The State and Revolution

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Paperback, 139 pages

English language

Published Feb. 7, 2023 by Red Prints Publishing.

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The State and Revolution dives further into the topic of the State. It explains what the State is, what role it plays in class struggle, how and why Marxists want to use it, mistakes from different schools of Communist thought, as well as a broad explanation of the transition from Capitalism to Communism.

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reviewed State and Revolution by Vladimir Ilich Lenin

The State as an Instrument of Class Rule

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The State and Revolution was incredibly important for my political development. It was the work that plunged me into a Marxist worldview. One of the main realizations that I remember from reading it was the idea that the state isn't just a neutral entity that represents the interests of all classes in society, but rather, it's an instrument of class rule that suppresses the will of the working class to the benefit of the capitalist class (under capitalism). That idea clicked with me and transformed my worldview.

The State and Revolution is a pretty good introduction to Marxism.

Subjects

  • State, The
  • Socialism
  • Revolutions
  • History
  • The State
  • Marx, karl, 1818-1883
  • Political and social views
  • Communism
  • Political science
  • open_syllabus_project
  • Revoluciones
  • El Estado
  • Communisme
  • Proletariaat
  • Revolutie
  • Social sciences
  • State, the
  • Marxism
  • Marxism-Leninism
  • Lenin
  • Social Science