In fact, in many ways, Lenin turned Marx on his head by placing politics over economics when he argued that Russia had gone through its capitalist stage of history and was ready for a second ...

This found particular expression in Lenin’s defense of Marxism against different forms of philosophical idealism and subjectivism that threatened to disorient the socialist movement. Lenin’s ...

It was this misery which Lenin deliberately set himself out to exploit. He was not, he never pretended to be, an original thinker. From the moment of his discovery of Marx at Kazan University his ...

The film highlights the rise of Marxism in Russia, propelled by Lenin's leadership during the 1917 revolution. It contrasts the theoretical ideals of Marxism with the harsh realities of its ...

Marx's explanation of this transformation is, the article argues, of continuing importance for our understanding of working class consciousness—with its key elements carried forward by both Luxemburg ...