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[BEST OF] What Is To Be Done? Understanding Communist Strategy

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The Vanguard and Spontaneity in Social Movements

This chapter analyzes the roles of spontaneous actions and conscious organization in shaping social movements, focusing on the Occupy movement and the George Floyd uprisings. It critiques the tendency to rely solely on organic protests, advocating for the establishment of a vanguard party to provide strategic direction and coherent demands. The conversation highlights the necessity of disciplined organization to bridge class divides and ensure successful revolutionary outcomes against capitalist oppression.

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