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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the October 1917 uprising, is one of the most misunderstood leaders of the twentieth century. In his own time, there were many, even among his enemies, who acknowledged the full magnitude of his intellectual and political achievements. But his legacy has been lost in misinterpretation; he is worshipped but rarely read.
Tariq Ali explores the two major influences on Lenin's thought - the turbulent history of Tsarist Russia and the birth of the international labour movement - and explains how Lenin confronted dilemmas that still cast a shadow over the present. Is terrorism ever a viable strategy? Is support for imperial wars ever justified? Can politics be made without a party? Was the seizure of power in 1917 morally justified? Should he have parted company from his wife and lived with his lover?
In The Dilemmas of Lenin, Ali provides an insightful portrait of Lenin's deepest preoccupations and underlines the clarity and vigour of his theoretical and political formulations. He concludes with an affecting account of Lenin's last two years, when he realized that "we knew nothing" and insisted that the revolution had to be renewed lest it wither and die.
Tariq Ali explores the two major influences on Lenin's thought - the turbulent history of Tsarist Russia and the birth of the international labour movement - and explains how Lenin confronted dilemmas that still cast a shadow over the present. Is terrorism ever a viable strategy? Is support for imperial wars ever justified? Can politics be made without a party? Was the seizure of power in 1917 morally justified? Should he have parted company from his wife and lived with his lover?
In The Dilemmas of Lenin, Ali provides an insightful portrait of Lenin's deepest preoccupations and underlines the clarity and vigour of his theoretical and political formulations. He concludes with an affecting account of Lenin's last two years, when he realized that "we knew nothing" and insisted that the revolution had to be renewed lest it wither and die.
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INDEX
Aaronson, Gregory 329
abortion 280
absolutism 27, 31
Adamites, the 257
Adler, Victor 192, 192–3
Afghanistan 239
Africa 131
A Great Love (Kollontai) 296–7
Alexander I, Tsar 29
Alexander II, Tsar 343
assassination 6, 47–9, 53–4, 59, 250, 251
assassination attempt, 1866 35
emancipation of the serfs 34–5, 37
on Nechaev 47
repression following assassination 54–5
Alexander III, Tsar 54, 254, 343
assassination plot, 1887 65–6, 250
All-Russian Conference of Soviets and Workers Deputies, 1917 164
American Civil War 3n, 97
American Federation of Labor 184
American Revolution 91–2
anarchism 2
intelligentsia and 37–9
Lenin’s views on 57–8
primitive 36
radical 36–7
survival of 115–16n
Anderson, Perry 2
anti-capitalism 1
anti-Semitism 27, 37, 81–2, 124, 177, 328
April Theses (Lenin) 10, 151, 164–7, 171, 173, 175, 180
Archangel 186, 310
architecture 267–8
Armand, Alexander 292, 293
Armand, Inessa 74, 270, 285–6, 287, 291–9, 307, 343
Armand, Vladimir 285, 293
Asia 229–30
assassinations
Alexander II 47–9, 53–4, 59, 250, 251
Garfield 259–60
targeted 36
Austria 189
naval mutiny 192–3
Social Democratic Party action 192–3
Austro-Hungarian empire 100, 101
Axelrod, Paul 78, 79–80, 88, 124, 165, 246
Babel, Isaac 222, 311
backwardness 30
Bakunin, Mikhail 36, 37, 41–2, 103–4, 318, 343
Balabanoff, Angelica 298
Balkan War, the 130
Bauer, Otto 193, 343
Bavarian revolution 205, 207, 210–12
Bebel, August 102, 130,...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: On Lenin
- Section One: Terrorism and Utopia
- Section Two: Internationalism, Socialism, Empires and War
- Section Three: 1917–1920: States and Revolutions
- Section Four: The Question of Women
- Section Five: The Last Fight Let Us Face
- Epilogue: On Climbing a High Mountain
- Notes
- Glossary of Personal Names
- Further Reading
- Index