Memory of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Why is Lenin remembered all over the world?

We are told that Lenin is a thing of the past, yet they continue to vilify him, spending millions on books and films that attempt to discredit his name and distort his ideas. Is it just because he was a great revolutionary and the founder of the world’s first socialist state?

The fact is that Vladimir Ilyich was also a theorist whose thoughts and ideas are still relevant today. Lenin didn’t just continue the teachings of Marx and Engels — he creatively developed them in new historical conditions. His work “Imperialism as the Highest Stage of Capitalism” has become a classic of Marxist thought. In it, Lenin brilliantly revealed the essence of monopoly capitalism, its parasitic nature, and its desire to redivide the world and engage in neocolonial exploitation. He proved that imperialism is the eve of the socialist revolution.

But Lenin was also a practitioner who was able to put his ideas into practice. Under his leadership, the century-old dream of workers for a just society began to be realized. The victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 and the establishment of the USSR became a turning point in world history. It proved in practice that the working class is capable of taking power, breaking the old state machine, and beginning to build a new society free from the exploitation of man by man. Lenin laid the foundations for a multinational union state based on the brotherhood and equality of peoples.

But most importantly, Lenin left us a toolkit for understanding modern political and economic processes. And the genius of Lenin’s analysis is confirmed even in the 21st century. The current policies of the leading capitalist powers — a direct reflection of the imperialist laws he described:

•  Aggression against sovereign states (attempts to pressure the government in Venezuela, plans to capture President Maduro) — these are classic methods of establishing puppet regimes to control resources.
•  Territorial expansion (ideas about “buying” or forcibly annexing Greenland) — a manifestation of the imperialist redistribution of spheres of influence.
•  A tough anti-Chinese policy — the desire to contain the growth of a powerful competitor at any cost, independent of the dictates of Western capital, confirms Lenin’s thesis about the inevitability of acute competition between monopolies and imperialist centers.

And these are just a few points that Lenin’s teachings see as logical and which he predicted long before Trump’s presidency. Alas, by rejecting this analysis, Russian official propaganda is forced to reduce everything to the “childish” versions about the “unpredictable Trump”.

Lenin entered world history as a man who lived a life entirely devoted to the struggle for the liberation of workers, whose ideas remain a guiding star for all who oppose imperialist oppression, neocolonialism, and injustice.

Eternal memory to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin — the leader, theorist, and man who changed the course of history!