3:24 CHAPTER 1. The struggle for the creation of a Social-Democratic labour party in Russia
(1883-1901)
1:10:04 CHAPTER 2. Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic labour party. Appearance of the Bolshevik and Menshevik groups within the party (1901-1904)
2:26:10 CHAPTER 3. The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the period of the Russo-Japanese war and the first Russian revolution (1904-1907)
4:27:40 CHAPTER 4. The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the period of the Stolypin reaction. The Bolsheviks constitute themselves an independent Marxist party (1908-1912)
6:53:48 CHAPTER 5. The Bolshevik party during the new rise of the working-class movement before the first imperialist war (1912-1914)
7:36:52 CHAPTER 6. The Bolshevik party in the period of the imperialist war. The second revolution in Russia (1914-March 1917)
History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) Audiobook PART 1/2Marxist-Leninist Theory2022-05-08 | History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) - Short Course
3:24 CHAPTER 1. The struggle for the creation of a Social-Democratic labour party in Russia
(1883-1901)
1:10:04 CHAPTER 2. Formation of the Russian Social-Democratic labour party. Appearance of the Bolshevik and Menshevik groups within the party (1901-1904)
2:26:10 CHAPTER 3. The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the period of the Russo-Japanese war and the first Russian revolution (1904-1907)
4:27:40 CHAPTER 4. The Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks in the period of the Stolypin reaction. The Bolsheviks constitute themselves an independent Marxist party (1908-1912)
6:53:48 CHAPTER 5. The Bolshevik party during the new rise of the working-class movement before the first imperialist war (1912-1914)
7:36:52 CHAPTER 6. The Bolshevik party in the period of the imperialist war. The second revolution in Russia (1914-March 1917)The Present Rulers of the Capitalist Countries by DIMITROV (Audiobook) (Aug.1935)Marxist-Leninist Theory2024-01-01 | "The Present Rulers of the Capitalist Countries" by DIMITROV (Audiobook) (Aug.1935) revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/dimitrov.pdfDimitrov: Fascism is war (Aug.1937) (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2023-12-03 | Dimitrov: "Fascism is war" (Aug.1937) (Audiobook) revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/dimitrov.pdfStrengthening the People’s Democratic Order by RAKOSI (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2023-11-06 | "Strengthening the People’s Democratic Order" by RAKOSI (Audiobook) revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/CPHstreng.htm“The chief apostle of counter revolution – Karl Kautsky” by Yrjö Sirola (1925) [Audiobook]Marxist-Leninist Theory2023-10-23 | “The chief apostle of counter revolution – Karl Kautsky” by Yrjö Sirola (1925) [Audiobook]
Thanks to Rumo for reading!Victory of the People’s Democracy in Hungary by RAKOSI (1948) AUDIOBOOKMarxist-Leninist Theory2023-07-01 | "Victory of the People’s Democracy in Hungary" by RAKOSI (1948) AUDIOBOOK
Thanks to Rumo for reading.About the Stakhanovite Movement in the People’s Democracies by Ernő Gerő (1950) AudiobookMarxist-Leninist Theory2023-03-11 | "About the Stakhanovite Movement in the People’s Democracies" by Ernő Gerő (Audiobook) revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/PDStakhanov.pdfRAKOSI Speech at an Election Rally of the Hungarian People’s Independence Front 1953 (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2023-02-26 | Matyas Rakosi, Speech Delivered at the Election Rally of the Hungarian People’s Independence Front in Budapest on May 10, 1953 revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/rakosi530510.htmDimitrov: The October Revolution Opened for Mankind the Road to Real Democracy and Socialism (1948)Marxist-Leninist Theory2023-02-11 | The October Socialist Revolution Opened for Mankind the Road to Real Democracy and Socialism
Thanks to the Revolution Information Bureau for providing the reading.Veikko Pöysti, a fighter, a communist by Artturi Rönnqvist (1947) (AUDIOBOOK)Marxist-Leninist Theory2022-12-15 | "Veikko Pöysti, a fighter, a communist" by Artturi Rönnqvist (1947) AUDIOBOOK
Link to the movie mentioned in the text: youtube.com/watch?v=8BEaX1mO4pwYrjö Sirola as a fighter, teacher and person (1876-18. March 1936) by Elli StenbergMarxist-Leninist Theory2022-11-13 | "Yrjö Sirola as a fighter, teacher and person (1876-18. March 1936)" by Elli Stenberg
archive.org/details/dli.ernet.237350/page/n1/mode/2upHOXHA: Yugoslav Self-Administration - Capitalist Theory and Practice (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2022-08-13 | Yugoslav "Self-Administration" - Capitalist Theory and Practice (Against the anti-socialist views of E. Kardelj in the book "Directions of the Development of the Political System of Socialist Self-Administration") by Enver Hoxha
Stephen Brain is an anti-communist researcher but in this paper he demolishes the "old consensus view" and shows that environmentalism actually thrived in the Stalin era. Soviet environmental protection at the time protected soils from erosion by protecting forests. Soviet Union had the largest protected forest zones in the world. However, only 6 days after Stalin's death The Ministry of Forest Protection was abolished. Within a year of Stalin's death the number of forest management workers in Moscow alone was reduced from 927 to 120.History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) Audiobook PART 2/2Marxist-Leninist Theory2022-05-08 | History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) - Short Course
0:00 CHAPTER 7. The Bolshevik Party in the period of preparation and realization of the October Socialist Revolution (April 1917-1918)
2:07:08 CHAPTER 8. The Bolshevik Party in the period of foreign military intervention and civil war (1918-1920)
3:10:51 CHAPTER 9. The Bolshevik Party in the period of transition to peaceful work of economic restoration (1921-1925)
4:41:25 CHAPTER 10. The Bolshevik Party in the struggle for the Socialist Industrialization of the country (1926-1929)
5:36:51 CHAPTER 11. The Bolshevik Party in the struggle for the Collectivization of Agriculture (1930-1934)
