The State and Revolution | Classics of Marxism #3

Ben, Lotta, Mia, and Peter sit down to discuss Lenin's masterpiece: The State & Revolution. Written just before the events of October 1917, with Lenin having been forced underground, it is the sharpest analysis of the state, and a rebuttal of reformist and anarchist illusions.

It answers the state's role and demystifies its purpose in the hands of the ruling class, and lays out a clear alternative: of socialist revolution, the dictatorship of the proletariat, and a future communist society.

This podcast series is in no way a replacement for studying theory for yourself.

To help you start your own reading group we link here RCP's reading guide on the text: https://communist.red/the-state-and-revolution-a-reading-guide/

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