Lenin
The now neglected history of Soviet anti-colonialism
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By John Molyneux
Karl Korsch's Philosophical Bolshevism
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'Letter from Afar', corrections from up close: Censorship or retrofit?
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A revolutionary line of march: ‘Old Bolshevism’ in early 1917 re-examined
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Lars Lih: Workers and intellectuals – A ‘revolutionary Social Democrat’ consensus
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By Lars T. Lih
In place of an introduction
February 25, 2017 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from John Riddell's Marxist Essays and Commentary website — The following essay was written in 2011 for circulation among colleagues. I have decided to publish it unchanged in 2017 for two main reasons. First and foremost, the essay explains and documents the views of Lenin, the Russian Bolshevik Alexander Bogdanov, and Karl Kautsky on a crucial issue: the proper relations between workers and intellectuals within Social Democracy. It therefore serves as an extension of my earlier attack on the “textbook interpretation” of Lenin’s views.
Redeeming the revolution: A review of “October 1917 - Workers in Power”
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Georgi Plekhanov and the roots of Soviet philosophy
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The critical communism of Antonio Labriola
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Bullets and barricades: On the art of insurrection
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The roots of 1917: Kautsky, the state and revolution in Imperial Russia
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What is socialism for the twenty-first century?
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