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Jul 2022
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Lenin and the Bolsheviks | What did Leni...

Revolutionary Communist Party
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The history of the Bolsheviks - particularly the life and ideas of Vladimir Lenin - contains essential lessons to guide us in the struggle for revolution today. In this talk from the recent Marxist Student Federation summer school, Rob Sewell - editor of Socialist Appeal - explains why we need to build a revolutionary leadership on the model of the Bolshevi ... Show More
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