Editors' Blog
The Withering Away of the State by Thomas Riggins
Lenin on the "Withering Away'' of the State and Violent RevolutionThomas RigginsLenin discusses these two topics in section four of chapter one of The State and Revolution (1917).
Lenin's State and Revolution Chapter One Part 2 by Thomas Riggins
Chapter One Sections 2 & 3.
Lenin on Class Society and the State by Thomas Riggins
State and Revolution Chapter One "Class Society and the State".
Lessions and Conclusions from Lenin's "Left-Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder by Thomas Riggins
In the last chapter, the tenth, of his 1920 book "Left-Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder" Lenin looks back over the previous nine chapters and then draws several conclusions about the then current state of the world struggle for socialism and also predicts some future developments.
Lenin on "Left-Wing" Communism in Great Britain by Thomas Riggins
There was no Communist Party in Great Britain when Lenin wrote "Left-Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder [LWC] (the Communist Party of Great Britain was founded a few months later at the end of July 1920).
Lenin on the Need for Political Compromise by Thomas Riggins
Current political struggles often echo those of the past.
Lenin on Marxism and Bourgeois Democracy by Thomas Riggins
In chapter seven of "'Left-Wing' Communism an Infantile Disorder" Lenin addresses himself to the ultra-left claim that socialists should no longer work with or be members of bourgeois parliaments.
Lenin on "Reactionary" Trade Unions by Thomas Riggins
One of the most difficult questions facing any socialist movement is its relation to the trade unions.
Lenin on Anarchism and Opportunism by Thomas Riggins
Lenin on Anarchism and Opportunism: Chapter Four of 'Left' Wing Communism An Infantile Disorder by Thomas Riggins
