Marx, Engels and the party

**redstar2000** · 8th March 2006, 23:15

Originally posted by red_che
Well, in Marx's view, the party in it's broad historical sense is one that has ideological, political and organizational leadership over the proletarian revolution. One party that leads the proletariat up to its complete victory, that is, from seizure of political power up to the complete abolition of private property and the establishment of communist society.

Source?

Here and there you might be able to scrape up a fragment from Marx or, more likely, Engels, to "justify" your inference that "this" is what Marx "expected to happen".

But in the form you phrase it, this was really Lenin's idea...though a logical extension of what the Kautskyist leadership of German Social Democracy essentially proposed as the "road to socialism".

Lenin gave it a "revolutionary spin"...and the "winner effect" took care of the rest.

Well, participation in reactionary elections can also be similar to going to court to file a petition against illegal arrest, or petition against union busting, or going to the streets in protest of a legislation of a certain anti-worker bill.

No, your first two examples only involve a few lawyers making appropriate mouth-noise.

And your last example -- "going to the streets" -- is what I propose as the proletarian alternative to bourgeois electioneering.

When people "take it to the streets", they approach the "borders" of bourgeois "right" and frequently cross those borders! What they want is more important than what bourgeois law "permits".

That opens up revolutionary possibilities...something that cannot happen when people simply dick around with electoral politics.

It is reformism when the struggle would be confined only and is limited to parliamentary forms of struggle that only calls for some reforms and hoping that these reforms would peacefully evolve into socialism.

The flow of resources is towards "parliamentary forms" of "struggle" and the socialist rhetoric is gradually abandoned in order to win more votes.

Even those who "started out" with revolutionary intentions end up as bourgeois politicians.

But the proletarian party can gain some seats in the local legislature, for example, or some local government positions, such as Mayoralty posts, that can be very helpful in further advancing the revolutionary struggle.

The city of Milwaukee (Wisconsin) had Socialist Party mayors for decades...it didn't "advance" squat. There are cities in Italy that have had "communist" mayors since the end of World War II...nice places to live from what I've read but not quite up to the level of the Paris Commune.

You seem to have a very exaggerated conception of "local powers" in bourgeois society.

For revolutionaries to participate in the reactionary elections, they must know the limitations and must set specific objectives and how can that further advance the revolution.

Carefully thought-out and well-planned folly is still folly!

**red_che** · 9th March 2006, 05:52

Source?

Here, in The Manifesto of the Communist Party. Read it carefully and understand what he says here.

In what relation do the Communists stand to the proletarians as a whole?

The Communists do not form a separate party opposed to the other working-class parties.

They have no interests separate and apart from those of the proletariat as a whole.

They do not set up any sectarian principles of their own, by which to shape and mould the proletarian movement.

The Communists are distinguished from the other working-class parties by this only: 1. In the national struggles of the proletarians of the different countries, they point out and bring to the front the common interests of the entire proletariat, independently of all nationality. 2. In the various stages of development which the struggle of the working class against the bourgeoisie has to pass through, they always and everywhere represent the interests of the movement as a whole.

The Communists, therefore, are on the one hand, practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working-class parties of every country, that section which pushes forward all others; on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the proletariat the advantage of clearly understanding the lines of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement.

The immediate aim of the Communists is the same as that of all other proletarian parties: formation of the proletariat into a class, overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy, conquest of political power by the proletariat.

(Italics and underlines are mine)

No, your first two examples only involve a few lawyers making appropriate mouth-noise.

No. The first two examples still need, and in fact, relies much more on the strength of a mass movement of the proletariat.

Such as participation in the elections also needs relies solely on the strength of the mass movement.

And your last example -- "going to the streets" -- is what I propose as the proletarian alternative to bourgeois electioneering.

When people "take it to the streets", they approach the "borders" of bourgeois "right" and frequently cross those borders! What they want is more important than what bourgeois law "permits".

That opens up revolutionary possibilities...something that cannot happen when people simply dick around with electoral politics.

