An outline of Leninist anti-imperialism

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An outline of Leninist anti-imperialism

by Joseph Green
(from Communist Voice, vol. 8, #2, issue #29, June 20, 2002)

This article deals only with Lenin's views on the close relationship of the class struggle in the colonies and dependent countries to anti-imperialism. It describes some aspects of his views, and refutes some common objections.

• The revolutionary ferment in Asia
• Class and political trends
• The revolt of the peasantry
• Different types of revolution
• Independent role of the proletariat
• The role of the bourgeoisie

These and other of Lenin's views show that the class struggle is not just a minor aspect of Leninist anti-imperialism, but permeates it. Yet a number of pat objections have been urged against such a view of Leninism. Many of these objections consist of taking this or that particular principle of Leninism, and interpreting it in such a one-sided, exaggerated way that it clashes with all the rest of Leninism. Let's look briefly at a few such claims.

• Pat objections to Leninism in the name of Leninism
• The meaning of "our main enemy is at home"
• The meaning of the distinction between oppressed and oppressor countries
• The supposed abandonment of "two-stage revolution"
• The immediate transition to socialism
• Pan-Islam and different imperialisms

Full text at https://www.communistvoice.org/29cOutline.html.