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Revolutionary Initiative / Initiative Révolutionnaire can now be reached at ri-ir.org. Our older, longer and less memorable revintcan.wordpress.com will redirect … Continue reading New URL for our site: ri-ir.org
Revolutionary Initiative / Initiative Révolutionnaire can now be reached at ri-ir.org. Our older, longer and less memorable revintcan.wordpress.com will redirect … Continue reading New URL for our site: ri-ir.org
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[See also Marxism-Leninism-Maoism: Study Notes, another overview of the development of revolutionary theory by the Indian movement – Ed.]
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. What is Marxism-Leninism Maoism
3. Socio-economic Conditions Leading to the Birth of Marxism
4. Early Life of Marx and Engels Until They Became Marxists
5. The Three Sources of Marxism
6. The Basic Foundations of Marxist Philosophy – Dialectical and Historical Materialism
7. Struggle Against Utopian Socialism and the Establishment of Scientific Socialism
8. Marxist Political Economy
9. Marxism Fuses Its Links with the Working Class
10. The Lessons of the Paris Commune
11. Spread of Marxism and Rise of Opportunism
12. Marxism in Russia – Early Life of Lenin
13. Lenin and the Proletarian Party of a New Type
14. Russian Bourgeois Revolution of 1905 – Development of Proletarian Tactics
15. World War I – Opportunism v/s Revolutionary Tactics
16. Lenin’s Analysis of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
17. The Great October Socialist Revolution
18. The Formation of the Third International
19. The National and Colonial Question
20. Early Life and Revolutionary Contributions of Stalin upto the 1917 Revolution
21. Socialist Construction – the Russian Experience
22. Fight against Trotskyism and Other Opportunist Trends
23. Tactics During World War II
24. Mao’s Early Years
25. Mao’s Fight Against Right and ‘Left’ Lines and Victory of the Chinese Revolution
26. The Path of Revolution for the Colonies and Semi-Colonies
27. Mao on Philosophy
28. Mao on The Party
29. Socialist Construction – The Chinese Experience
30. The Great Debate – Mao’s Fight Against Kruschev’s Modern Revisionism
31. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
32. After The Death of Mao Continue reading “From India: Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, Basic Course”
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