How the Communist International Was Built

How the Communist International was built

The First World War brought about the collapse of the Second International at its beginning, and a wave of revolutions towards its end. It was in this context that Lenin successfully built the Third (Communist) International, with powerful sections in many countries, aiming to provide the necessary leadership for the victory of the world revolution.

‘From the Destruction of the Ancient Social System to the Creation of the New’ (1920) by V.I. Lenin from Selected Works, Vol. 10. International Publishers, New York. 1937.

Lenin offers thoughts the goals of communist labor, and the difference between those goals and the first steps towards them taken in the transition period opened up by the Russian Revolution. ‘From the Destruction of the Ancient Social System to the Creation of the New’ (1920) by V.I. Lenin from Selected Works, Vol. 10. International […]