Security forces
This term generally refers to the police, intelligence services (in the case of the United States this would be the F.B.I., C.I.A.,
Glossary of Marxism-Leninism
Social chauvinism
Support of one’s “own” nation against other nations, particularly of imperialist nations during inter-imperialist conflicts. Social chauvinism can also manifest as a
Socialist construction
This is the period during which the material basis for socialism is being laid down. Productive relations are being changed, social formations
Solidarity
Solidarity is giving support to a stranger on their own terms. It is different from philanthropy because it is given on the
Soviet
A Russian word meaning “council.” The first worker’s councils formed in Ivanovo in May of 1905. Soviets became the basis of self-organization
Stagism
The theory, a chief proponent of which was Georgi Plekhanov, the Menshevik, which posits that societies must go through varying stages of
State
(see also, class dictatorship) The “public power” which no longer directly coincides with the population organizing itself. This public power becomes
Surplus value
Any period during which the worker has already made back the value of their wage and yet is still producing commodities for