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'''Marxism-Leninism''' was the official ideology of the USSR. It developed after [[Lenin|Lenin's]] death when competing factions within the Soviet leadership attempted to establish their legitimacy as Lenin's political successors. Soviet leaders such as Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev, and Joseph Stalin wrote works developing the concept of a specifically [[Leninism|Leninist]] ideology. Joseph Stalin coined the term to describe an ideology which considers Lenin's political thought to be a necessary development of Marxism, and made the term popular through ''The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)'' (1938).
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'''Marxism–Leninism''' is a [[Communism (ideology)|communist]] tendency developed by [[Joseph Stalin]] as a continuation of [[Leninism|Leninist]] theory. Its creation came about during a period when competing factions within the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] leadership attempted to establish their legitimacy as [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin's]] political successors following his death. Soviet leaders such as [[Leon Trotsky]], [[Grigory Zinoviev]], and Joseph Stalin wrote works developing the concept of a specifically Leninist ideology. Stalin coined the term to describe an ideology which considers Lenin's political thought to be a necessary development of [[Marxism]], and made the term popular through his 1938 work ''[[The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks)]]''. It was the official ideology of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]] and other [[Socialist state|socialist states]].
 
==Background==
==Background==
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==Marxist-Leninist Ideology==
==Ideology==
[[File:Foundations of Leninism.jpg|thumb|Joseph Stalin's ''[[Foundations of Leninism]]'' was originally a series a lectures delivered in 1924. This text would begin the creation of a new official Marxism and establish an ideological line between Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin.|left]]
=== Democratic centralism ===
=== Democratic centralism ===
{{hatnote|Main article: [[Democratic centralism]]}}
{{hatnote|Main article: [[Democratic centralism]]}}
A Marxist-Leninist party is organized according to democratic centralism. This means that first the party democratically decides something, and then all members are required to follow that decision and not work against it. If members still disagree with the decision, they are expected to request to discuss the issue again, not to form a faction or another party.
A Marxist–Leninist party is organized according to [[democratic centralism]]. This means that first the party democratically decides something, and then all members are required to follow that decision and not work against it. If members still disagree with the decision, they are expected to request to discuss the issue again, not to form a faction or another party.
 
=== Vanguard party ===
{{Main|Vanguard party}}
 
=== Intensification of class struggle under socialism ===
{{Main|Intensification of class struggle under socialism}}
 
=== Socialist commodity production ===
 
=== Analysis of imperialism ===
 
=== Anti-revisionism ===
{{Main|Anti-revisionism}}
 
=== The national question (national liberation and the right of nations to self-determination) ===
 
=== Socialism in one country ===
=== Socialism in one country ===
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=== Political economy, crises and revolution ===
=== Political economy, crises and revolution ===
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=== The lower phase of communism, aka socialism ===
=== The lower and higher phases of communism ===
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== Other Forms ==
==Other forms==
=== Maoism ===
=== Mao Zedong Thought ===
{{hatnote|Main article: [[Maoism]]}}
{{hatnote|Main article: [[Mao Zedong Thought]]}}
=== Hoxhaism ===
=== Marxism–Leninism–Stalinism ===
{{hatnote|Main article: [[Hoxhaism]]}}The term "Hoxhaism" is commonly used to describe the communists parties which sided with the ideological line of [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Albanian]] communist leader [[Enver Hoxha]] and the [[Party of Labour of Albania]]. "Hoxhaists" have historically been defined by their resistance towards Maoism, the post-Stalin [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]], and [[market socialism]], viewing the countries which followed these lines as being social-imperialist and otherwise revisionist. The term "Hoxhaism" is rarely employed by the organizations which are associated with this trend, with Hoxhaists viewing Hoxha's theoretical contributions to Marxism as strictly an augmentation of anti-revisionism rather than a distinct ideology. Hoxhaists typically identify themselves with Marxism-Leninism or Stalinism.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-02-27 |title=Revolutionary Spirit: The Marxist-Leninist Guide to Leftist Factions |url=http://revolutionaryspiritapl.blogspot.com/2010/02/variants-of-revisionism-marxism_27.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Revolutionary Spirit}}</ref>
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Marxism–Leninism–Stalinism is often called "Hoxhaism", but this label is incorrect. Hoxhaists are Leninist–Stalinists.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-02-27 |title=Revolutionary Spirit: The Marxist-Leninist Guide to Leftist Factions |url=http://revolutionaryspiritapl.blogspot.com/2010/02/variants-of-revisionism-marxism_27.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Revolutionary Spirit}}</ref>{{Better source needed}}{{Disputed inline|Talk page section|date=April 2023}}


