[Classics] The State and Revolution Written in the summer of 1917, in the heat of the Russian Revolution, Lenin’s State and Revolution is a key work of Marxism. Here, Lenin explains that, stripped of all non-essentials, the state is in the final analysis “groups of armed men”: the army and the police, in defence of the ruling class.
A Strong Revolutionary Government "It will be a truly revolutionary government, the only one capable of showing the people that at a time when untold suffering is inflicted upon the masses it will not be awed and deterred by capitalist profits."
The Dual Power Pravda No. 28, April 22 (9), 1917. Signed: N. Lenin. Published according to the text in Pravda.
The Tasks of the Proletariat in Our Revolution (Draft Platform for the Proletarian Party) A document by Lenin on the tasks of the working class in the 1917 Revolution. First published September 1917 as a pamphlet.
Speech Delivered at a Meeting of Soldiers of the Izmailovsky Regiment April 25 (12), 1917 Published: Pravda No. 30, April 25 (12), 1917. Signed: N. Lenin. Published according to the text in Pravda.
Congress of Peasants’ Deputies Pravda No. 34, April 29 (16), 1917. Published according to the text in Pravda.
Our Views (A Reply To The Resolution Of the Executive Commission Of The Soviet Of Soldiers’ Deputies) Pravda, No. 35, May 1 (April 18), 1917. Signed: N. Lenin.
Resolution of the Central Committee of the R.S.D.L.P. (Bolsheviks) Adopted in the Morning of April 22 (May 5), 1917 This resolution was adopted on the Morning of May 5 (April 22) and was published in Pravda on May 6 (April 23), 1917.
What the Counter-Revolutionary Steps of the Provisional Government Lead To Published in Pravda No. 43, May 11 (April 28), 1917.
Introduction to the Resolutions of the Seventh (April) All-Russia Conference of the R.S.D.L.P.(B.) Supplement to Soldatskya Pravda No. 13, May 16 (3), 1917.
Mandate to Deputies of the Soviet Elected at Factories and Regiments Written before May 7 (20), 1917.
An Open Letter to the Delegates to the All-Russia Congress of Peasants’ Deputies Published May 24 (11), 1917 in the newspaper Soldatskaya Pravda No. 19.
Where Is State Power and Where Is Counter-Revolution? "Workers and soldiers! You must show firmness, determination and vigilance!". Written by Lenin on July 18 (5), 1917.
All Power to the Soviets! "How, then, can anyone oppose the transfer of all power in the state to the Soviets? Such opposition means nothing but renouncing democracy!"
Violations of Democracy in Mass Organisations "We cannot tolerate a fraud of democracy if we call ourselves “democrats”. We are not democrats but unprincipled people if we tolerate this!!"