It seems to be that it's just a matter of strategy and tactics how the mass movement and participation in the reactionary elections could be done in order to advance further the revolutionary movement.

The flow of resources is towards "parliamentary forms" of "struggle" and the socialist rhetoric is gradually abandoned in order to win more votes.

Even those who "started out" with revolutionary intentions end up as bourgeois politicians...

...The city of Milwaukee (Wisconsin) had Socialist Party mayors for decades...it didn't "advance" squat. There are cities in Italy that have had "communist" mayors since the end of World War II...nice places to live from what I've read but not quite up to the level of the Paris Commune.

You seem to have a very exaggerated conception of "local powers" in bourgeois society.

I'll give you a more fitting example.

The revolutionaries in the Philippines participates in the reactionary elections. And guess what? Their revolutionary struggle is advancing further. Take a look at their site: Philippine Revolution Web Central.

They have launched many successful tactical offensives in their armed struggle. These successes are achieved while the parliamentary struggle (legal mass movements in the cities including participation in the bourgeois reactionary government) are being done.

**redstar2000** · 9th March 2006, 12:18

Originally posted by The Communist Manifesto+--> (The Communist Manifesto)The Communists do not form a separate party opposed to the other working-class parties.[/b]

-- your emphasis.

Each separate Leninist party is opposed to all other Leninist parties...surely you are aware of this?

And to the extent that parties controlled by the bourgeoisie that still enjoy substantial working class support exist, all Leninist parties oppose them as well.

What really happens is that each Leninist party defines itself as the only "working class party".

Originally posted by The Communist Manifesto+--> (The Communist Manifesto)They do not set up any sectarian principles of their own, by which to shape and mould the proletarian movement.[/b]

All those pictures of Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky, Mao, etc. were just there for decoration?

Every Leninist party most certainly has and still does "set up sectarian principles of its own".

The most glaring of which is that it alone must rule!

The Communist Manifesto

@
In the various stages of development which the struggle of the working class against the bourgeoisie has to pass through, they always and everywhere represent the interests of the movement as a whole.

-- your emphasis.

No, they actually haven't done that...or at least only rarely. They say that they "represent the interests of the movement as a whole"...but, for example, how did it "represent the interests of the movement as a whole" for Stalin to sign a pact with Hitler or Mao with Nixon?

The history of 20th century Leninism is replete with examples of such behavior!

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Beyond these considerations, you might also consider that the Manifesto was written and circulated on the eve of the great wave of predominately bourgeois insurrections in 1848.

Does it really make sense to you to take "strategic advice" from a document now more than 150 years old?

red_che

The revolutionaries in the Philippines participate in the reactionary elections.

Do they? Can you link to a specific article on that site that explains why they do that? And what they imagine that they're getting out of that participation?

Because, frankly, that sounds "just crazy" to me! They have an armed struggle going...that's where their resources should be put!

Philippine bourgeois politics is a toxic waste dump of corruption, intrigue, and superstition...what could revolutionaries ever hope to gain from participating in that?

**red_che** · 11th March 2006, 11:28

Each separate Leninist party is opposed to all other Leninist parties...surely you are aware of this?

And to the extent that parties controlled by the bourgeoisie that still enjoy substantial working class support exist, all Leninist parties oppose them as well.

What really happens is that each Leninist party defines itself as the only "working class party".

Source?

Every Leninist party most certainly has and still does "set up sectarian principles of its own".

The most glaring of which is that it alone must rule!

Surely, you are not aware or don't know anything about Leninism.

Your accusations here are basically the same as what the bourgeois propagandists say.

No, they actually haven't done that...or at least only rarely. They say that they "represent the interests of the movement as a whole"...but, for example, how did it "represent the interests of the movement as a whole" for Stalin to sign a pact with Hitler or Mao with Nixon?

The pact with Mao, I have to read it first, I haven't seen the entire text yet. But that was in the "spirit" of Internationalism.

As for the pact with Hitler, this is so to at least delay the Nazi advance and aggression on Russia. But in the end, it was the Russians, the Bolsheviks who stopped Hitler and defeated the Nazis.

