Lenin

Ukraine between empire and revolution: Lev Yurkevych’s anti-colonial Marxism
Lev Yurkevych ‘Ukraine and the War’ is the earliest concise Marxist analysis of the Ukrainian question to be presented to international socialists.

On compromises with the ruling class and ‘lesser evil’ politics
Sonny Melencio — A socialist party will inevitably make compromises when dealing with reformist forces. The challenge is maintaining independent political struggle and freedom to criticise bourgeois and liberal allies.

Why another world is possible: Comments at a socialist rally in Berlin
Paul Le Blanc addresses the question: “What makes socialists believe that another world is possible?”

Friedrich Engels and the theory of the labour aristocracy
Jonathan Strauss considers the scope and significance of the theory of the labour aristocracy and its application by Engels to understanding the politics of the English working class.

On revolutionary strategy: From the early Comintern to Daniel Bensaïd
In this chapter from his forthcoming book, John Riddell offers a lucid presentation of the Comintern’s strategic orientation and a serious-minded engagement with Daniel Bensaïd thinking on such questions.

In defence of Lenin’s writings on the national question: A response to Hanna Perekhoda
Dmitry Pozhidaev — Lenin’s vision of the national question was far from assimilationist; it was a dialectical approach that recognised proletarian internationalism could only be built on respect for national and cultural differences.

Imperialism: ‘Antagonistic cooperation’ or antagonistic contradictions? A reply to Promise Li
Michael Pröbsting — Imperialism today is not a system characterised by “antagonistic cooperation” but rather by antagonistic contradictions.