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State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin

olavposti's review against another edition

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funny informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

Kautsky gets bullied, 5 stars. Have to remove 0.25 since Lenin died before writing chapter 7

The introduction, annotations and glossary by Todd Chretien elevates this edition above the others if you can tolerate some mild liberalism.

alexanderp's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

3.75

Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Very dry and dated, but feels very relevant today if not only to understand the "tankie" position, but the nuance that Lenin includes. Lots of good contextual stuff as well, especially the push back between the anarchists and the communists of the time.

gourdonne's review against another edition

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

Excellent pour comprendre deux éléments essentiel  de la tradition marxiste : 1) la question de l'état 2) la haine de random socialistes des années 1880-1910 

josh94mac's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

1.5

ruarilpa's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

Look he made several points and big praise to Engels but I’m not a Leninist, or rather I think we need some of his more direct, antidemocratic methods AND the anarchist practices of direct action / democracy to actually do the revolution successfully- let’s do it together!

rthomps35's review against another edition

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informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

tocupine's review against another edition

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4.0

Fascinating, a book where Lenin calls out Opportunists by citing Marx and Engels

aubreymccabe's review against another edition

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4.0

The entire time I read this I just couldn’t help but feel like Lenin would have loved mitski

fantasma13's review against another edition

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5.0

Had to read only on small bits due to work, but could have read in a heartbeat.
Very well written and direct to the point, give a good analysis of the state and a well crafted alternative, whit a few good way on how to do it.

Só pude ler em pequenas doses, mas da para uma leitura de capa a capa.
Muito bem escrito e directo ao ponto, da uma óptima analise do estado e uma alternativa bem conseguida, com uma maneira solida de la chegar.

edant's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0