Regarding the pact with with Nixon, this I'm not really aware of. If you're kind enough to post, or give a link to the entire text of this agreement, I will be pleased and will read the text so I can make a xomment on that.

Now all of these were done to further advance the international proletarian movement

Do they? Can you link to a specific article on that site that explains why they do that? And what they imagine that they're getting out of that participation?

Because, frankly, that sounds "just crazy" to me! They have an armed struggle going...that's where their resources should be put!

Philippine bourgeois politics is a toxic waste dump of corruption, intrigue, and superstition...what could revolutionaries ever hope to gain from participating in that?

Their main strategy consists of:

1.) combination of armed struggle and parliamentary struggle, of which the armed struggle in the countryside is the primary form of struggle and the parliamentary struggle (including participation in the reactionary elections, peace talks with the reactionary government, etc.) as the secondary but essential form of struggle.

2.) combination of underground and aboveground organizing, wherein legal and democratic mass movements are established with the communist party serving as the backbone of all these organizations.

However, the CPP does not directly participate. It is the legal democratic mass organizations that participate, for obvious reasons of security.

I tried to look for articles concerning their participation in their site, but I think these were already removed. But here are some links that can be helpful in unferstanding their revolutionary struggle:

Our Urgent Tasks

Specific Characteristics of our People's War

Philippine Society and Revolution

**Led Zeppelin** · 11th March 2006, 15:41

Originally posted by redstar2000
Each separate Leninist party is opposed to all other Leninist parties...surely you are aware of this?

And to the extent that parties controlled by the bourgeoisie that still enjoy substantial working class support exist, all Leninist parties oppose them as well.

What really happens is that each Leninist party defines itself as the only "working class party".

How do you explain the Bolsheviks being able to form an international with parties from all over the world?

Of course there are still parties today who claim to be Leninist and do not oppose other 'Leninist' parties who have about the same views as them. You're basically wrong.

**redstar2000** · 11th March 2006, 19:54

Alas, red_che, you are once again reduced to apologetics and diversions. I suppose that you feel you "must" say "whatever's necessary" to defend 20th century Leninism as best you can...but you don't really offer any substantive arguments.

To say that "surely, you are not aware or don't know anything about Leninism" or "your accusations here are basically the same as what the bourgeois propagandists say" is just completely meaningless.

Likewise, "The pact with Mao [and Nixon]...was in the 'spirit' of Internationalism" or "as for the pact with Hitler, this was so to at least delay the Nazi advance and aggression on Russia" is just noise.

Your excuses have the same semantic content as, for example, "the reason the U.S. used the atomic bomb on Japan was to save American lives"...zero!

Originally posted by red_che+--> (red_che)Now all of these were done to further advance the international proletarian movement.[/b]

Blah, blah, blah.

Marxism-Leninism

How do you explain the Bolsheviks being able to form an international with parties from all over the world?

The "winner effect". There are probably no longer any people still alive who remember the enormous prestige that the Bolsheviks enjoyed after 1917.

Had they suggested that "every revolutionary" must eat one dog turd a day, the sidewalks of western cities would have suddenly been one heck of a lot cleaner.

The political devolution of those parties is a much sadder story.

**red_che** · 12th March 2006, 06:08

I suppose that you feel you "must" say "whatever's necessary" to defend 20th century Leninism as best you can...but you don't really offer any substantive arguments.

I don't know what kind of big fuss you're making here. It's as if anytime or most of the time I have a copy of those pacts, and that I can't explain them. :angry:

Resdstar, as i said, I have to read them first. I am not avoiding it. Until now, I am looking for those texts. I have, in fact, called so many friends of mine to ask if they have a copy of that or at least knew where to get one. Wait until I have them and I'll answer your queries.

Or, if you're kind enough, can you give a link to a possible site where those texts can be found.

