OCC CIV LENIN STUFF

centralized political party are

Describe Leninism as a political philosophy?
-centralized political party
-party OWNS the state, state's needs are subsumed by the needs of the party
-party members fill the roles of government officers, who are at the command of the party
-seize power first, then get the support of the people afterwards

How would you compare his understanding of the historic role of the working class to that expressed in the Communist Manifesto?
-role of the working class in communist manifesto
-they're the instigators of revolution
-role of the working class in history
-get bitched. tools of the upper class
-lenin's role for the working class
-combination of the two
-the clash between the working class and the bourgeoisie creates a new sort of system
-thesis, antithesis, synthesis

Why was WWI important to Lenin?
-Lenin took advantage of the turmoil caused by the Bolshevik Revolution to take the reins
-was a leader in the Bolshevik Revolution


Describe Leninism as a political philosophy? How would you compare his understanding of the historic role of the working class between that expressed in the Communist Manifesto? Why was WWI important to Lenin? What does Rapport mean by "mass politics" and would Lenin agree with him or not?