Table of Contents

1. Origins and Historical Development of Marxism-Leninism;
2. Capitalism on the Rocks;
3. Revolution on the Agenda;
4. Theory and Practice of the Vanguard Party;
5. The Historical Rupture;
6. Actually-existing Socialism;
7. How Marxism-Leninism 'Solved' the National Question;
8. The Singular Omissions of Marxism-Leninism;
9. Proletarian Internationalism and the World Revolutionary Process;
10. Two World Systems;
11. Scientific Socialism - Communist Church;
12. Political Wreckage and Theoretical Vacuum

About the Author

Irwin Silber was Cultural Editor and Executive Editor of the New York Guardian and is currently Associate Editor of Crossroads magazine. He has written widely on socialism, as well as American folk music.