**redstar2000** · 12th March 2006, 11:11

Mao

Nixon...

http://www.nixoncenter.org/publications/Re...2_Nixon30th.htm

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episo...ments/us.china/

**Led Zeppelin** · 13th March 2006, 21:41

Originally posted by RS+--> (RS)The "winner effect". There are probably no longer any people still alive who remember the enormous prestige that the Bolsheviks enjoyed after 1917.
[/b]

Why did you ignore the second part of my post?

Let me repeat:

Marxism-Leninism

Of course there are still parties today who claim to be Leninist and do not oppose other 'Leninist' parties who have about the same views as them. You're basically wrong.

**Lamanov** · 13th March 2006, 21:54

Originally posted by Marxism-Leninism
Of course there are still parties today who claim to be Leninist and do not oppose other 'Leninist' parties who have about the same views as them. You're basically wrong.

So why are there so many fucking Leninist parties and "Internationals"??

Parties formerly associated with the World Marxist Review (Problems of Peace and Socialism)

Communist Party of Argentina (Partido Comunista de la Argentina, PCA)
Communist Party of Australia (CPA), formerly the Socialist Party of Australia
Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs, KPÖ)
Communist Party of Bangladesh (Bangladesher Communist Party)
Belarusian Party of Communists (Partyia Kamunistau Belaruskaia, PKB) periodical Tovarishch
Communist Party - Flanders (Kommunistische Partij - Vlaanderen, KP), Belgium
Communist Party - Wallonia (Parti Communiste - Wallonie, PC) regional organization, Belgium
Democratic Progressive Tribune Society (Jami'at Al-Minbar al-Taqaddum al-Dimuqrati, al-Minbar), Bahrain, founded by members of National Liberation Front/Bahrain
National Democratic Action Society (Jami'at al-Amal al-Watani al-Dimuqrati), other page, other page, founded by members of National Liberation Front/Bahrain
Communist Party of Canada (Communist Party of Canada / Parti Communiste du Canada, CPC/PCC)
Communist Party of Quebec (Parti Communiste du Québec, PCQ)
Communist Party of Chile (Partido Comunista de Chile, PCC)
Colombian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Colombiano, PCC)
Communist Party of Cuba (Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC), periodical Granma
Progressive Party of Working People (Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou, AKEL), Cyprus
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Komunistická strana Cech a Moravy, KSCM), Czech Republic
Communist Party of Denmark (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti, DKP)
Revolution Force (Fuerza de la Revolución), Dominican Republic, merger of the Communist Party and other groups updated February 05
Egyptian Communist Party (Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Misri)
French Communist Party (Parti Communiste Français, PCF)
Communist Refounders (Réfondateurs Communistes)
Communist Regroupment (Regroupement Communiste)
Facts and Analysis (Faits et Analyses)
Glaring Reds (Rouges Vifs) regional group
New Communist Left / Popular Association for Mutual Aid (Nouvelle Gauche Communiste / Association Populaire d'Entraide)
Pole of Communist Renaissance in France (Pole de Renaissance Communiste en France, PCRF)
Reconstruct the PCF (Reconstruire le PCF, RPCF) added February 05
Struggle (Combat)
German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei, DKP)
Communist Party of Greece (Kommounistiko Komma Elladas, KKE)
Communist Party of India (Bharatiya Kamyunista Parti, CPI)
Party of the Masses of Iran (Hezb-e Tudeh-ye Iran), periodical Rahe Tudeh
Iraqi Communist Party (Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-'Iraqi, ICP)
Kurdistan Communist Party, other page
Communist Party of Ireland (Pairtí Cummanach na hÉireann, CPI)
Communist Party of Israel (Miflagah ha-Komunistit ha-Yisre'elit / al-Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Isra'ili, MAKI)
Japanese Communist Party (Nihon Kyôsantô, Nikkyo)
Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Kommuniststicheskaya Partiya Kazakhstana / Kazakstan Kommunistyk Partiyasy)
National Democratic Front of South Korea (Han-min-jeon)
Lebanese Communist Party (Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Lubnani / Parti Communiste Libanais, PCL)
Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Sociâlistiskâ Partija / Socialisticheskaya Partiya Latvii, LSP)
Communist Party of Luxemburg (Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg / Parti Communiste Luxembourgeois, KPL/PCL) periodical Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollek
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (Partidul Comunistilor din Republica Moldova, PCRM)
Party of Progress and Socialism (Hizb al-Taqaddum wa-al-Ishtirakiyah / Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, PPS) periodical Al Bayane, Morocco
Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti, NKP)
Communist Party of Pakistan [Khaskheli] (CPP[Khaskheli])
Palestinian People's Party (Hizb al-Sha'b al-Filastini, PPP)
Peruvian Communist Party [Unity] (Partido Comunista Peruano [Unidad], PCP[Unidad])
Portuguese Communist Party (Partido Comunista Português, PCP)
All-Russian Communist Party of the Future (Vserossiiskaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Budushchego, VKPB) updated February 05
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiiskoi Federatsii, KPRF)
South African Communist Party (SACP)
Communist Party of Spain (Partido Comunista de España, PCE)
Sudanese Communist Party (Al-Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Sudani, HSS)
Swiss Labour Party (Parti Suisse du Travail / Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz / Partito Svizzero del Lavoro, PdA/PST/PdL), mirror page
Syrian Communist Party [Faysal] (Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Suri [Faysal]) periodical Al-Nur
Communist Party of Turkey [Harvest] (Türkiye Komünist Partisi [Ürün])
Communist Party of Ukraine (Komunistychna Partiya Ukrainy, KPU)
All-Ukrainian Workers Union (Vseukrains'kiy Soyuz Rabochykh, VSR)
Communist Party of Uruguay (Partido Comunista del Uruguay, PCU)
Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Unio (Soyuz Kommunisticheskih Partii - Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, SKP-KPSS)
Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
Communist Party of Venezuela (Partido Comunista de Venezuela, PCV)
Communist Party of Vietnam (Dang Cong san Viêt Nam / Parti Communiste Vietnamien)
Others parties with a similar political orientation

