The daily worker., 1926-01-09

THE agitprop department is the or
l. gan that directs upon a uniform
basis the entire agitation and propa-
ganda work Of the party, in all its
forms and on all fields Of work. It
is not a special or limited" depart
ment in the bad sense. On the con-
trary, its field Of work extends to all
departments; in cooperation with
these department IT. Celebrates the
methods and forms Of agitation and
propaganda.
The tasks Of the SsitproD can be
classed under two main heads:
(a) Agitation.
The entire external agitation work
verbal, written, pictorial, etc.) OF the
party (of all It's organs, of the frac-
tions. of the nuclei, local groups, dis
tries. etc.) Here belongs the regular
everyday work of winning members In
the factories, unions, ETC., at meet
ings. at demonstrations, the carrying
out Of campaigns Including election
campaigns), campaigns for the party
press, etc.
(bl Propaganda.
The entire party educational work,
the activity in study circles, groups,
courses, party schools, issuance OF
study material. etc. Organization OF
libraries. Training of comrades to
lead discussions, Ito give reports) on
various subjects. All internal party
work aiming at acquainting our mem
bership with the fundamentals and
methods of Marxism-Leninism.
The forms and methods of both OF
these types Of work are numerous
Nevertheless, these two fields OF WORK
stand in the closest relations with
each other. Without basic and ex
tensive propaganda of Marxism-Len'
inism there can be no effective agi
tation work among the masses.
Agitprop is not special work IN
the ordinary sense. What is spec
iaI" is the elaboration of particular
forms and methods of agitation and
propaganda. The concrete contents OF
agitprop are determined by the rela
tions Of the factory; for the fractions
by the relations in the unions; etc
The whole work must be carried on
along the political and tactical lines
laid down by the party.
The content Of the agitation, the
points of contact, the slogans, the con
crete aims-all depend upon the field
and basis Of our work. The methods
and forms of work, how we must agi
tate. how we must carry on a discus
sion, how we must organize meetings
how we must conduct ourselves in op.
ponent meetings, how to issue a nuc'
leus paper, how to construct our leaf
let's, throwaways, posters, etc, how to
distribute them, how to make the best
use OF our means OF agitation-this is
the task OF the agitprop. It is here
particularly that experiences must be
collected and transferred to the whole
party.
The same relations hold for oul
propaganda work also. Within the
nuclei and fractions, within all party
organs, we must begin campaign Of
elementary education in Marxism
Leninism. Which subjects we mus
take up first in the particular body
with what we must connect up oul
propaganda, what we must take up II
particular-the point OF departure o.
our whole propaganda and the success
sion Of subjects are determined by The
necessities and the requirements o
the particular field OF work and by
the stage Of maturity OF the comrades
In question.
But the how. the methods of propa
ganda, the working out OF the planl
Of teaching, the aid to verbal propa
ganda thru circulars and texts, thu
type of propaganda organizations L
choose-whether working groups
study circles, or party schools, is elab