Experienced trade unionist John McInally introduces Wellred Books’ latest publication: a fascinating biography examining Lenin’s life and ideas by Rob Sewell and Alan Woods. With support for communism on the rise today, we say: Lenin lives!

This week both marks the centenary of the death of Lenin, and sees the launch of The Communist – a new paper produced by the Marxists in Britain. James Kilby ties these threads together, discussing the history of the revolutionary press.

We publish here the editorial from the latest – Lenin themed – issue of our quarterly theoretical magazine, ‘In Defence of Marxism’, in which Rob Sewell discusses the life and ideas of the great revolutionary leader, a century after his death.