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PrintiendG r eaBtr itabiyn LightnSionugr cUeK ,M iltoKne ynes Contents Introduction vii KarlK autskFyr:o mM arxt oH itler 1 II Luxembuvregr sLuesn in 19 III TheL eniLne gend 49 IV BolshevainsdSm t alinism 61 v CouncCiolm munism 73 VI OttoR iihlaen dt heG erman LaMboovuerm ent 87 VII SpontanaeintdOy r ganisation 117 VIII KarKlo rscHhi:sC ontributtoiR oenvo lutioMnaarrxyi sm1 39 IX Humanisamn dS ocialism 157 X Marxiasnmd t heN ewP hysics 169 XI MonopoClayp ital 187 XII WorkerCso'n trol 211 Introduction Ther eprinotfit nhgic so llecotfie osns aaynsdr eviewwhsi,cw he re writtdeunr itnhgle a 4s0ty earmsa,yf inidtj su stifiicnta htceiu ornr ent fermeonfti deabsy whicah newl eft-wing wsiotchiianl itshte movemeanttt emtpotd se riavt eh eoarnydp ractmiocreae d equtaot e thpe resseintt uaatnidto hnne e edosfs ocicahla n-gAeys.e mte reolfya theoretniactuarlte h,it sr enhda sl edt oa growiinngt erients hte comprehenosfpi aosnrt e volutimoonvaermye nHtosw.e ver, although itpsr oponetnrtyts o d ifferentiate frtohmte hmeso elldav neds discreldaibtoemudor v emetnhte,hy a vneo ta sy etb eeanb lteoe volve at heoarnydp ractoiftc hee oiwrn w hiccho ulbdec onsidseurpeedr ior tot hosoeft hepa sItn.f actth,e' lessoofh niss tosreye'tm o b el argely wastoendt hen ewg eneratwihoinco,hf temne rerleyp eianta sm ore insolent afnadws ihtilhoe nss so phistitchapetr ioovmnei ns taokfte hse pasItn.s teoaffd i ndingo rtiheenitria ntt ihoaenc tual csooncdiiatli ons andt hepiors sibitlhient eiwle esf,t biassttesh eciorn cemranisn olnya seotf i deolotghiahetas v neo r elevtaont cheer equireomfes notcsi al changienc apitanlaitsitoT nhse.yf intdh eiinrs pirnaottii ontn h e developmpernotcaels osfte hse iowrn s ociebtuyti nt heh erooefs populraerv oluitnif oanr awcaoyu ntrtiheesr,er beyv eatlhianttgh eir enthusiiasns omta sy eta reaclo ncefronrd ecisivec hsaoncgiea.l Ofc oursteh,e rset anad tsh eobreyh intdh isst ranagbee rration, nameltyh,ea ssumpttihoaantn ti-impesrtiraulgoigfslt teh se' Third Worlwdi'la lb etth es ociraelv oluitnci aopni tnaaltiisottn hsul,se ading tow orld-wsiodceit arla nsftoiromAnal.t houtghhit sh eomrayy o nly indictahteer evolutiopnraersiefenrusts' t ratiint ohne g ivenno n­ revolutisointaurayti itwo ansa, t o net imteh ea ccepdtoecdt roifna e revolutimoonvaermyew nhti cbhr ietflryi ebdu,tf ailteoed x,t etnhde Russiiannta o w orld revoIlntu htiriseo snp.et chtei, d eoafst he new revolutisotniarlrelil eatstot e h oel dL eninism, which Stalin described ast h"eM arxiosftm h pee rioofid m perialism". InL enivni'esiw t,w asn ott hset ronbguetts htwe e akelsitni knt he vii Anti-BolshCeovmimku nism chaionf i mperinaaltiisottnh saw to ultdh,r ouigthos w nr evolution, releaas weo rld-revolpurtoicoenMsaosrr.ye ovaesri ,m periahlaids m becomaen absolunteec essfiotrcy a pitaltihseam n,t i-imperialist strugwgalsae to ncaes trugagglaeiw nosrtl cda pitalHiese mn.v isioned thew orld revaosal k uitniodof rn e petiotfti hoeRn u ssRieavnolution ona g lobsacla lJeu.sa tst heR ussiRaenv oluhtaidob ne ean 'peoples' revolu,te imobnr'a cing workearnsd,t help iebaesbraoanultr sg eoisie, withotuhte refionrL ee,n inm'isn dl,o siintgss o cialist scoh aracter, thew orld revcooluultbdie o ns eaesan u nitafriyg ohftn ational­ revolutimoonvaermye nts and wsotrrkuigniggnlt- ehcsiel mapsesr ialist natioAnnsd. jaussa,tc cordtioLn egn itnh,ee x istoefnt cheBe olshevik Partiyn R ussia guatrhaent treaends formoaftt ihoe'n p eoples' revolutiinotano c' o mmunriesvto lustoio,on nt ,h ew orlsdc ale, the BolsheIvnitke rnatwiaostn oat lr ansftohrenm a tional-revolutionary struggilnetssot rugfgoliren st ernational socialism. Morteh ahna lafc entuhrayps a ssseidn tcheit sh eowraysc elebrated asa necesseaxrtye nsoifot nh et heoroifeM sa rxw,h od id· not emphastihseei mperiadliifsftiiccuo lfct aipeist abluitsb ma sehdi s hopefso ra s ocialist ornet vhoeil nuhteirocenon ntt radiocftt ihoen s capitaslyisstteo mfp roductIinoM na.r xv'ise wa, f uldleyv eloped capitawlaisas pmr econdfiotaris oonc ialist