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(Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov; Simbirsk, 1870 - Nijni-Novgorod, 1924) born on april 22 was a Russian communist leader who led the October Revolution and created the Soviet communist union. A member of a middle-class family in the Volga region, his animosity against the tsarist regime was exacerbated after the execution of his brother in 1887, accused of conspiracy. He studied at the Universities of Kazan and Saint Petersburg, where he settled as a lawyer in 1893.

His activities against the tsarist autocracy led him to come into contact with the main Russian revolutionary leader of the time, Georgy Plekhanov, in his exile from Switzerland (1895); it was he who convinced him of the Marxist ideology. Under his influence, he helped found in Saint Petersburg the League of Combat for the Liberation of the Working Class, the embryo of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party chaired by Plekhanov.

In 1897, Lenin was arrested and deported to Siberia, where he devoted himself to the systematic study of the works of Marx and Engels. After his liberation in 1900 he went into exile and founded the newspaper Iskra (the spark) in Geneva, in collaboration with Plekhanov

In the II Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Party (1903), Lenin imposed those ideas at the head of the radical Bolshevik group, which defended his strongly disciplined party model as the vanguard of a revolution that he believed was viable in the short term; In 1912, the break with the Plekhanov and Martov Menshevik minority would be definitively confirmed, attached to a mass party model that would prepare the conditions for the triumph of the workers' revolution in the longer term.

In 1905 Lenin returned to Saint Petersburg to participate in the revolution that had broken out in Russia, Lenin considered that movement as a "dress rehearsal" of the socialist revolution, of which he especially appreciated the spontaneous organizational form of the Russian revolutionaries, such as the soviets or popular councils. he would go into exile again in 1907 due to the failure of the revolution.

Lenin was completing a revolutionary program of immediate application for Russia: mixing the heritage of Marxism with the insurrectionary tradition of Louis Auguste Blanqui, he proposed to anticipate the revolution in Russia by being this one. from the "weak links" of the capitalist chain, where a small group of determined and well-organized revolutionaries could drag the working and peasant masses into a revolution, from which a socialist state would emerge.

The outbreak of the First World War (1914-18) gave him the opportunity to put his ideas into practice: he defined the conflict as the result of the contradictions of capitalism and imperialism and, in the name of proletarian internationalism, later, the deterioration of the tsarist regime as a result of the war allowed him to think about launching the socialist revolution in his country as the first step towards an era of world revolution.

The Russian Revolution USSR

When the February Revolution of 1917 overthrew Tsar Nicholas II and brought Kerensky to power, Lenin rushed back to Russia with the help of the German army (which saw in Lenin an agitator capable of weakening his enemy Russia). He published his April Theses ordering the Bolsheviks to cease support for the provisional government and to prepare their own revolution by claiming "all power to the Soviets."

A first failed attempt in July forced him to take refuge in Finland, leaving Trotsky to lead the party to seize power through a coup in early November 1917 . The coup became the triumphant October Revolution thanks to the Bolshevik strategy of focusing their demands on the end of the war and the distribution of land . Lenin immediately returned to preside over the new government or Council of People's Commissars.

As the leader of the Bolshevik Party , he has since directed the building of the first socialist state in history. He fulfilled his initial promises by removing Russia from the war for the Peace of Brest-Litowsk (1918) and distributing expropriated land to peasants from large landowners.

He delegated to Trotsky the organization of the Red Army, with which he managed to resist the combined attack of the white armies and foreign intervention in the course of a long Civil War (1918-20). Once control of the old empire of the czars was recovered, he articulated the territory by creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922), which he gave a formal organization by the Constitution of 1923.

Driven by the needs of the war, but also following his own ideological convictions, he imposed a policy of immediate socialization of the economy, nationalizing the main means of production and subjecting activities to strict central planning (war communism); the difficulties of such a radical transformation caused the collapse of production and a general disorganization of the Russian economy.

Lenin then had to rectify his initial mistakes, convincing his party of the need to introduce the New Economic Policy (1921), which consisted of going back on the path of socialization, leaving a certain margin for freedom of movement. market and private initiative (authorization of foreign investments, freedom of wages), with which it achieved an appreciable economic recovery.

