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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".
Marx and the Muslim Brothers by Thomas Riggins
How should one respond to the claim, made by Sheri Berman a political science professor at Barnard College, that Islamists such as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt are "Marx's contemporary successors"? [Oped- New York Times 8-10-13: "Marx's Lesson for the Muslim Brothers"]
For Whom the Cock Crows by Thomas Riggins
Thomas Riggins
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 the Role of a Marxist Party in Relation to the People: Chapter Five of 'Left Wing' Communism an Infantile Disorder by Thomas Riggins
Lenin on the Role of a Marxist Party in Relation to the People: Chapter Five of 'Left Wing' Communism an Infantile DisorderThomas RigginsLenin in 1920 made an analysis of the political conditions in Germany after the failure of the Communist (Spartacus League) uprising in 1918.
Chapter 3 of Left Wing Communism
Principal Stages In The History of Bolshevism 1905-1917 and their Relevance TodayThomas RigginsLenin, in his book "'Left Wing' Communism An Infantile Disorder," written in 1920, maintains that there are lessons from the Russian Revolution that may be of more general interest than to Russia alone.
The Russian Revolution: An Essential Condition for Success
Thomas RigginsIn the second chapter of his 1920 work "Left Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder, Lenin discusses what he considers to have been an essential condition for the victory of the Bolsheviks.
UNDERSTANDING CHINA AND ITS UNIONS
Summary: There is a lot of confusion about China and its unions in the world workers' movement.