The dictatorship of the proletariat is a persistent struggle—bloody and bloodless, violent and peaceful, military and economic, educational and administrative—against the forces and traditions of the old society.
— Vladimir Lenin Modern

Leader of Russian Revolution

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From 'Left-Wing' Communism: An Infantile Disorder.

Date / Period

1920

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Controversial

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https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/ch06.htm

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