with the capitalists, and he emphasizes the importance of practical thinking and concrete conditions for a rapprochement between the peasants and the workers against the exploiters, the rich, and the profiteers. | Jul 19, 2023 8:17 PM | 3 |
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