'In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act'
Fighting for peace is an oxymoron, sleeping safe and sound in your fluffy bed it's easy to say you abhor violence. While there are men fighting to keep you free.
I can't comment on Lenin until I have read some information, could you recommend some?

Nothing specifically, I've been studing history, politics and international relations of central/eastern Europe for the last few years, just an opinion I've built up over the years - but for context I'd recommend reading about the Tsar's regime to get a feel for why Communism gained traction in Russia (majority of the population were peasants etc) and then look at Lenin's interpretations of Marxism and his leadership style; then how that was thrown out the window by Stalin when he seized power after Lenin's untimely death. He was a fascinating man, not one that I can ever really decide upon as to whether or not he was good or bad but certainly a very interesting one, he turned Communism from an exercise in theory to an actual reality in a functioning state and managed to take the Soviet Union through most of the stages before he died. Ultimately for Communism to work though, there can't in theory be a leader because all people need to be equal and live equally... he did a very good job though, regardless of your opinions of the actual politics behind it!

Totally off topic now :laugh: but I hope this thread's been useful for Kaz... I think Nelson Mandela deserves to be remembered as a great man who helped to modernise the world as we know it, without him and others like him, South Africa would have continued to be oppressed by a white minority.

Coolness! ;)