Vladimir Lenin 
The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky 

'The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky, ’ is an influential work where Vladimir Lenin defended the Bolsheviks against criticisms made against them by Karl Kautsky. Lenin’s pamphlet was part of an ongoing debate between different Bolshevik leaders and the social democrat Kautsky about the function of democracy and force in the transition to socialism.