The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
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Marxist-Leninist propaganda is to boil
sheVize the party by connecting party
education all along the line with the
existing political problems and the
tactical and organizational tasks Of
the Communist International and of
the various Communist Parties. This
principle must underly the entire pro-
gram and the methods of Communist
propaganda work. Programs as well
as methods must concern themselves
with the practical side of party work.
While avoiding abstract educational
programs and methods as much as
possible the parties, however, must
endeaEor to provide party officials
and rank and file members with op-
portunitiea to acquire the theoretical
knowledge which Marxism-Leninism
offers to the working class and which
as the development of the Russian and
international revolutions have shown,
are alone capable of serving as a
guide to the final goal. Great care
must be taken, however, not to con-
trast Marxism to Leninism, or rather
the Marxism, of the life time of Marx
and Engels, to Leninism. At all costs
must we provide the conception aris-
ing that Marxism is the theory while
Leninism is the practice of the revo-
lutionary labor movement. Both
Marxism and Leninism comprise the
theory and practice of the working
class struggle for emancipation. They
represent the unity between revolu-
tionary theory and revolutionary prac-
tice, in contradistinction to the de-
cadent 'Marxism" of the Second Inter
national which adhering to so-called
orthodox Marxism separating theory
from practice; it rejected revolution
airy action in practice altho it recog-
nized it in theory. 'Leninism is Marx
ism of the epoch Of Imperialism and
proletarian revolution. To put it more
conciseIy: Leninism is the theory and
the tactics of the proletarian revolu,
ton in general, and the theory and
the tactics of the prolefarian dictator
ship in particular" (Stalin). This is
the basis for the program of Commu-
mist education, the methods Of Marx
ist-Leninist propaganda. The educa-
tional program in the Communist pro-
paganda instructions cannot consist
of Leninism without Marxism. In the
epoch of imperialist development and
proletarian revolution Marxism can
not be adequately advocated except in
the form Of Leninism.
81. Marxist-Leninist economics are
the theory of the state and must oc-
cupy prominent place in the syllabus
of party schools. Events in the epoch
of imperialism must serve as the basis
Of the study of economic theory. The
syllabus must also include the study
of the strategic, tactical, and organ
national problems Of the proletarian
revolution and the feminist solution
of these problems on the basis Of the
history of the Russian and interna-
tional revolution. Last but not least,
the syllabus must include the history
of the labor movement in the most
important countries and at home, as
well as the history of the party of
the given country, prominent place
being given to social conditions and
the role Of opportunism in the labor
movement. In agrarian countries, spe-
cial stress must be laid on the agrari-
an question and the relations between
the working class and the peasantry
as Lenin advocated it. OF special
Importance is-extensive and inten-
sive propaganda Of the theoretical and
tactical problems of armed rising and
civil war.
80. At no stage Of Communist Par
ty education must Marxist-Leninist
philosophy be lost sight Of. Marx,
Engels, and Lenin were all militant
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