In this talk, Rob Sewell discusses the life and ideas of Lenin, and how we can follow in his footsteps.
Lenin’s understanding of the Marxist method allowed him to navigate the twists and turns on the road to revolution. Anyone seriously committed to fighting for socialism must learn from his life and ideas.
From the comfort of their cosy armchairs and university lecterns, the well-learned professors of bourgeois academia throw all manner of wild accusations at the Marxist view of history. Fatalistic, teleological, economically deterministic, class reductionist, Messianic… there’s no end to the high-sounding mutilations that Marx’s ideas receive at the hands of their adversaries. But these are all misunderstandings, distortions, and lies. The Marxist method of historical materialism is, in reality, the only way to understand the logic of history – which is driven by social relations, revolutionary upheavals, and class struggle. In this talk, communist.red editor Jack Tye Wilson uncovers the […]
Fatalistic, teleological, class reductionist, Messianic… there’s no end to the high-sounding mutilations that Marx’s ideas receive at the hands of their adversaries. In this podcast, Jack Tye Wilson combats these attacks, and uncovers Marx and Engels’ rich insights into the historical process.
Hear the author of A Communist History of the British General Strike talk on the contents of his new book. And order your copy of the book.