Bolshevist
31st July 2004, 22:12
Since so many people here only see leninism as the varguard-party theory and nothing more, I just wanted to let people know there's more to it. I translated this text from Norwegian to English, so any spelling and/or grammatical errors are mine and not the author's.
1. Activity Duty
It means that everyone should take part in the life of the party. As one example, coming to meetings, take part in demonstrations by the party, supporting the party economically etc...
Here it is also important to have some flexibility because everyone can't/shouldn't be hyperactive. But the principle still is there. Also for the party leaders.
Why:
a) With passive members you will have many members that get very little impulses from the party, but rather from reactionary sources. Their ability to decide what is "right", and what is "wrong" will weaken and they can change the party towards the right.
b) That the leadership has obligation towards their members, may prevent a bureaucracy. It might prevent certain "deceases" you can get while you are in the leadership ("the members are so lazy - we are the real heroes") and supports the leaders foundation in the grass root members.
c) The communist party's job is to educate their members to becoming future leaders/organizers of the people's struggles/fights around the country. As a passive member, you will not get this education. If you are a passive member, but active in the union's, it could be possible to get a more socialdemocratic leaderstyle.
2: Small teams
To ensure democracy, and make it easier for people to be active, you should have small and active groups/teams. If the teams are too big, it will become more difficult to make sure people are active and the democracy might become weak. Small teams also make it more easy on how to organize people and accept new members and see their needs.
3: Democratic centralism
This is a principle that can be put to life in many ways, from a very tight implementation to a very loose one. It includes freedom to discussion inside the party, but a strong unity in actions. This is not dogmatic. Some times it is necessary that discussions inside the party also reaches out to the public. But as a principle members must follow the will of the majority of the party (when votes on issues etc) and decisions from higher organs in the party and discussions concerning the line of the party.
4: Security policies
As enemies of the bourgeoisie and their state, we will be monitored. Ranging from very mildly to very intense monitoring. This has been the case for 10 000 years and every class-society, in every country. That it suddenly stopped in the 90's for the Norwegian communists - I don't believe. We know that the state are monitoring us these days. What do you think the people are going to use the material they have been collecting? Do you think they would use enormous amounts of money on monitoring groups they do not consider enemies of their state? I don't think so.
I think that when the state machinery has secured enough information about what positions we have, what our privacy is, what window in the block that is our window, it is because they want to have the possibility to lock us up or worse. This is not paranoia, and I get pissed off when people say it is. Then you don't take the meaning of others seriously, and worse you don't take into account history and concrete knowledge. With security policies we can avoid a great deal of sanctions, we can continue working for the party non-legal, we can secure many members from persecution etc.
5: Economical Independence
Revolutionary who oppose and fight the bourgeoisie class-state should not be restrained economically by it. The biggest possible economically Independence is adviced, even in "peacetime". Is also connected with security policies. When you get a lot from the state, you get high consumptionhabits. It also increases the danger for bureaucracy.
1. Activity Duty
It means that everyone should take part in the life of the party. As one example, coming to meetings, take part in demonstrations by the party, supporting the party economically etc...
Here it is also important to have some flexibility because everyone can't/shouldn't be hyperactive. But the principle still is there. Also for the party leaders.
Why:
a) With passive members you will have many members that get very little impulses from the party, but rather from reactionary sources. Their ability to decide what is "right", and what is "wrong" will weaken and they can change the party towards the right.
b) That the leadership has obligation towards their members, may prevent a bureaucracy. It might prevent certain "deceases" you can get while you are in the leadership ("the members are so lazy - we are the real heroes") and supports the leaders foundation in the grass root members.
c) The communist party's job is to educate their members to becoming future leaders/organizers of the people's struggles/fights around the country. As a passive member, you will not get this education. If you are a passive member, but active in the union's, it could be possible to get a more socialdemocratic leaderstyle.
2: Small teams
To ensure democracy, and make it easier for people to be active, you should have small and active groups/teams. If the teams are too big, it will become more difficult to make sure people are active and the democracy might become weak. Small teams also make it more easy on how to organize people and accept new members and see their needs.
3: Democratic centralism
This is a principle that can be put to life in many ways, from a very tight implementation to a very loose one. It includes freedom to discussion inside the party, but a strong unity in actions. This is not dogmatic. Some times it is necessary that discussions inside the party also reaches out to the public. But as a principle members must follow the will of the majority of the party (when votes on issues etc) and decisions from higher organs in the party and discussions concerning the line of the party.
4: Security policies
As enemies of the bourgeoisie and their state, we will be monitored. Ranging from very mildly to very intense monitoring. This has been the case for 10 000 years and every class-society, in every country. That it suddenly stopped in the 90's for the Norwegian communists - I don't believe. We know that the state are monitoring us these days. What do you think the people are going to use the material they have been collecting? Do you think they would use enormous amounts of money on monitoring groups they do not consider enemies of their state? I don't think so.
I think that when the state machinery has secured enough information about what positions we have, what our privacy is, what window in the block that is our window, it is because they want to have the possibility to lock us up or worse. This is not paranoia, and I get pissed off when people say it is. Then you don't take the meaning of others seriously, and worse you don't take into account history and concrete knowledge. With security policies we can avoid a great deal of sanctions, we can continue working for the party non-legal, we can secure many members from persecution etc.
5: Economical Independence
Revolutionary who oppose and fight the bourgeoisie class-state should not be restrained economically by it. The biggest possible economically Independence is adviced, even in "peacetime". Is also connected with security policies. When you get a lot from the state, you get high consumptionhabits. It also increases the danger for bureaucracy.