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Leninism (Russian: Ленинизм, Leninizm) is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary vanguard party as the political prelude to the establishment of communism.
The group's origins lie in a small, predominantly African American, group founded in early 1967 called the Cleveland Draft Resistance Union. [1] [2] [3] In 1968, they reorganized as the Workers Action Committee [1] [4] and broadened their focus from anti-war activities to community organizing, strike support, and the study of Marxism.
Democratic centralism is the main principle of Leninism, but it was also closely related to the party organization and rule of the Chinese nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) in the Republic of China. Unlike the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), however, the KMT did not include "Democratic centralism" in its constitution. [ 22 ]
Head of government: Vladimir Lenin: Member parties: Bolsheviks Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (1917–1918) Status in legislature: Majority (1917–1921) Sole legal party (from 1921) Opposition cabinet: Komuch (1918) Ufa Directory (1918) Omsk Government (1918–1920) Priamurye Government (1920–1923) Opposition parties: Socialist ...
Marxism-Leninism is a version of Marxism developed by Vladimir Lenin. [citation needed] It was the ideology that served as the foundation of the first communist revolution in Russia in November 1917. Marxism-Leninism is based on the idea that a revolutionary proletarian class does not immediately emerge from capitalism.
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Because Leninism was the revolutionary means to achieving socialism in the praxis of government, the relationship between ideology and decision-making inclined to pragmatism and most policy decisions were taken in light of the continual and permanent development of Marxism–Leninism, with ideological adaptation to material conditions. [35]
The split primarily concerned the organization's continued adherence to Marxism–Leninism, with one side of the FRSO upholding Marxism–Leninism and the other side preferring to pursue a strategy of regrouping and rebuilding the left in the United States. These organizations are commonly identified through their publications, which are Fight Back