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Leninism and Western Socialism, Roy Medvedev
Marksizam, diktatura proleterijata, revolucija, kominizam socijal-demokratija

Historian Roy Medvedev reviews the process by which the doctrine of Marxism-Leninism was consolidated in the USSR and the international movement. He then considered the Russian Revolution, analyzing four issues: the dictatorship of the proletariat, the historic value of soviets as a form of governmental power, the roles and right of majorities and minorities, and finally he discusses the historic division between Communism and Social Democracy.
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