Organizational Methods of Marxist Parties


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This manual is a revised 'militant version' of Philip Selznick's original 1952 project report for the RAND Corporation titled: "The organizational weapon: a study of bolshevik strategy and tactics." Mr. Selznick's report was an analysis of communist organizational strategy as applied to bolshevik groups and the peripheral or front organizations manipulated by them.




Guidelines on the Organizational Structure of Communist Parties, on the Methods and Content of Their Work


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Guidelines on the Organizational Structure of Communist Parties, on the Methods and Content of their Work. Adopted at the 24th Session of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 12 July 1921, from the Third Congress of the Comintern 1921. The report is from a larger collection from the Third Congress of the Comintern, 1921 Report on Organization. The organization of the party must be adapted to the conditions and purpose of its activity. The Communist Party should be the vanguard, the front-line troops of the proletariat, leading in all phases of its revolutionary class struggle and the subsequent transitional period toward the realization of socialism, the first stage of communist society. According to Vladimir Lenin, the purpose of the vanguard party is to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat; supported by the working class. The change of ruling class, from the bourgeoisie to the proletariat, makes possible the full development of socialism.



















Communism: A Very Short Introduction


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The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology.




To the Masses


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Debates at world Communism’s 1921 congress reveal Lenin’s International at a moment of crisis. A policy of confrontational initiatives by a resolute minority contends with the perspective of winning majority working-class support on the road to the revolutionary conquest of power. A frank debate among many currents concludes with a classic formulation of Communist strategy and tactics. Thirty-two appendices, many never before published in any language, portray delegates’ behind-the-scenes exchanges. This newly translated treasure of 1,000 pages of source material, available for the first time in English, is supplemented by an analytic introduction, detailed footnotes, a glossary with 430 biographical entries, a chronology, and an index. The final instalment of a 4,500-page series on Communist congresses in Lenin’s time.