Excerpts from this Talk were published at different times, as follows:
On Proletarian Democracy and Proletarian Dictatorship—A Radically Different View of Leading Society
(published 2003-04)
- 1 The Dictatorship of the Proletariat: What Is It Good For?, October 5, 2003
- 2 Proletarian Dictatorship, Bourgeois Dictatorship--What Is Similar...And What Is Profoundly Different, October 12, 2003
- 3 The Bourgeois View of Freedom and the Individual, October 19, 2003
- 4 Overcoming the Contradiction Between the Leadership and the Led, October 19, 2003
- 5 The Other Side of the “Democracy...” Question, Nov. 2, 2003
- 6 “The Withering Away of Democracy”, November 16, 2003
- 7 Class Rule, Individual Rights, and the Abolition of Classes, November 23, 2003
- 8 Proletarian Dictatorship, the “Rule of Law,” and “Civil Society”, November 30, 2003
- 9 Individual Leaders and the Larger Interests of Society and the People, December 14, 2003
- 10 Revolutionary Upheavals and the Law: A Contradiction Even in Socialist Society, December 21, 2003
- 11 Life and Death Situations...The Exercise of Power and the Rights of the People, December 28, 2003
- 12 Holding on to Power -- and Continuing the Revolution -- Philosophical and Political Principles, January 18, 2004
- 13 The Correct Approach to Intellectuals...Engels Got Upset When Duhring Was Removed From His University Post, January 25 2004
Getting Over the Hump
(published 1997-98)
On the so-called “demise of communism” and the advance to communism worldwide--the struggle of the proletarian revolution in particular countries and on a worldscale to “get over the hump” and defeat the imperialist system.
- 1 Ruling the Court Is Not A Straight Line Thing, October 12, 1997
- 2 What Will It Take to Get Rid of This Obsolete System?, November 2, 1997
- 3 The Problem of Lowered Sights, November 16, 1997
- 4 The Problems of Uneven Development and “Leftovers”, December 14, 1997
- 5 Breaking Down the Division Between Mental and Manual: Stalin and Mao, December 21, 1997
- 6 A Radical Revolution, A Radical Rupture, December 28, 1997
- 7 Strategic Double-C, January 11, 1998
- 8 Two Humps in the World Revolution: Putting the Enemy on the Run, January 18, 1998
Materialism and Romanticism: Can We Do Without Myth?
(published 2003)
- The Importance of Poetry and a Poetic Spirit
- The "Spiritual" in a Cold and Heartless World
- Religion As A Narcotic--An "Opiate of the People"
- A Back-Handed Tribute to Communism
- Awe and Wonder...The Need To Be Amazed
Rereading George Jackson
- To the Slave Revolution Is an Imperative
The Road to Revolution
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