The history of the Bolsheviks - particularly the life and ideas of Vladimir Lenin - contains essential lessons to guide us in the struggle for revolution today.

In this talk from the recent Marxist Student Federation summer school, Rob Sewell - editor of Socialist Appeal - explains why we need to build a revolutionary leadership on the model of the Bolsheviks.

🔗 Find out more about the lessons of Bolshevism over on our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/organisation-and-tactics.htm

📚 Get a copy of 'Lenin and Trotsky: What they really stood for' from Wellred Books, Britain's Marxist bookshop: https://wellredbooks.net/lenin-and-trotsky-what-they-really-stood-for.html

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