Plagued by a serious illness, Lenin gradually retired from the political leadership, while he saw how his collaborators - especially Trotsky and Stalin - began the dispute over the succession. he eventually passed away in 1924

Lenin is known for establishing the political tradition of Marxism-Leninism, which emphasizes the creation of a dictatorship of the proletariat by means of a revolutionary vanguard party and democratic centralism, in which political decisions reached through free discussion are binding upon all members of the political party.

Lenin is one of the most influential political thinkers of modern history, authoring influential communist texts such as "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism", "State and Revolution", and "What Is to Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement".

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[–] whiterose19@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Handed out flyers for Palestine today. Got a few thank you for your services and argued with one Jewish guy.

[–] blipblip@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some idiot almost ran me over, there's two speed bumps before the crosswalk and no where else to be looking (no places to turn/worry about other cars) how the fuck are you allowed to drive

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

me whenever I feel slightly bad: am I dying?

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I just saw someone claim that the Catholic-Protestant divide is only an American thing which is just... What. What

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (7 children)

This election cycle has been so fucking bleak in C*nada every party is falling over themselves to be better at neoliberalism

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[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ughhh why are there so many subscription services?? Even for normies who won't ever pirate stuff, this is ridiculous.

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] MikeyChaz@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Sometimes I wake up screaming “YOU FUCKING ANIMALS YOU FUCKING ANIMALS” because I have a looooot of hate for some people

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

So my work pal clearly comes from a really rich family. His dad is an architect who designed a major shipyard in town and his mom got The Order of Canada for...something. and that's the weird thing, he doesn't know or won't say what his mother got the highest credit the government hands out. His parents Aldo fuck off to Arizona every year and I think own a house there and he has to pay for his own flight out there but is obligated to visit. He has a geology degree and despite going to Arizona every year has yet to see the grand canyon cause his family stays in Tuscan and doesn't wanna drive there. I asked if he even tried some restaurants or at least so.ething while he was there and he said they mostly ate at home. This guy has been to almost every country and his reports on being there were similar. Riches are wasted on the rich. I guess they went golfing a bunch in Arizona. Can't go see one of the most well known pieces of natural beauty on this planet when you're a fucki geology degree haver cause it cuts into your tee time in aplace that shouldn't have grass

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[–] WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

gooning is hard work y'all, do you even know how hard it is to log in to all your porn sites? do you even know the toll it takes on your genitals?

nothing but respect

[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

You lot ever say something inflammatory about a piece of media just to see what spiders it shakes outta its fans?

A while back, I was talking to a bloke who liked Don't Look Up and I called it Hellstar Remina for bluesky libs. I don't even think they're similar other than a large space object wiping out all life on earth. I was just trying to wind him up, and it did. I tried to do it again today but the person I did it with hadn't heard of Hellstar Remina so it landed a little flat.

[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

crisis is a meaningless word at this point. every system on earth has been in one crisis or another for as long as i've been alive. there is literally nothing that isn't "in crisis"

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[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

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[–] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kind of hate when 30 year olds say theyre old, the first 14 years of our lives dont even count ffs

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Listening to Felix and will of chapo finally talk about Casino. The 5 blueberries per muffin thing is brought up. That chef is weird or bad at being a chef for a hotel/casino. It doesn't take that much extra time at all and generally when you're balong for that kind of gig that kind of standardized individual attention to each item is normal as hell. All they have to do is take a bowl of blueberries and drop 5 into each thing of batter in the muffin tray. That's how it's normally done and you make basically a blueberry jam and stir thar into the batter if you wanna make it really good. I know my way around muffins cause I made fancy muffins for a while. 5 blueberries per is usually a food costing demand by the executive chef so his math is easier when you're doing over a thousand muffins. Weird shit had been demanded of me many times in my culinary career but 5 blueberries per muffin is a super normal instruction

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Of course Lenin is a Taurus, stubborn ass

(Inb4 'astrology isn't real idiot' yes I know pls just let me have fun)

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space. They leave distance annihilated, cause things to grow, and improve productivity.

