[BEST OF] What Is To Be Done? - V.I. Lenin
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The Superiority of the Party Forum Over Spontaneity
Lenin argued that economism is too narrow. It relegates itself to the trade union struggle and by so doing disassociates itself from the fight against depression and exploitation in every other realm of society. Mao took this idea and ran with it, but it originates explicitly in Lenin. And throughout this entire text, Lenin is insisting that what has come to be called a vanguard party is the most effective, systematic and long-term vehicle through which we can carry on the class struggle.
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