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Jan 2024
1h 36m

Lenin Lives! — Commemorative Rally

Revolutionary Communist Party
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John Reed, the author of Ten Days that Shook the World, once said that Lenin was the most loved and the most hated person alive. He was loved by tens of millions who wanted to change society, but hated by the ruling class and their apologists. As the leader of the Russian Revolution, Lenin was a man who changed the world. A convinced Marxist, he created the ... Show More
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