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Lenin and his successful leadership of the Bolsheviks not only proved the capacity of the proletariat to seize power but successfully established the first socialist state in 1917, demonstrating Marxism as a powerful and revolutionary force for the working class. A hundred years later, Lenin’s theories and strategies continue to illuminate the path forward for people and movements committed to building working class power, showing the necessary steps for achieving worldwide socialist revolution.
Join us for a 3 part series with Brian Becker as we study the life, and legacy of Lenin, the formation of Leninism, the revolutionary paths it generated across the world.
Dates: Tuesdays, November 28, December 5, December 12 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET
Lenin and his successful leadership of the Bolsheviks not only proved the capacity of the proletariat to seize power but successfully established the first socialist state in 1917, demonstrating Marxism as a powerful and revolutionary force for the working class. A hundred years later, Lenin’s theories and strategies continue to illuminate the path forward for people and movements committed to building working class power, showing the necessary steps for achieving worldwide socialist revolution.
Join us for a 3 part series with Brian Becker as we study the life, and legacy of Lenin, the formation of Leninism, the revolutionary paths it generated across the world.
Dates: Tuesdays, November 28, December 5, December 12 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM ET










![MUTINY PART 4 with Vijay Prashad
“For the first time in years, the [Global] South is saying: our agenda should define the world’s agenda.”
In May 2023, for the first time in centuries, countries in the Global South had a greater share in the world economy than that of the Global North. Vijay Prashad calls this changing power balance, where the United States can no longer impose its will on countries, a “new mood.” Washington calls it a “mutiny.”
In this episode, Peter Mertens travels to the conference of the International People’s Assembly in Johannesburg and talks with historian and Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research Vijay Prashad about the connections between conflicts and movements in the Global North and Global South under capitalism.
@PeterMertensTV is a leader of the Workers’ Party of Belgium. He has served as a member of the Chamber of Representatives since 2019, and as a Municipal Councillor in Antwerp since 2013. He is the author of “They Have Forgotten Us: The Working Class, Care and the Looming Crisis” and “Mutiny: How Our World is Tilting,” available in English this fall from 1804 Books. MUTINY PART 4 with Vijay Prashad](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nlelqkRtvQI/mqdefault.jpg)