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A classic work by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin on the role of the vanguard party in the socialist movement. Written in 1901-1902, it criticizes economism, spontaneity and trade-unionism, and defends the need for a centralized and disciplined organization.
- Preface
What Is To Be Done? BURNING QUESTIONS of our MOVEMENT....
- Conclusion
What Is To Be Done? BURNING QUESTIONS of our MOVEMENT •...
- Trade-Unionist Politics And Social-Democratic Politics
Whether this is done by employing the word “best” or the...
- The Spontaneity of The Masses and The Consciousness of The Social-Democrats
What Is To Be Done? BURNING QUESTIONS of our MOVEMENT. II...
- The Primitiveness of The Economists and The Organization of The Revolutionaries
When this is done, however, normal relations between the...
- Freedom of Criticism
Notes. Note: This footnote has been moved into the body of...
- Preface
What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement [a] is a political pamphlet written by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (credited as N. Lenin) in 1901 and published in 1902, a development of a "skeleton plan" laid out in an article first published in early 1901.
What is to be Done? Vladimir Lenin First published: 1902 Transcription by: Tim Delaney This printable edition produced by: Chris Russell for the Marxists Internet Archive Please note: The text may make reference to page numbers within this document. These page numbers were maintained during the transcription process to remain faithful to the
In his What Is To Be Done? (1902), Lenin totally rejected the standpoint that the proletariat was being driven spontaneously to revolutionary Socialism by capitalism and that the party’s role should be to merely coordinate the struggle of the proletariat’s diverse sections on a national and international… Read More. revolutionary literature.
In Lenin's 1902 treatise What is to Be Done? he argues that a strictly controlled party of dedicated revolutionaries is a basic necessity for a revolution.
What Is To Be Done? BURNING QUESTIONS of our MOVEMENT. “...Party struggles lend a party strength and vitality; the greatest proof of a party’s weakness is its diffuseness. and the blurring of clear demarcations; a party becomes stronger by purging itself...” (From a letter of Lassalle to Marx, of June 24, 1852) •. Preface.
Oct 20, 2013 · Lenin’s work What Is To Be Done? was written at the end of 1901 and early in 1902. In “Where To Begin”, published in Iskra, No. 4 (May 1901), Lenin said that the article represented “a skeleton plan to be developed in greater detail in a pamphlet now in preparation for print”.
