This chapter discusses the concept of Leninism and its organizational and ideological content, exploring Lenin's political project of seizing the state, creating the dictatorship of the proletariat, and transitioning to a socialist state. It also delves into the new left's perception of Leninism and their efforts to avoid the mistakes of the Bolshevik Revolution.
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