Socialist Appeal - Marxism and War

Marxism and War

Level 1 The Disarmament Slogan - Lenin

Level 2 Marxism and War: Study Guide With Links to Further Reading - Phil Mitchinson

Level 3 The Military Programme of the Proletarian Revolution - Lenin
This work of Lenin's is an important read. It clarifies the important differences between revolutionary wars and reactionary, predatory wars, stressing that Marxists are not opposed to all war. The vital question is the following: "in whose class interests is any given war being waged?" Lenin notes that every oppressor class in history has been armed against the oppressed, and that it would not be possible to use strictly peaceful means to overthrow an oppressor class. He also elaborates on fighting opportunism in every field of proletarian politics.

Level 4 The "Peace Programme" - Lenin

Level 5 Lenin on Imperialism - Leon Trotsky

Level 6 War and Revolution - Lenin

Level 7 Bourgeois Pacifism and Socialist Pacfisim - Lenin

Level 8 Pacifism As The Servant of Imperialism - Leon Trotsky

Level 9 British Pacifism and the British Dislike of Theory - Lenin

Level 10 Reply of WIL to the RSL criticism of "Preparing for Power" - Ted Grant

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