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The Fundamentals of Marxism: Dialectics, Historical Materialism, and Class Struggle

Red Menace

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The Party and the Vanguard Party

The party can be understood as organized working class militants rooted fundamentally in the masses, spearheaded by the most advanced segment of the militant proletariat. The idea really comes out of Marx talking about the fact that the emancipation of the working class must be the act of theworking class itself. And I would just urge people to be on the lookout for constant caricatureization and to really think critically about what it means.

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