Lenin, even prior to 1905, gave expression to the peculiar character of the Russian revolution in the formula “the democratic dictatorship of the proletariat and the peasantry.” This formula ...

To enforce its domination, it must ensure a definite mutual relationship with the petty bourgeoisie and, through its mediation, with the proletariat. To understand the dialectic of the relation ...

Short text by the Iraqi Council Communist Fouad Mohammed Mahmoud where he talks about the Commune as the answer to the question of the proletarian revolution. Originally published in "Al-Hewar ...

In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim ...

I propose in this chapter to examine Marx's notion of the transition to socialism, particularly his concept of the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’, to answer what is perhaps the most fundamental ...