State and Revolution

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V.I. Lenin was a leading member of the Bolshevik party in Russia from 1912 until his death in 1924, and is widely considered to have founded a distinct tradition in the struggle for revolutionary socialism, built from below. He is the author of celebrated works of theory such as State and Revolution, as well as widely misunderstood polemics like What is to be Done?Todd Chretien is a frequent contributor to Socialist Worker and the ISR.;A Note on the Translationand Footnotes; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Beginner's Guide to State and Revolution; The State and Revolution: The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Chapter 1: Class Society and the State; Chapter 2: The Experience of 1848-51; Chapter 3: The Experience of the Paris Commune of 1871: Marx's Analysis; Chapter 4: Continuation: Supplementary Explanations by Engels; Chapter 5: The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State. A Note on the Translationand Footnotes Acknowledgments Introduction: A Beginner's Guide to State and Revolution The State and Revolution: The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Chapter 1: Class Society and the State Chapter 2: The Experience of 1848-51 Chapter 3: The Experience of the Paris Commune of 1871: Marx's Analysis Chapter 4: Continuation: Supplementary Explanations by Engels Chapter 5: The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State. Chapter 6: The Vulgarization of Marxism by the OpportunistsChapter 7: The Experience of the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 Postscript to the First Edition Historical and Literary Chronology Biographical and Organizational Glossary.