Here, with critical notes and context, are V.I. Lenin’s
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
and Nikolai Bukharin’s
Imperialism and World Economy
. They are both essential for understanding the nature of imperialism and war historically—and today.
V.I. Lenin
(1870–1924) was a leader of the Russian Revolution and wrote extensively on the issues facing the working-class movement of his time.
Nikolai Bukharin
(1888–1938) was a Bolshevik leader and intellectual, and later a Soviet politician until his execution at the hands of Stalin’s government.
Phil Gasper
is a professor of philosophy at Notre Dame de Namur Universityin California. He writes extensively on politics and the philosophy of science and is a frequent contributor to
CounterPunch
. He is the author of Haymarket Books’
The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History’s Most Important Political Document
.