Lenin reports on national and colonial questions to the Second Comintern Congress

Lenin linked the state’s economic policies to the political coalition between workers and peasants. His formulation acknowledged the agrarian majority as decisive, while treating the party-state as...

Lenin’s broadcast answered a message from Indian revolutionaries meeting in Kabul and linked Soviet Russia’s struggle to India’s liberation. The exchange offers a direct record of anti-colonial...

Lenin’s draft urged communists to distinguish oppressor and oppressed nations and to ally with anti-colonial movements while maintaining class analysis. The theses supported colonial liberation but...

Written in April–May, the pamphlet urged communist parties to participate in unions and elections where workers remained active. It was also a sharp intervention against European and British left...

Lenin discussed party organization, colonial struggles, and alliances with national liberation movements. The congress formalized a global revolutionary program, but participation was unequal and...

Thousands of delegates and participants from across Asia gathered to debate anti-imperialism, land, religion, and revolution. The congress showed that anticolonial politics could not be reduced to...

Lenin argued that young communists needed education and practical work to help rebuild society. His address tied political education to state projects and raises questions about how youth...

Lenin emphasized literacy, political education, and the challenge of reaching a largely rural population. The address treats education as essential to mass participation but also as a tool for...

Lenin argued that trade unions should defend workers’ interests and mediate between workers and the state, rather than simply become administrative organs. The debate exposed conflict over workers’...

Lenin continued his dispute with Trotsky and Bukharin over trade unions, warning against methods that treated workers as passive objects of administration. His proposed safeguards remained within a...