| 7 | Foreword |
| Chapter One | |
| A Leninist Analysis of The Socio-Economic Conditions of The Socialist Revolution And Contemporaneity | |
| 1. The Methodology af Lenin’s Theory of Imperialism | |
| 23 | Marx’s Economic Teaching as the Methodological Basis of Lenin’s Study of Imperialism |
| 27 | Interpretation of the Substance of Imperialism as a Methodological Problem |
| 30 | Definition of the Object of the Theory of Imperialism |
| 32 | The Ultimate Goal of Study |
| 2. The General Crisis of Capitalism and its Present Stage | |
| 35 | Methodological and Theoretical Principles |
| 38 | The Present Stage |
| 42 | The Many-Sided Nature of the Crisis |
| 3. The Imperialist Strategy of Adaptation to the New Conditions and the Contradictions of that Strategy | |
| 44 | [introduction.] |
| 45 | The Struggle of the Two Systems and Modern Capitalism |
| 49 | Basic Orientations of the State-Monopoly Strategy of Adaptation |
| 51 | Capitalism’s Economic Growth and Decay |
| 54 | The Crisis of the Strategy of Adaptation |
| 59 | State-Monopoly Capitalism and the Forces of Market Anarchy |
| 4. State-Monopoly Capitalism | |
| 63 | Monopoly Capitalism’s Evolution Into State-Monopoly Capitalism |
| 68 | The Present Phase of the Development of State-Monopoly Capitalism |
| 75 | State-Monopoly Capitalism and the Class Struggle |
| 5. The Principles Underlyng the Elaboration of Economic Problems in the Programmes of the Communist Parties | |
| 79 | Economic Substantiation of Strategy and Tactics |
| 88 | Economic Demands of the Working-Class Movement |
| 94 | Main Features of the Programme Documents of the Communist Parties |
| Chapter Two | |
| Some Problems of the Theory of the Socialist Revolution | |
| 99 | [introduction.] |
| 1. Growth of the Democratic Revolution Into a Socialist Revolution | |
| 101 | [introduction.] |
| 102 | Conditions of Growth |
| 105 | Hegemony of the Proletariat |
| 107 | Revolutionary-Democratic Power |
| 110 | Alignment and Regrouping of Class Forces In the Period of Growth |
| 2. The Revolutionary Situation and the Basic Law of the Revolution | |
| 113 | [introduction.] |
| 114 | The Revolutionary Situation |
| 120 | The Fundamental Law of Revolution |
| 123 | 3. The Creation of a Broad Democratic Front |
| 4. Social Mechanisms of Mass Revolutionary Action | |
| 134 | [introduction.] |
| 135 | Objective Prerequisites for Mass Revolutionary Action |
| 145 | Spontaneity, Consciousness and the Revolutionary Experience of the Masses |
| 149 | Socio-Psychological Mechanisms of Mass Revolutionary Action |
| 5. Ways and Forms of the Revolutionary Struggle | |
| 156 | The Ways and Forms of Revolution As Seen by Lenin |
| 161 | Forms of the Revolutionary Struggle |
| 162 | Some Features of the Peaceful Path |
| 165 | Revolutionary Violence |
| 6. The Leninist Approach to the Problems of the National Liberation Movement | |
| 169 | [introduction.] |
| 169 | Marxist-Leninist Principles for Resolving the Nationalities Question |
| 176 | Questions of the Theory and Tactics of the Communist Parties In the National Liberation Movement |
| Chapter Three | |
| Socialism: Its Political Organisation and International Influence | |
| 187 | 1. The Power of the Working Class—a Most Important Condition of the Revolutionary Transformation of Society |
| 2. The General and the Particular in the Development of Socialist Statehood | |
| 194 | [introduction.] |
| 195 | Soviets as the Form of Proletarian State |
| 198 | Common Features of the Proletarian State in Different Countries |
| 200 | The Creative Application of Lenin’s Teaching on the Proletarian State |
| 203 | Socialist Democracy |
| 205 | Some Institutions of Socialist Democracy |
| 3. World Socialism’s Influence on the Revolutionary Movement | |
| 210 | [introduction.] |
| 211 | The Leninist Approach to Determining the Forms of the Influence Exercised by Socialism |
| 220 | Leading Force in the Struggle for Peace |
| 223 | Principal Force and Mainstay of the Anti-Imperialist Struggle |
| Chapter Four | |
| Methodological Problems of the Anti-Imperialist Struggle and the Revolution | |
| 227 | [introduction.] |
| 1. Democratic Movements and the Class Struggle | |
| 228 | The Special Features of the Present-Day Conditions of the Revolutionary Process |
| 230 | The Relationship of the Struggle for Democracy and the Struggle for Socialism |
| 2. The Specific Nature of the Revolutionary Process in Capitalist Countries | |
| 235 | [introduction.] |
| 236 | Prospects for the Revolution In the Developed Capitalist Countries |
| 243 | Problems of the Revolution In Countries with a Medium and Low Level of Capitalist Development |
| 3. Some Problems of the National-Democratic Revolutions | |
| 248 | [introduction.] |
| 250 | Class Content of the National-Democratic Revolutions |
| 255 | National-Revolutionary Democracy |
| 260 | The Socialist Trend of the National Liberation Movement and Nationalism |
| Chapter Five | |
| Lenin’s Teaching on the Communist Party and the Present-Day Communist Movement | |
| 1. Lenin’s Theory of the Party of the New Type and the Revolutionary Character of the Marxist-Leninist Party Today | |
| 265 | [introduction.] |
| 265 | The Ideological Struggle Over the Question of the Nature of the Marxist Party |
| 273 | Ideological-Theoretical Foundation of the Marxist Party |
| 278 | Criteria of the Revolutionary Spirit |
| 280 | Immutability of Organisational Principles and Flexibility of Forms |
| 2. The Communist Party and the People | |
| 286 | [introduction.] |
| 290 | The Art of Political Leadership |
| 297 | Ways of Maintaining and Strengthening Influence Among the People |
| 3. Internationalism as an Inalienable Feature of the Marxist-Leninist Party | |
| 306 | Objective Foundations of International Unity |
| 311 | Combination of National and International Aims |
| 4. The Marxist-Leninist Approach to the Principles of Relations Between Communist Parties | |
| 322 | [introduction.] |
| 323 | Principles of Relations as Reflecting the Essence of the Communist Movement |
| 328 | Improvement of the Forms of International Unity Among Communists |
| 332 | Unity and Multiformity |
| 334 | Ways of Surmounting Differences |
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