Democratic Centralism
The Leninist party in history and present

The Leninist party in history and present

Editor's note: 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 delineate the distinctiveness of the...

Leninism, anarchism and petty individualism

Leninism, anarchism and petty individualism

“I won’t do what you tell me,” is a sentiment that can seem radical and anti-system when aimed against the social/political/economic structures that oppress us under capitalism. In a society where the values of individualism, authoritarianism, complacency, division,...