Is this worth reading?

[Brosa Luxemburg]

A anarchist friend of mine reccomended I read this book after a discussion with him on the Russian Revolution, Lenin, etc. It's The Guillotine At Work by Gregory Maximoff. I don't mind reading differing views, but I have heard that this contains historical falsifications, etc. So, is it worth reading or not?

To clarify, I think that Lenin's tactics were correct for Russia during that time, but not for more industrialized nations.

[Brosa Luxemburg]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Guillotine-Work-Vol-Counter-Revolution/dp/0932366066

[Blanquist]

Personally I wouldn't read anything recommended by an anarchist.

[hatzel]

Personally I wouldn't read anything recommended by an anarchist.

Thanks for contributing so much to the discussion...

[Railyon]

Personally I wouldn't read anything recommended by an anarchist.

I would actually suggest to all Marxist-Leninists to read Lenin's State and Revolution again and make little notes where Lenin moved away from his own principles towards the Kautskyan opportunism...

Whoops. Nevermind, you wouldn't read anything recommended by an anarchist anyway...

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Personally I wouldn't read anything recommended by an anarchist.

Don't post in this thread again unless you have something to say about the book. I don't need this shit.

[Left Leanings]

Personally I wouldn't read anything recommended by an anarchist.

And can I recommend you find some constructive occupation...

[Brosa Luxemburg]

Bump. Been a day now. Anybody got anything?

[Grenzer]

It was published in 1940, and by a self-described anti-Leninist; so I'd expect there to be numerous factual errors(due to the fact that much data was not available then, now one can go to the Archives), historical distortions, and the like. It looks interesting, but there are much better books I would get first. I've heard the Bolshevisk Come to Power by Alexander Rabinowitch is pretty good, but that only covers the beginning.

Lenin never "abandoned his principles" in State & Revolution. That conclusion can only be reached if the book is read on its own out of context with his previous work and the historical events of the day. Communists don't really have principles anyway, since we recognize that we are shaped by the material conditions, rather than the other way around.