Hanna Perekhoda revisits Lenin’s pre-1917 writings on the right of nations to self-determination from the perspective of his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Lenin explained in his classic explanation of the difference between Marxism and objectivism: The objectivist speaks of the necessity of a given historical process; the materialist gives an ...

This is not what happened, of course. Lenin adapted Marxism to suit his needs, and with the help of Communist sympathizers in the United States, Communism was implemented top-down in underdeveloped ...

This commentary examines the relationship between a Marxist scholar and the institutional and societal environment of the university. The focus is on how a Marxist academic navigates the social, ...

Lenin had been absent from the Kremlin ... He came of a respectable family, was early converted to the teachings of Karl Marx. Contact us at letters@time.com ...

What Marx and Engels saw as glimmerings of revolutionary potential in Russia came to fruition with the genius of Lenin’s revolutionary theory and practice. His Ideology against the hierarchies ...