An introduction to Lenin and Leninism , Paul Le Blanc

An introduction to Lenin and Leninism

Paul Le Blanc, the author of numerous books, including the soon-to-be-republished Lenin and the Revolutionary Party and Unfinished Leninism: The Rise and Return of a Revolutionary Doctrine, recounts the life of one of most important Marxists after Marx--and explains the different components of what has come to be called "Leninism."

THE CONCEPTION of "Leninism" has been contentious for many years. It is an "ism" that has been targeted not only by all enemies of revolution, but by many who favor a revolutionary transition to a future society of the free and the equal.

Two roads to the NBA Finals .DaveZirin

Two roads to the NBA Finals

When it comes to the Middle East, two basketball coaches set very different examples.

THE 2015 NBA Finals coaches, Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors and David Blatt of the Cleveland Cavaliers, have both reached this summit in their first year on the job, but that's not all they share. The two rookies are also bonded by histories intimately tied to the conflicts that plague the Middle East. In an NBA Finals where children at press conferences have generated endless hot takes, this history has been discussed, if at all, in a remarkably shallow fashion.