The Communist Manifesto A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?
Honest Defencism Reveals Itself Pravda No. 38, May 5 (April 22), 1917.Events in Petrograd during the last few days, especially yesterday, illustrate how right we were in speaking of the “honest” defencism of the mass as distinguished from the defencism of the leaders and parties.
Notes for an Article or Speech in Defence of the April Theses A brief note by Lenin on his April Theses.(1) Economic debacle is imminent. Therefore removal of the bourgeoisie is a mistake.(This is the conclusion of the bourgeoisie. The more imminent the debacle, the more essential is it that the bourgeoisie be removed.)(2) Proletariat is unorganised, weak, lacking class-consciousness.
