Lenin and the 1917 Russian Revolution
Thursdays, 6:00pm, Kresge Library/Study Center Rm. 348
University of California
[1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064]{}
• [required]{} / * recommended reading
[Lenin ]{}readings available in Robert C. Tucker, ed., [The Lenin
Anthology]{} (Norton, 1977), except ([\*]{})
on [marxists.org](http://marxists.org/)
Recommended background readings
* Richard Appignanesi and Oscar Zarate / A&Z, [Introducing Lenin and the
Russian Revolution / Lenin for
Beginners](http://www.mediafire.com/file/m9h72nf0swd1bac/leninforbeginners1978.pdf) (1977)
* John Reed, [Ten Days that Shook the
World](https://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1919/10days/10days/index.htm) (1919)
* Lenin, ["On the Two Lines in the
Revolution"](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/nov/20.htm) (1915)
Week 1 | June 29, 2017
• Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin]{}, [Two Tactics of Social Democracy in the
Democratic
Revolution](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/tactics/) (1905)
* Lenin, ["On the Two Lines in the
Revolution"](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1915/nov/20.htm) (1915)
Week 2 | July 6, 2017
• [Lenin]{}, [Lecture on the 1905
Revolution](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/jan/09.htm) (1917)
• [Lenin]{}, [Letters from
Afar](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/lfafar/index.htm) (1917) [\*]{}
• [Lenin]{}, [April
Theses](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/apr/04.htm) (1917)
Week 3 | July 13, 2017
• [Lenin]{}, [The Dual
Power](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/apr/09.htm) (1917)
• [Lenin]{}, [The Enemies of the
People](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/jun/20b.htm) (1917)
• [Lenin]{}, [The Beginning of
Bonapartism](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/jul/29.htm) (1917)
Week 4 | July 20, 2017
• [Lenin]{}, [Can the Bolsheviks Retain State
Power?](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/oct/01.htm) (1917)
• [Lenin]{}, [Marxism and
Insurrection](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/sep/13.htm) (1917)
• [Lenin]{}, [Advice of an
Onlooker](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/oct/08.htm) (1917)
Week 5 | July 27, 2017
• [Lenin]{}, [To the Citizens of
Russia!](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/oct/25.htm) (1917)
• [Lenin]{}, [Theses on the Constituent
Assembly](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/dec/11a.htm) (1917)
• [Lenin]{}, [The Chief Task of Our
Day](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/11.htm) (1918)
• [Lenin]{}, [The Immediate Tasks of the Soviet
Government](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/mar/x03.htm) (1918)
Week 6 | August 3, 2017
• [Lenin]{}, [The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade
Kautsky](https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/index.htm) (1918)