You guy's criticisms of Lenin?
Big question. Just a few points: - on organisation: with Lenin in his criticisms of the loose ideas of Menshevism and economism, with his insistance on the need for a centralised organisation of revolutionaries. Critical where he 'bends the stick too far', eg in the mistake about socialist consciousness coming from outside (though this has been much misunderstood) and when he confuses centralisation with a kind of military discipline; later on, critical of his justification of substitutionism as the Russian revolution went into retreat; - on the national question: with Lenin in defining the current epoch as one of imperialism, and with his intransigent internationalism during world war one; critical in his explanation of the economics of imperialism, and in particular in his arguments in favour of supporting national struggles. Critical also of his theory of the labour aristocracy - critical of the positions on the trade unions, parliament, entering the Labour party, and the United Front which expressed the rise of opportunism in the Third International. That's enough for a start!
The most significant criticisms of Lenin we have are regarding his attitude on the question of national liberation, the tactic of "revolutionary" parliamentarianism, entrism of communists into trade-unions, the tactic of the united front. Among these we criticize some of his theoretical work very intensely, such as his book on Imperialism, as well as his positions regarding things like the Kronstadt uprising, banning of the fractions in the party and so forth. Edit: Hehe Alf got here before I did
And yours? In his defence, Lenin also made many positive contributions to the workers' movement. Do you think he made any at all?
