El Coloso Author_Farrell Dobbs Its cadres were preparing for

Its cadres were preparing for the momentous events ahead: the impending collapse of the Axis powers and the revolutionary upheavals expected to shake Europe and the wider world

and theoretically razor sharp

This was a complex question which required firmness in principle and extraordinary flexibility in tactics in combining two different aspects: the unity of the working class in one party cutting across national barriers in the common struggle against autocracy

a history of the subject from the standpoint of the world working class is essential

or its Stalinist mirror image

El Coloso Author_Farrell Dobbs Its cadres were preparing forMientras el imperialismo arrastraba a Europa a los horrores de la Primera Guerra Mundial, Lenin llev a cabo una explicacin exhaustiva de la fase ms elevada del capitalismo. Sin embargo, muchas dcadas han pasado desde entonces y nuevas contradicciones han surgido. En la primera seccin de este trabajo, John Peterson explica los rasgos elementales del imperialismo, basndose en el anlisis de Lenin, con cifras y hechos actualizados sobre el desarrollo del