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Derek Ford

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Praxis

The Leninist party in history and the present

This essay examines the theory and practice of the Leninist party from the time of Lenin until today. We turn to Lenin’s key writings and to the history of Bolshevism and the international communist movement to ...
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Theory and revolution: Addressing the break of ideological ...

The document was initially circulated within our Party in advance of our 3rd Party Congress in April 2016 — and publicly released in September 2016. It addresses the historical and contemporary relationship between revolutionary theory and revolutionary ...
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Praxis

Reviving the communist movement: Building organization in 2016

The following is part of an internal document circulated by the Central Committee of the PSL in advance of our 3rd Party Congress in 2016. Here, we focus on ways that communist organizations have historically ...
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Revolution Manifesto Class 6: Conclusions and the Cuban ...

Introduction: The purpose of this final class is to investigate another concrete example of a workers’ state and how this has developed over time. Comrades will further inquire into how Marx’s writings have been distorted ...
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Revolution Manifesto Class 5: From the Paris Commune ...

Introduction: The purpose of this class is to develop a more sophisticated understanding of the withering away of the state as it relates to economics and the mode of production. The class will also focus ...
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Revolution Manifesto Class 4: Revolution in the U.S.

Introduction: The purpose of this class is to continue developing a Marxist-Leninist understanding of the state and to apply this knowledge to the U.S. context. Learning objectives and outcomes: At the end of class 4, ...
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Revolution Manifesto Class 3: Revolution and the Transformation ...

Introduction: The purpose of this class is to continue our historical-materialist investigation into the nature and significance of the state. In this class we turn to two examples, one general and one specific: pre-class societies ...
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Revolution Manifesto Class 2: Historical Materialism and Our ...

Introduction: The purpose of this class is to develop a more sophisticated appreciation of the concept of the withering away of the state and to engage the historical evidence that proves the necessity of focusing ...
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Revolution Manifesto Class 1: Class Society and the ...

Introduction: The purpose of this class is to begin developing a Marxist-Leninist understanding of the state. This introductory framework will serve as the foundation for comprehending, more completely and more specifically, Lenin’s theory of the ...
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