Paul Le Blanc Editor & Author

V.I. Lenin (1870-1924) was a pivotal figure in twentieth century radical politics. He was a theoretician and the leader of the Russian Bolshevik Party. He wrote widely, authoring books such as Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Pluto, 1996). His selected writings were collected in the volume Revolution, Democracy, Socialism (Pluto, 2008). Paul Le Blanc is a long-time activist and Professor of History at La Roche College, Pennsylvania. He is the author of many books, including Lenin and the Revolutionary Party, From Marx to Gramsci and The Living Flame: The Revolutionary Passion of Rosa Luxemburg. Paul le Blanc has been an auto worker, health care worker, social service worker and dish washer, before spending over 30 years as a Professor of History, the last 22 years at La Roche University. He has written extensively on the history of the labor and socialist movements of the United States and Europe, including a number of works on Lenin and others active in Russia’s revolutionary struggles. He is currently a member of the editorial board overseeing the publication of the complete works of Rosa Luxemburg (for which he helped to edit volumes 2 and 5).