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Apartment search rantAs if life being expensive as shit isn't enough, you have to add grifters on top of that. I've applied to a couple of apartments not far from where I currently live just because if I can I don't mind staying close so I can help my mom and my brother out with my dad since his health isn't great. The apartments are small, but with how close it is I don't mind sacrificing space as long as I can have my own place to unwind and recharge. But for a second time I've been "rejected" by the landlord.

The first time was a bit understandable since I did have a mistake on my application. And I saw the listing get pulled right around the time I was informed by the real estate agent. When I saw another apartment posted I ended up applying within a day of it posting. I was told that the landlord was on vacation and I waited two weeks (they came back after one week of my waiting). But apparently I got rejected again? Even though I double checked everything with my application this time. But here's the thing, the real estate agent tells me that the landlord decided to go with someone else... so how the fuck is there another open house being listed for 4 days from now? You'd think if the landlord did pick someone else the listing would be taken down just like the first time.

And I've started looking elsewhere since I figured that's what was going to happen when I didn't hear back the week the landlord was back. But then you go an reach out for other places and they don't say anything even when you follow every direction. Fuck this shit. I fucking hate it here.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

bit idea, start a betting pool to see if my drug abuse, autism, or activism lands me in a camp first

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Posting a banger and gambling that the megathread will be extended

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Americans. Justify the ice cream float right now. You're taking two perfectly good things and making both worse for literally no good reason

[–] darkmode@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

it’s the most effective way to ingest your state mandated 1000 grams of daily added sugar

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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It always puts me off when American news leads off a report on a major planned event with "security is tight" or something along those lines. And I kinda get why they'd do it for American stuff (gotta drill that citizens are "safe" thanks to a bunch of trigger happy coppers), but even for something like the viewing of Pope Francis, they're leading off the story with the usual spiel about security and at one point later in the story they start talking about snipers being positioned around the basilica. Like... ok... thanks for letting everyone know that no matter where they go they live in a security state?agni-pain

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[–] Keld@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's an entire group of people who decided to become ASOIAF youtube essayists around the last time a book came out, some of them are still going, and that's funny.

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[–] Wmill@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Quite like the term baby girl for guys, I've heard it enough that it's living in my brain right now and me going all is-this

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

brace-watching's Instagram reels algo

Cw: fetishizing ppl with down syndrome, ai slop, Zionists, bonk

https://xcancel.com/TrueAnonPod/status/1913810689174491475

[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it's real bad, apparently people clocked that it's AI faces with down syndrome over models, which is dystopian as hell

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[–] LocalOaf@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

sad medical anxietygetting really afraid that my hand might not fully recover and I won't get the dexterity in my fingertips back and might not be able to play guitar again and I'm really sad and scared by that

I have a follow up consultation this afternoon for it so hopefully I get some good news but god I might have ruined one of my only outlets because of two mistakes that were both caused by a shitty relative's incompetence and I'm so fucking mad about that and can't ever imagine becoming okay with that if this ends up being a lifelong disability

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[–] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Sun dried whole shiitake mushrooms have lots of vitamin D

[–] RION@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

made a chicken jockey reference to my coworker. did not work out

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[–] VHS@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Andor s2e03, holy shit. I never doubted you Mr. Gilroy

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[–] Kolibri@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (6 children)

are picnics really a thing? it would seem fun to go to one

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[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

It's against the law to be mean to me

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

LOKOMOTIV WON LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! train-chad train-chad train-shining УРА ЛОКОМОТИВtrain-shining

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[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fuuuck this is stressful. I'm watching the Gagarin Cup playoffs, it's Game 7 in the series, my beautiful Lokomotiv are up 2-0 over Avangard, and I have to leave after the second period and won't find out the final score till later today dog-screm

train-shining УРА ЛОКОМОТИВ LETS FUCKING GOOOO train-shining

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[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I just got this as the hexbear header

what if we had communism but EllenKelly wasn't invited to it, that'd be fucking hilarious

is this a cleaver trick from my account being logged in? Or have i totally missed people not inviting me to communism? (typical)

I like to stay home, where its safe and sound, and nobody has a rifle 🎶

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Shadowheart? More like shiddy fart. Heheheheheheh

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