What Is to Be Done?

In "What Is to Be Done?", V.I. Lenin presents a foundational argument for the formation of a vanguard party to lead the working class toward revolution. This influential political treatise addresses the organizational challenges facing the Russian social-democratic movement at the turn of the 20th century. Lenin critiques the prevailing trends of "economism," which prioritized immediate labor reforms over broader political struggle, arguing instead for a highly disciplined and centralized o...