Lenin's Prediction on the Revolutionary Storms in the East
Description:... "We reprint in this issue some articles and extracts from Lenin's works in which he analysed the prospect of revolutionary storms in the east. Most of these articles were first published in the early part of the present century, when the European bourgeoisie had long since become decadent and reactionary, while the downtrodden and benighted peoples in the east had awakened from medieval stagnation. Lenin enthusiastically acclaimed the "new source of great world storms" that had opened up in Asia. He predicted that the revolutionary movements of the east would have repercussions in the European capitalist countries and give an impetus to their proletarian revolution. We see from Lenin's articles how he sympathized with and supported the revolutionary struggles of the oppressed nations and people and how he despised and condemned the wrong attitude taken by the revisionists of the Second International who regarded the movement in the colonies as "an insignificant national and completely peaceful movement.""--Editor's note, pages i and ii.
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