On the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

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C O N T E N T S

[Part I]

Introduction to the English Edition by
Grahame Lock

7

[Part II]

Forward

34

I.

Paris (1976) - Moscow (1936)

38

'Dictatorship or Democracy'
Three Simple and False Ideas
A Precedent : 1936

38
42
49

II.

Lenin's Three Theoretical Arguments
about the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

58

III.

What is State Power?

64

Marxism and Bourgeois Legal Ideology
Has the Proletariat Disappeared?

66
77

IV.

The Destruction of ther State Apparatus

88

The Opportunist Deviation
The Organization of Class Rule
What Has to be Destroyed?
The Main Aspect of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

88
93
99
111

V.

Socialism and Communism

124

The Historical Tendency to the Dictatorship of the
Proletariat
What is Socialism
The Real 'Problems of Leninism'

133
139
146

A Few Words in Conclusion

154

[Part III]

Dossier - Extracts from the Pre-Congress Debate
and the Proceedings of the 22nd Congress of the
French Communist Party (January - February 1976)

157

Georges Haddah On the Question of the Dictatorship of
the Proletariat
Georges Marchais Liberty and Socialism
Georges Marchais Ten Questions, Ten Answers to
Convince the Listener
Etienne Balibar On the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Guy Besse On the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
(Reply to Etienne Balibar )
Georges Marchais In Order to Take Democracy Forward
to Socialism, Two Questions are Decisive

159
161

165
168

175

182

Louis Althussier : The Historic Significance
of the 22nd Congress

193

Etienne Balibar : Postscript to the
English Edition

212

Index [Not available]

235

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[Part I]
Introduction to the English Edition by Grahame Lock		7
[Part II]
Forward		34
I.	Paris (1976) - Moscow (1936)	38
'Dictatorship or Democracy' Three Simple and False Ideas A Precedent : 1936		38 42 49
II.	Lenin's Three Theoretical Arguments about the Dictatorship of the Proletariat	58
III.	What is State Power?	64
Marxism and Bourgeois Legal Ideology Has the Proletariat Disappeared?		66 77
IV.	The Destruction of ther State Apparatus	88
The Opportunist Deviation The Organization of Class Rule What Has to be Destroyed? The Main Aspect of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat		88 93 99 111
V.	Socialism and Communism	124
The Historical Tendency to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat What is Socialism The Real 'Problems of Leninism'		133 139 146
A Few Words in Conclusion		154
[Part III]
Dossier - Extracts from the Pre-Congress Debate and the Proceedings of the 22nd Congress of the French Communist Party (January - February 1976)		157
Georges Haddah On the Question of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat Georges Marchais Liberty and Socialism Georges Marchais Ten Questions, Ten Answers to Convince the Listener Etienne Balibar On the Dictatorship of the Proletariat Guy Besse On the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Reply to Etienne Balibar ) Georges Marchais In Order to Take Democracy Forward to Socialism, Two Questions are Decisive		159 161 165 168 175 182
Louis Althussier : The Historic Significance of the 22nd Congress		193
Etienne Balibar : Postscript to the English Edition		212
Index [Not available]		235