The State and the Revolution: The Marxist Doctrine of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution (1917) is a book by Vladimir Lenin describing...

political science, a revolution (Latin: revolutio, 'a turn around') is a rapid, fundamental transformation of a society's state, class, ethnic or religious...

The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in the Russian Empire, starting in 1917. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy...

Permanent revolution is the strategy of a revolutionary class pursuing its own interests independently and without compromise or alliance with opposing...

culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution also led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day...

just prior to the October Revolution in Russia and published in The State and Revolution. With the failure of the worldwide revolution, or at least European...

contributions to the Marxist ideology relate to his theories on the party, imperialism, the state, and revolution. The function of the Leninist vanguard...

proletarian revolution or proletariat revolution is a social revolution in which the working class attempts to overthrow the bourgeoisie and change the previous...

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political revolution in the Thirteen Colonies, which culminated in colonists initiating an ultimately successful...

theories and critiques of state capitalism, some of which existed before the October Revolution of 1917. The common themes among them identify that the workers...

The Haitian Revolution (French: révolution haïtienne or French: La guerre de l'indépendance French pronunciation: [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ a.i.sjɛn]; Haitian Creole:...

management. The supersession of the bourgeois state by the proletarian state is impossible without a violent revolution (The State and Revolution, Chapter...

The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC)...

The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, was a period of technology transfer initiatives that saw greatly increased crop yields. These...

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of...

The Iranian Revolution was the Shia Islamic revolution that replaced the secular monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with a theocracy led by Ayatollah...

The Revolution is an American band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979 by Prince, serving as his live band and later as his studio band. The band's...

is a political philosophy, doctrine, and tradition within socialism that stresses the idea that a social revolution is necessary to bring about structural...

The Mexican Revolution (Spanish: Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December...

state of permanent disorder. The revolution should be read, he maintained, primarily as a movement for political and social reform. Contrary to the views...

State of Revolution is a two act play by Robert Bolt, written in 1977. It deals with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Civil War, the rise to power of...

The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution, (in Soviet historiography) or October Coup, was a revolution in Russia led...

World revolution is the Marxist concept of overthrowing capitalism in all countries through the conscious revolutionary action of the organized working...

lost his power during the February Revolution, which started in 1917, and ended with the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. The Provisional Government...

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of...

of social revolution, focused on overthrowing the existing capitalist state system, seizing power and establishing the "dictatorship of the proletariat"...

the vanguard party would lead the revolution to depose the incumbent Tsarist government, and transfer government power to the working class. In the pamphlet...

The Glorious Revolution is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary...

The Velvet Revolution (Czech: Sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: Nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then...

change the form of production and markets began to shift in order to support larger production and profits. This change led to a series of revolutions by...