And it is clearly argued by Lord Percy of Newcastle, in his remarkable long essay, The Heresy Of Democracy, and in a more general way by Voegelin, in his New Science Of Politics, that this same Rousseauan idea, descending through European democracy, is the source of Marx's theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat.

He and other Soviet leaders responsible for the document were proud of having brought forward some new formulas, such as the early replacement of the dictatorship of the proletariat by an `` All People's State '', and also of having laid down the lines for a much greater `` democratization '' of the whole hierarchy of Soviets, starting with the Supreme Soviet itself.

Since then Mao's peasant revolutionary vision and so-called " continued revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat " stipulated that class enemies continued to exist even though the socialist revolution seemed to be complete, giving way to the Cultural Revolution.

In domestic policy the People's Delegation sought socialism based on the Finnish Social Democratic ethos ; their vision of democratic socialism for the country differed sharply from Lenin's dictatorship of the proletariat.

It was invented to isolate class-alien, socially dangerous, disruptive, suspicious, and other disloyal elements ( real and imaginary ones ) whose deeds and thoughts were not contributing to the strengthening of the so called dictatorship of the proletariat.

Some commentators see it as no more than the dictatorship of the proletariat or the tyranny of the urban poor ( such as may perhaps be seen in the French Revolution ).

He argued that under socialism society would be governed by the working class in what he called the " dictatorship of the proletariat ", the " workers state " or " workers ' democracy ".

From December 1851 to March 1852 Marx wrote The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, a work on the French Revolution of 1848, in which he expanded upon his concepts of historical materialism, class struggle and the dictatorship of the proletariat, advancing the argument that victorious proletariat has to smash the bourgeois state.

He theorised that between capitalism and the establishment of a socialist / communist system, a dictatorship of the proletariat — a period where the working class holds political power and forcibly socialises the means of production — would exist.

Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat.

Dejacque " rejected Blanquism, which was based on a division between the ‘ disciples of the great people ’ s Architect ’ and ‘ the people, or vulgar herd ,’ and was equally opposed to all the variants of social republicanism, to the dictatorship of one man and to ‘ the dictatorship of the little prodigies of the proletariat .’ With regard to the last of these, he wrote that: ‘ a dictatorial committee composed of workers is certainly the most conceited and incompetent, and hence the most anti-revolutionary, thing that can be found ...( It is better to have doubtful enemies in power than dubious friends )’.

Marxist-Leninists believe that without a transitionary period of state control ( their interpretation of the dictatorship of the proletariat ) it would be impossible for any revolution to maintain the momentum or cohesion to defend the new society against external and internal threats.

Anarchists reject the Leninist model of the " dictatorship of the proletariat ," arguing that any revolutionary minority taking over state power would be just as authoritarian as the ruling class in capitalism to defend the new state, and would eventually constitute itself as a new ruling class.

In these formulations, the dictatorship of the proletariat was to be the dictatorship of a class, “ not of a party or of a clique ”.

In Marxist philosophy, Leninism is the body of political theory for the democratic organisation of a revolutionary vanguard party, and the achievement of a direct-democracy dictatorship of the proletariat, as political prelude to the establishment of socialism.

Hence, the purpose of the Leninist vanguard party is to establish a democratic dictatorship of the proletariat ; supported by the working class, the vanguard party would lead the revolution to depose the incumbent Tsarist government, and then transfer power of government to the working class, which change of ruling class — from bourgeoisie to proletariat — makes possible the full development of socialism.

In the Russian socialist society, government by direct democracy was effected by elected soviets ( workers ’ councils ), which " soviet government " form Lenin described as the manifestation of the Marxist ‘ democratic dictatorship of the proletariat ’.

About the political disenfranchisement of the Russian capitalist social classes, Lenin said that ‘ depriving the exploiters of the franchise is a purely Russian question, and not a question of the dictatorship of the proletariat, in general ....

Soviet constitutionalism was the collective government form of the Russian dictatorship of the proletariat, the opposite of the government form of the dictatorship of capital ( privately-owned means of production ) practised in bourgeois democracies.

