"Lenin's Marxism" (3/19/11 panel)

A panel discussion organized by the Platypus Affiliated Society, held on March 19, 2011 at Left Forum, Pace University.
What was distinctive about Vladimir Lenin's Marxism? What was its relationship to the other forms of Marxism and Marxists of his era? Was Lenin orthodox or heterodox? Was there a "unity" to Lenin's political thought, as Georg Lukacs argued, or do his major works -- What is to Be Done? (1902), Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916), The State and Revolution (1917), "Left-Wing Communism": An Infantile Disorder? (1920) -- express distinctive and even contradictory phases in Lenin's political development? How did Lenin's Marxism overcome -- or not -- other competing forms of Marxism? How should we understand Lenin's historical contribution to Marxism, today?
Panelists
Chris Cutrone - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Ian Morrison - Platypus Affiliated Society
Lars T Lih - Independent Researcher
Paul Le Blanc - LaRoche College
Transcript of Paul Le Blanc's remarks in Platypus Review #35
"Lenin's Marxism"
(platypus1917.org/2011/05/05/lenins-marxism-pr/)
Transcript of Chris Cutrone's remarks in Platypus Review #36
"Lenin's liberalism"
(platypus1917.org/2011/06/01/lenins-liberalism/)
Transcript of Lars Lih's remarks in Platypus Review #37
"October 1921: Lenin looks back"
(platypus1917.org/2011/07/01/october-1921-lenin-looks-back/)
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[@Hist_da_Musica]

Chris Cutrone speaks at 46:15 (just marking this becuase I will need to listen to it again)

[@shtefanru]

you can read the platypus review.. would be easier

[@MrMalimer]

Hey, with the lenin picture as the only image, we miss the drawing he references at around -1:12:59. Does anyone know what it is, and if so could you link a reproduction of it? Thanks.

[@MrMalimer]

He also audibly starts to draw it at -1:05:21.