reevvetonhl ouutigohn , het hougihtpt o ssitbhlaest u cah r evolumtaiyro enc eiitvisem petus fromt heo utsitdhea,it s f,r omr evolutioocncaurryr ein-clnee ss s develonpaetdi oWnhsa.Mt a rhxa ds pecifiincm ailnwlday s ar evolution inR usswihai ccho ulcdo nceivlaebaltdyo a Europeraenv olution. Shoultdh el attseurc ceiedtw, a sr easontaoba lses umteh atth e characotfe trh ei nternational asra e wvhoolluweto iuolnbd e determibnye tdh ec apitalisticanlaltyi-oaHndosvw.ae nvceterhd,e RussiRaenv olutdiiodnn o ts pretaodt heW esatn di ni tiss olation coulndo tr ealai sseo ciasloicsiteb tuytm erelay f ormo fs tate­ capitalistmh aeuu ntdheorr irtualoreift a hnBe o lshePvairkt y. Iti so fc ourtsreu teh abto urgeois reivnto hletu rtaidointsi onal sensaer en ol ongpeors siTbhleem .o nopolciosnttircoo ftl h ew orld econombyy theg reacta p.itaploiwsetr asn dt heiprr oductive prepondereaxnccleu dane s independneantti oncaalp italistic developmiennu tn derdevenlaotpieodTn os .a spitroet higso al nonethelreesqsu itrheesip ro litliicbaelr aftrioomin m periraullies,t asw eJaIsf rotmh eniart irvuel icnlga ssaelsl,ia estd h eayr wei tthh e foreiogpnp ressBoercsa.ut shees trugfgolrle i berahtaisto onb ase itself on the ibtcr aonanudos ttem r aasdsietsci,ao pniatlia dleioslto gies, butm usbte c arroinew di tahn ti-impaenrdti haelriesfto re anti-capitalist ideologies. viii Introduction Thesnea tional-revomlouvteimoennaatrrseyn ots ignosf a n impendwionrgl d-wsiodcei arleivsotl ubtuitoj nu,ss tom anya ttempts ata ni ndepencdaepnitt adleivsetliocp -meanltb eiinat state-capitalist formT.o t hed egrteoew hicthh el ibernaatteidos nusc ceienfd r eeing themseflrvoemsf oreicgonn trtohle,dy o i ncretahsede i fficoufl ties capitaalnidfs umr thietdrsi ssoluTtoit ohna..te xtetnhte,my a ya lso aidt hec lasstsr ugigntl hee d ominatcianpgi tacloiusntt rBiuetts h.i s doenso ta lttehrfe a ctth atth geo aolfst hper oletraervioalnu itnti hoen capitanlaitsitoa nrsen ecessadriiflfyer fernotmt hosteh acta nb e realiisnbe adc kwacrodu ntries. Itw oulbde i deanlod ,o ubtto,c ombitnheae n ti-caapnidta anltiis­t imperisatlriusgtig nlteoosn eg reamto vemeangta inaslflto rmosf exploitaantdoi popnr essUinofno.r tuntahtieislso y n,l ayn i maginary possibiulnirteya;l ibseacbalueos fet hea ctumaalt erainadls ocial differebnectewset ehne v arioduisf ferdeenvtellyo npaetdi oTnhse. 19,1 7 histoofrR yu sssiian ce ast hep rototoyf'p seo ciraelviosltu tions' in backwacrodu ntriilelsu,m intahteoe bsj ectliivmei tattoit ohnesi r transformTaotdiaoywn,e. e venex perietnhces eo rrsyp ectaocfl e so-calsloecdi acloiusntt raileolsf ,t hema dhertiont gh eL eninist ideolfoagcyi,on ngea nothedre aidenln ym iatndyp repatroid negs troy onea nothIetri .sq uitoeb viotuhsat th en atioinnatle roefss ttsa te­ capitsaylsitset- mlsi kaeln la tioinnatle r-ecsotnst aiintn h emselves theiorw ni mperiatleinsdteinccI itie sts h.u nso l ongpeors sitbol e speaokf commonn eedosf t hen ational-revaonldut thieo nary internationmaolv-esmoecnita.l ist Thei nternatsioocinaamlloi vsetm emnuts to fc ourbseea na nti­ imperiamloivsetm enBtu.t i th ast oa ctuailtiassne t i-imperialism throutghhe d estrucotfit ohnec apitaslyissttei mnt hea dvanced countrWieerse.t hiasc compliasnhteid-,i mpewroiuallbdie scmo me meaningalnedst sh es ocisatlr ugignlt ehseu nderdeveplaorpotef d thew orlwdo ulfdo cuosn i ntercnlaalds isf fereTnocb eess u.r teh,e weakneosfas n ti-capitalisitn t hmedo evveemleonptesd countries is one morer easofno rt hee xisteonfc nea tional-revolutionary movemenFtosrt. h el attcearn nwoati fto rt hep roletraervioalnu tion int hed ominatcianpgi tcaoluinsttr yieetws,h; e rteh esyu ccetehde,y canr eacahtb esotn lpya rtriealle farsoefm o reign expbluoti tnaotti on thec onditoifos nosc ialOinst mh.eo thehra nds,u ccespsrfoulle tarian revolutiint ohnecs a pitalidsetvieclaolnplaeytd i ocnosu llde atdot he intetrinoanaliosfaa tlsiloo nc isatlr ugagnldpe rso greshsaisvtetelhnye integraotfui nodne rdevenlaotpieoidnn sta o s ociawloirslstdy stem. 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