The escalating violence between Catalan workers and the Catalan bourgeoisie led the latter to embrace the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, despite his centralizing tendencies.

In Imperial Russia, the Paris Commune model form of government was realised in the soviets ( councils of workers and soldiers ) established in the Russian Revolution of 1905, whose revolutionary task was deposing the capitalist ( monarchical ) state to establish socialism — the dictatorship of the proletariat — the stage preceding communism.

The SWP's central committee argued that democratic capitalism could not revive, resulting in either military dictatorship by the capitalists or a workers ' revolution.

Article 1 of the State Constitution describes China as " a socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship " meaning that the system is based on an alliance of the working classes — in communist terminology, the workers and peasants — and is led by the Communist Party, the vanguard of the working class.

The CCOO were organized in the 1960s by the Communist Party of Spain ( PCE ) and workers ' Roman Catholic groups to fight against the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and for labor rights ( in opposition to the non-representative " vertical unions " in the Spanish Trade Union Organisation ).

The first Congress of the Confederation of Anarchists Groups, under the name of Nabat (" the Alarm Drum "), issued five main principles: rejection of all political parties, rejection of all forms of dictatorships ( including the dictatorship of the proletariat, viewed by Makhnovists and many anarchists of the day as a term synonymous with the dictatorship of the Bolshevik communist party ), negation of any concept of a central state, rejection of a so-called " transitional period " necessitating a temporary dictatorship of the proletariat, and self-management of all workers through free local workers ' councils ( soviets ).

While the Bolsheviks argued that their concept of dictatorship of the proletariat meant precisely " rule by workers ' councils ," the Makhnovist platform opposed the " temporary " Bolshevik measure of " party dictatorship.

That requires, according to Marxists, the existence of a state in some form run by workers ( there is a dispute on whether the dictatorship of the proletariat is a state as we conceive it today ).

This formulation can be gross, envisaging the dictatorship of the proletariat as a political dictatorship ; or, it can be nuanced, seeing the dictatorship of the proletariat as an internally democratic amongst workers.

Immediately after abolishing the existing state, Marxists seek to replace it with a workers ' state, i. e. the " dictatorship of the proletariat ", or the workers organized as the ruling class.

When other states call the head of state of a particular state a dictator, that state is called a dictatorship.

# In contemporary usage, dictatorship refers to an autocratic form of absolute rule by leadership unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state.

For some scholars, a dictatorship is a form of government that has the power to govern without consent of those being governed ( similar to authoritarianism ), while totalitarianism describes a state that regulates nearly every aspect of public and private behavior of the people.

The new ruler faced the challenge of restoring order in a country that was in shambles — by the end of Masie Nguema's dictatorship, the state coffers were empty and the population had been reduced to only one-third of what it was at independence.

The fascist party and state is led by a supreme leader who exercises a dictatorship over the party, the government and other state institutions.

The Squadristi wanted to establish Fascism as a complete dictatorship, while the former ANI members, including Alfredo Rocco, sought an authoritarian corporatist state to replace the liberal state in Italy, while retaining the existing elites.

The Spanish transition to democracy or new Bourbon restoration was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state.

Most presidents in such countries are selected by democratic means ( popular direct or indirect election ); however, like all other systems, the presidential model also encompasses people who become head of state by other means, notably through military dictatorship or coup d ' état, as often seen in Latin American, Middle Eastern and other presidential regimes.

Ul-Haq was much more committed to Islamism, and " Islamization " or implementation of Islamic law ( AKA sharia ), became a cornerstone of his eleven-year military dictatorship and Islamism became his " official state ideology ".

Some 11, 000 Argentines have applied for and received up to US $ 200, 000 as monetary compensation from the state for the loss of loved ones during the military dictatorship.

Marxism – Leninism is a communist ideology, officially based upon the theories of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Vladimir Lenin, that promotes the development and creation of an international communist society through the leadership of a vanguard party presiding over a revolutionary socialist state that represents a dictatorship of the proletariat.

The state, being the dictatorship of the proletariat, serves as a safeguard for the ownership and as the coordinator of production through a universal economic plan.

Stalin's regime was a totalitarian state under his dictatorship.