=== Ho Chi Minh Thought ===
=== Ho Chi Minh Thought ===
{{hatnote|Main article:[[Ho Chi Minh Thought]]}}
{{hatnote|Main article:[[Ho Chi Minh Thought]]}}


==Criticisms==
==Criticism==
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Marxist critics argue that Marxism-Leninism works from the assumption that the Soviet Union was a socialist society and use this as reference point to navigate both political theory and practice. The consequence of this being that Marxism-Leninism is reconciled with bourgeois concepts such as the nation-state and nationalism. The most common criticism of Marxism-Leninism from Trotskyists is that rather than seeking to spread the socialist revolution throughout the world through direct revolutionary action, hence pursuing "Proletarian Internationalism," Stalin instead only assisted existing socialist revolutions, believing that the Soviet Union was the only country in the world capable of achieving socialism due to the success of its own revolution, and actually enacted a foreign policy of "peaceful coexistence" with the Western capitalist powers. {{cn}} Stalin named this theory Socialism in one country.
Marxist critics argue that Marxism–Leninism works from the assumption that the Soviet Union was a socialist society and use this as reference point to navigate both political theory and practice. The consequence of this being that Marxism–Leninism is reconciled with bourgeois concepts such as the nation-state and nationalism. The most common criticism of Marxism–Leninism from Trotskyists is that rather than seeking to spread the socialist revolution throughout the world through direct revolutionary action, hence pursuing "Proletarian Internationalism," Stalin instead only assisted existing socialist revolutions, believing that the Soviet Union was the only country in the world capable of achieving socialism due to the success of its own revolution, and actually enacted a foreign policy of "peaceful coexistence" with the Western capitalist powers. {{cn}} Stalin named this theory "[[socialism in one country]]".
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Marxism–Leninism is a communist tendency developed by Joseph Stalin as a continuation of Leninist theory. Its creation came about during a period when competing factions within the Soviet leadership attempted to establish their legitimacy as Lenin's political successors following his death. Soviet leaders such as Leon Trotsky, Grigory Zinoviev, and Joseph Stalin wrote works developing the concept of a specifically Leninist ideology. Stalin coined the term to describe an ideology which considers Lenin's political thought to be a necessary development of Marxism, and made the term popular through his 1938 work The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks). It was the official ideology of the Soviet Union and other socialist states.

Background

Ideology

Joseph Stalin's Foundations of Leninism was originally a series a lectures delivered in 1924. This text would begin the creation of a new official Marxism and establish an ideological line between Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin.

Democratic centralism

A Marxist–Leninist party is organized according to democratic centralism. This means that first the party democratically decides something, and then all members are required to follow that decision and not work against it. If members still disagree with the decision, they are expected to request to discuss the issue again, not to form a faction or another party.

Vanguard party

Intensification of class struggle under socialism

Socialist commodity production

Analysis of imperialism

Anti-revisionism

The national question (national liberation and the right of nations to self-determination)

Socialism in one country

Political economy, crises and revolution

The lower and higher phases of communism

Other forms

Mao Zedong Thought

Marxism–Leninism–Stalinism

Marxism–Leninism–Stalinism is often called "Hoxhaism", but this label is incorrect. Hoxhaists are Leninist–Stalinists.[1][better source needed][disputed ]

Ho Chi Minh Thought

Criticism

Marxist critics argue that Marxism–Leninism works from the assumption that the Soviet Union was a socialist society and use this as reference point to navigate both political theory and practice. The consequence of this being that Marxism–Leninism is reconciled with bourgeois concepts such as the nation-state and nationalism. The most common criticism of Marxism–Leninism from Trotskyists is that rather than seeking to spread the socialist revolution throughout the world through direct revolutionary action, hence pursuing "Proletarian Internationalism," Stalin instead only assisted existing socialist revolutions, believing that the Soviet Union was the only country in the world capable of achieving socialism due to the success of its own revolution, and actually enacted a foreign policy of "peaceful coexistence" with the Western capitalist powers. [citation needed] Stalin named this theory "socialism in one country".

Trotsky

Bordiga

Paul Mattick

References

http://en.internationalism.org/ir/96/leninists
https://isreview.org/issue/93/zinovievism-and-degeneration-world-communism
https://archive.org/details/25ZinovievLeninizm
https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/ni/vol10/no03/trotsky.htm
https://libcom.org/library/revolutionary-alternative-left-wing-politics
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) (1938)

  1. "Revolutionary Spirit: The Marxist-Leninist Guide to Leftist Factions". Revolutionary Spirit. 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2023-01-08.