Dictatorship of the proletariat
The dictatorship of the Prolétariat is a term sometimes employed by Karl Marx to indicate the phase of the company according to him being called to replace the oligarchical modes and capitalist S that Marx qualified Dictature S of the Bourgeoisie.
Political currents asserting heritage of Marx consider that dictatorship of the proletariat would be a phase of transition necessary towards a company Communiste.
The term “Dictatorship” which shocks sometimes today, was selected to stress that the Capitalisme would develop the “dictatorship of the profit”, that of only one social class which holds all the political power and economic (in the form of the parliamentary Démocratie or other). To reverse this class, the class of people of any class - workers - was to seize all the power initially.
In a concrete way, dictatorship of the proletariat would arise by a capacity held by the whole of the proletarians, organized in a democratic way (with councils, elected and revocable elected officials, in particular). The concept is thus presented like approaching the direct democracy. There are however two specificities: dictatorship of the proletariat requires a proletarian Révolution precondition which passes by the popular seizure of power. In addition, the capacity would be the property of only one Social class, from where a problem of Discrimination.
The Commune of Paris was according to Friedrich Engels the first application of dictatorship of the proletariat.
The constitution of Russia (future Soviet Union), in 1918, was asserted as being a practical application of dictatorship of the proletariat. However, this term will be removed in the revised constitution of 1936. Although most powerful of the parties claiming Communism a long time presented it like their ideal (the USSR, in addition, financing them), of many Marxists affirmed that the USSR was neither dictatorship of the proletariat, nor a “State Socialiste”, but a Dictature on the Prolétariat, the term Capitalisme of State being also employed.
| Random links: | Hadith | Ken Kesey | Fouillouse | What to make? (Lénine) | Kamel Messaoudi | Battle of Castiglione | Jewelweed |