State and revolution

In the final analysis, capitalism can destroy the very foundation of its own existence, namely the Earth, thereby preparing for a regression into barbarism or even the extinction of all life. Both Marx and Lenin were driven by the understanding that a conscious intervention by the proletariat, organized as a class, is necessary to achieve a new society. This is only possible through the overthrow of the rule of the capitalist class. However, since this class is well organized in contrast to the proletariat and possesses armed organs to defend its rule in the form of the bourgeois state, the oppressed must also organize themselves to put an end to it. "State and Revolution" intensely examines the question of how the victorious working class can maintain its rule against the exploiting class. In doing so, it also refutes.