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Not at all, Lenin is so important complement to Marxism that you cannot ignore him.
Lenin's contributions include the understanding of imperialism, a more systematic approach towards understanding national liberation movements, his contributions to revolutionary praxis, the theory and practice of the dictatorship of the proletariat, many contributions of political tactics and strategy, tactics of revolutionary organization, his philosophy of organization (democratic centralism), his contributions towards a systematic dialectical materialist understanding...
Lenin's contributions far exceed any other Marxist in terms of revolutionary praxis. So Marxism is the philosophical worldview which instructs our understanding of the capitalist system, while Leninism is the body of work detailing strategy and tactics towards revolutionary action. So yes, Marxism-Leninism is an appropriate description of the current state of Marxist development.
Do you happen to know if there are any books or articles that detail all of Lenin’s contributions, as you’ve outlined here? I know it’s all contained within State & Revolution, Imperialism, et al, but I’ve been looking for one source that summarizes it all.
https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin
The ProleWiki article provides an overall summary, but the article is mostly biographical and unfortunately unfinished. The famous Stalin work, Foundations of Lenininsm provides an outline of Lenin's contributions to Marxism in general
That’s great, thank you.