
A term describing the political system anticipated after a socialist revolution. Representatives of the proletariat (working classes) would assume control of the government, eradicate democracy and make decisions to benefit the workers.
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According to Marxism-Leninism, the early stage of societal organization under socialism after the overthrow of capitalism. It involves workers' dominance in suppressing the counterrevolutionary resistance of the bourgeois “exploiting classes.”
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in Marxism, rule by the proletariatthe economic and social class consisting of industrial workers who derive income solely from their labourduring ... [1 related articles]
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Marxist term for a revolutionary dictatorship established during the transition from capitalism to
communism after a socialist revolution. In the USSR the communist rule from 1917 till the adoption...
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A revolutionary seizure of power by the 'vanguard' of society, the communist party, which then rules in the name of the working class.
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