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The State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin was published in 1917. Lenin's definition of the State is “a special organisation of force: it is an organisation of violence for the suppression of a class." Quoting Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, Lenin investigates theoretical questions about the role and functions of the State in society after the proletarian revolution. He addresses the arguments of anarchists, reformists and social democrats, claiming that a social democratic system cannot establish the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Vladimir Lenin (speaking Russian) was the main theoretician and practical leader of the Blosheviks. He was voted the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. Leon Trotsky was a communist theorist, prolific writer, and leader in the 1917 Russian Revolution. Josef Stalin (speaking Russian) was the General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party and a key leader in World War II.

Amidst the turmoil of the failed 1905 revolution in Russia, Lenin provides a critical analysis of the Bolshevik political program and tactics, contrasting them with the erratic and subservient factions within the Russian Social-Democratic Labor Party. Join us as we explore this insightful examination of revolutionary strategy and political clarity. (Summary by Christian Pecaut) This edition was edited by George Hanna.

Vladimir Lenin en Josef Stalin waren de eerste twee leiders van de Sovjet-Unie. Door de verschillen in achtergrond, opleiding en ideologische opvattingen, hebben zij hun eigen stempel gedrukt op de politieke, industriële, economische en sociologische ontwikkeling van Rusland en haar inwoners. Beiden hebben de industrialisatie van het overwegend agrarische Rusland versneld. Maar daarnaast kwamen miljoenen mensen om het leven tijdens de jaren van de Grote Zuivering onder Lenin en later onder het terreurbewind van Stalin.