Tag: Bolshevism
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Leon Trotsky: the class, the party and the leadership
We republish below Trotsky’s unfinished article The Class, the Party, and the Leadership, which examines the reasons for the defeat of the Spanish Revolution. Was this failure the result of inadequate leadership, or were the workers themselves not sufficiently “mature” to carry through a revolution? In this incisive text, Trotsky explores the dynamic relationship between…
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The revolutionary lessons of Lenin’s ‘What is to be Done?’
We publish Rob Sewell’s introduction to Lenin’s 1902 pamphlet, What is to be Done? Rob explains the importance of this text, in which Lenin rebuked reformist and opportunist trends in Russian Social Democracy, and argued for building a committed party of professional revolutionaries to lead the working class to power. It bears huge relevance for…
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Financial appeal: help us hire our first full-time revolutionary!
As the crisis of capitalism deepens, the forces of communism are moving forward by leaps and bounds. Over the last two years, the Revolutionary Communists of Ireland have grown sixfold in numerical strength, as well as having launched a regular newspaper, a website, expanded our presence in several cities and towns across Ireland, and officially…