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Lenin’s transitional programme: “Perish or forge full steam ahead”

Lenin’s transitional programme: “Perish or forge full steam ahead”

In Defence of Marxism


Thursday, 25 July 2024 

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Lenin’s transitional programme: “Perish or forge full steam ahead”

Revolutions are crises of the whole of society, in which none of its classes can go on living in the old way. Something must give and a crisis erupts. But revolutions are far from simple. They have ebbs and flows, and new crises within them. Six months into the Russian Revolution of 1917, and a new crisis was impending. How to cut through the Gordian Knot? This was the question to which Lenin turned his attention in The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It.


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Presidential elections in Venezuela: between death by asphyxiation and decapitation

With days to go before the presidential elections in Venezuela, the atmosphere is tense but relatively calm. These are far from normal elections. They are fraught with doubts and risks. Uncertainty is only increasing as the hours go by. The prevailing calm awaits the coming of a storm.


Coreia do Sul: greve histórica de trabalhadores da Samsung deixa chips em falta

Na semana passada, uma luta de Davi contra Golias eclodiu na Samsung, o maior Chaebol (conglomerado) da Coreia, onde os trabalhadores iniciaram a primeira greve por tempo indeterminado na história da empresa.


Bangladesh, strage degli studenti in lotta – il regime degli assassini deve essere rovesciato

L’articolo che pubblichiamo di seguito descrive in maniera molto efficace l’esplosione del movimento degli studenti in Bangladesh e sviluppa le rivendicazioni necessarie per il suo successo.


Sydkorea: halvledarproduktion ligger nere på grund av den historiska Samsungstrejken

I början av juli bröt en David-mot-Goliat-kamp ut på Samsung, det största konglomeratet i Sydkorea, där arbetarna inledde den första obegränsade strejken i företagets historia.