7:00:07 CHAPTER 12. The Bolshevik Party in the struggle to complete the building of the Socialist Society. Introduction of the New Constitution (1935-1937)
8:00:32 CONCLUSIONThe Activities of the C.C. of the Hungarian Communist Party by Jozsef Revai (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2022-04-05 | "The Activities of the C.C. of the Hungarian Communist Party" by Jozsef Revai (Audiobook)
revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/Cominform1947.pdfDIMITROV: The Fascist Offensive and the Tasks of the Communist International (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2022-03-24 | "The Fascist Offensive and the Tasks of the Communist International in the Struggle of the Working Class against Fascism" by Georgi Dimitrov
00:00:00 From the History of Science 00:49:46 Natural Science and Philosophy 1:18:52 Dialectics 2:51:19 Forms of Motion of Matter, Classification of the Sciences 3:35:17 Mathematics 4:25:47 Mechanics and Astronomy 4:42:25 Physics 5:20:57 Chemistry 5:23:50 BiologyDialectics of Nature by Engels (Audiobook) PART 1/2Marxist-Leninist Theory2021-12-27 | marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1883/don/index.htm
0:00:00 Preface 0:20:04 Introduction 1:07:28 Dialectics 1:23:50 Basic Form of Motion 2:07:16 The Measure of Motion - Work 2:48:15 Heat 3:00:18 Electricity 5:28:45 Tidal Friction, Kant and Thomson-Tait on the Rotation of the Earth and Lunar Attraction 5:45:30 The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man 6:21:31 Natural Science and the Spirit WorldClara Zetkin: Resolution on Fascism (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2021-11-20 | Resolution on Fascism Communist International Executive Committee, 1923
Thanks to Herrkomm for reading.RAKOSI Report to the Second Congress of the Hungarian Working Peoples Party [Full audiobook]Marxist-Leninist Theory2021-10-08 | MATYAS RAKOSI "Report to the Second Congress of the Hungarian Working Peoples Party" (February 25, 1951) [Full audiobook]
THE TOPICS WHICH ZHDANOV COVERS ARE QUITE COMPLICATED AND DEEP, BUT I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN CERTAIN THINGS:
ON ZVEZDA AND LENINGRAD After WWII some officials in the USSR thought that it was time to relax and that the people needed mindless entertainment. They were even willing to accept entertainment with a reactionary message. Zhdanov strongly criticized this attitude in his speech about the magazines "Zvezda" and "Leningrad". He called it political blindness and focusing only on material needs but not culture.
Zhdanov defends the political, educational and sociological role of literature. Great literature has always said something about society. Zhdanov quotes Lenin's famous work "Party organization and party literature" where Lenin explains the need for a militant socialist literature.
ON MUSIC Zhdanov criticized the Formalist Trend which had taken root among some Soviet composers. These composers were elitist and anti-democratic because they made music which the people didn't understand, and considered their art "too brilliant" for the people to understand it. These composers were out of touch with the people. They were anti-patriotic because they neglected the Russian classical music tradition and Folk Music tradition, instead they were fascinated with western fashions. They masked their activity behind "internationalism" but internationalism means friendship between nations. It doesn't mean ruining your own culture on behalf of western imperialist culture.
The Formalist composers wrote music without any social message. Special reviewers and critics had to try to "interpret" and "analyze" the "meaning" behind their songs. They wanted to neglect the content of the music and focus purely on its form, hence the term "Formalism". Under the slogan of Innovation they wanted to abandon the principles of classical music and follow the fashions of imperialist western music, such as atonality. These imperialist fashions really represent the destruction of musical principles and the decay of music.
The term "Socialist Realism" was originally developed in reference to literature, so the terminology might be confusing when referring to music. One might ask 'How can music be realistic?'. Realistic music is melodic, understandable and rooted in the people. Great composers have always taken ideas from folk music and enriched them. The opposite is Formalistic music which is not melodic but ugly, not understandable but instead a confusing mess of random notes. Such 'music' obviously is not rooted in the people either, but is concocted by out-of-touch elites.
Zhdanov also discusses "Naturalist" mistakes. Naturalism in painting is a fake realist trend. It paints photo realistic pictures, but is actually not realistic because it focuses on meaningless details and reduces painting to mere copying. A realistic picture would emphasize the significant features of a situation, and thus reveal what is REALLY happening. A realistic picture even reveals what is happening under the surface. It shows how the world really is. Naturalism is all about the surface level, all about the form, and not about the content.
Naturalism in music, means ignoring the difference between music and simply noise or sound. Random noises and sound effects are not music. They can enhance music, but only if used correctly and not too often. Formalists have always liked trendy gimmicks and effects and as a result have neglected the actually important parts of music: the melody, the harmony etc.The commoditization of science by Levins and LewontinMarxist-Leninist Theory2021-07-30 | mltheory.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/the-commoditization-of-science-converted.pdfIs Yugoslavia a socialist country? (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2021-07-11 | "Is Yugoslavia a socialist country?" by the Editorial Departments of Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) and Hongqi (Red Flag) September 26, 1963.
Thanks to CommissarOfFitness for readingThe Cult of the individual (1934-1952) by W. Bland (Audiobook)Marxist-Leninist Theory2021-06-01 | "The 'Cult of the individual' (1934-1953)" by W. Bland (Audiobook)
This is a good article by Bland, although in my opinion he makes the unnecessary assumption that secret revisionists held the majority in the Soviet leadership.