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The book that didn’t bark – Lars T Lih

Image: Storming of the Bastille in July 1789: proletarian and petty bourgeoisie then exert their power, according to Kautsky

Independent scholar Lars T Lih introduces excerpts from Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France', published in English for the first time. This article first appeared in the Weekly Worker. Storming of the Bastille in July 1789: proletarian and petty bourgeoisie then exert their power, according to Kautsky At the end of 1904, Karl Kautsky began ...

Rediscovering Lenin

Communist Students raise the banner of Lenin

Lars T Lih is an acclaimed scholar living in Canada. Ben Lewis spoke to him about his book, Lenin rediscovered: ‘What is to be done?’ in context (2006) and some of the questions it raises for the left in understanding its own history and tradition One of the themes of Lenin rediscovered was Lenin’s closeness to ...