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Learning from Lenin in an era of crises and war
100 years on from his death, the great revolutionary leader’s thinking is extra relevant to today’s time of economic and climate crises, combined with a relentless drive to war, says LOGAN WILLIAMS
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MORE and more activists within our labour, international justice and social movements have begun to acknowledge that we are living through a global economic, social and political crisis on a scale unprecedented in many of our lifetimes.

These are reflected deeply here in imperialist Britain, where the country’s historic economic decline continues.

On the economic front, millions are suffering more and more from the cost-of-living emergency, having already suffered for decades.

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