Lenin

This book was written by Lenin in 1916 in the midst of World War I. Lenin relates the growth of monopoly and the enormous concentration of finance capital in a few hands to a new stage in capitalist development leading to inevitable military clashes between industrial nations over markets and sources of raw materials. Learn More

One of the most important works of political theory ever written. Opposing the Russian Economists, who were generally indifferent to questions of theory, Lenin argued that "only a party that is guided by the most advanced revolutionary theory" will be able to provide the working class with revolutionary leadership. Learn More

One of Lenin's most important works. Lenin wrote this in the summer of 1917 on the eve of the October seizure of power in Russia by the Bolshevik Party. He surveys the writings of Marx and Engels on the question of the state, in particular those aspects that had been distorted by the opportunist leaders of the Second International Learn More

Excellent summary by V.I. Lenin of the historical, philosophical and economic foundations of Marxism. Lenin wrote "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism" as a tribute marking the thirtieth anniversary of Marx's death. This short work has become one of the best known introductions to the complex theories of Marxism, precisely explaining how Marx "continued and consummated" classical German philosophy, English political economy and French socialism and revolutionary doctrine. Lenin introduces the reader to the most essential concepts of Marxism an "integral and harmonious" scientific theory based on a dialectical and historical materialist understanding of society and the development of social knowledge. He then provides a brief exposition of Marx's development of the labor theory of value, the theory of the class struggle, and Marx's unique and most significant contribution to political economy, the theory of surplus value. Learn More