The movement draws on the core ideas of Marxist theory, which emphasizes class struggle and dialectics. Marxist Leninism, however, places particular emphasis on the need for a disciplined, centralized vanguard party to lead the working class in revolution and to govern the communist state. The party, guided by a flexible and pragmatic approach, would pursue a strategy of dual power - at first operating on a parallel level to the existing government, then replacing it through a protracted struggle.
Marxist Leninism was a significant influence on the early 20th century communist movement, particularly in the Soviet Union and its affiliated states. Leninist ideologies were followed by many political movements and parties across the globe, especially in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. Disagreements with Stalinism would lead to various critiques of Leninism, ruling positions dictating various other ideologies of people in different states.
Some human rights organisations have criticized Marxist Leninism, stating that practice has often frequently diverged from theory in areas like freedom of speech, freedom of association, and judicial independence. Libertarian socialists however see Marxist Leninism as an authoritarian variation of Marxist theory that retains state coercion. Today Marxist Leninism has a presence of erstwhile practiced systems of governance with descendants-mostly ineffective amongst the rural peasantry.
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