- Socialism and Religion (1905)
A look at the Marxist view of religion and religious people in the socialist movement. See also Rosa Luxemburg's Socialism and the Churches.
- The Three Sources and Three
Component Parts of Marxism (1913)
This short piece explains the basic background and origins of Marxism.
- Karl Marx: A Brief Biographical Sketch With
An Exposition Of Marxism (1914)
A brief biography of Karl Marx.
- The Socialist
Revolution and the Right of Nations to Self Determination (Theses) (1916)
The classic expression of the Marxist attitude towards the national question. Read this carefully, it is a fairly complex theory in spite of its apparent simplicity.
- Resolution on the National
Question (1917)
An outstanding overview of the attitudes of Marxists towards the national question, and the rights of nations to self-determination. From the Seventh All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (Bolsheviks) RSDLP (B).
- The State and Revolution
(1917)
This is the classic exposition of the Marxist attitude towards the state, and the relationship of the proletariat and the socialist revolution to the state. Should be considered required reading and read over and over again!
- The Tasks of the Youth Leagues
(1920)
Though he discusses details specific to Russia in the early 1900s there is still a lot to be learned from this excellent speech
- The Paris Commune
A brief summation of Lenin's writings on the Paris Commune. For more please see the State and Revolution.