Vladimir Lenin: What Is to Be Done? Date: 1902
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Vladimir Lenin: What Is to Be Done?

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Abstract

The [main] strength of the current movement [for worker liberation] is the awakening of the masses (primarily the industrial proletariat), while its [main] weakness is the insufficiency of consciousness and initiative among revolutionary leaders… . The relationship between consciousness and spontaneity is of enormous general interest and must be treated in detail… .

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