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Hundreds of demonstrations continue to sweep the U.S. since the police murder of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014. These demonstrations, punctuated by acts of civil disobedience of varying degrees of disruptive power, have escalated since the St. Louis grand jury refused to indict Darren Wilson, the police murderer of the 18-year-old Brown.
The following is an overview by Chairman Omali Yeshitela of V. I. Lenin’s pamphlet, The State and Revolution. This edited presentation was made at the African People’s Socialist Party’s Cadre Intensive School on July 9, 2014 in St Petersburg, Florida.