United Cyprus Party (Birlesik Kibris Partisi, BKP), Cyprus/TRNC updated February 05
Workers' Party (Pairtí na nOibrí), Ireland
Socialist Popular Party of Mexico (Partido Popular Socialista de México, PPS México)
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Jabhah al-Dimuqratiyah li-Tahrir Filastin, DFLP) periodical Al-Huriyah
New Romanian Communist Party - Initiative Committee (Noul Partid Comunist Român - Comitetul de Initiativa)
Communist Party of Kurdistan (Partiya Komunistê Kurdistan / Kürdistan Komünist Partisi, PKK/KKP), Turkey
Communist Party of Turkey [ex-SIP] (Türkiye Komünist Partisi [ex-SIP])
Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanisma Partisi, ÖDP), merger of several leftist currents, among them the majority of the United Communist Party of Turkey (TBKP)
Leftist splits from communist parties

Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme, PADS)
Communist Party - Extraordinary Congress (Partido Comunista - Congreso Extraordinario, PC(CE)), Argentina added February 2005
Communist Refoundation (Refundación Comunista), Argentina
Communist Initiative (Kommunistische Initiative, KI), Austria updated April 05
Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro, PCB), split from the Socialist Popular Party (PPS) that was formerly called PCB
Marxist Leninist Communist Party (Partido Comunista Marxista Leninista), Brazil
Bulgarian Workers-Peasants Party (Bulgarska Rabotnichesko-Selska Partiya, BRSP) updated April 05
Bulgarian Workers Socialist Party (Bulgarska Rabotnicheska Sotsialisticheska Partiya, BRSP) added April 05
Canadians for Peace and Socialism updated April 05
Costarrican People's Party (Partido del Pueblo Costarricense, PPC) periodical Libertad, Costa Rica, split from the Popular Vanguard Party (PVP)
Socialist Workers Party of Croatia (Socijalisticka Radnicka Partija Hrvatske, SRP)
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Komunistická strana Çeskoslovenska, SCK), split from Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM)
Communist Party in Denmark (Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark, KPiD), split from the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP)
Communist Party of Finland (Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue, SKP), split from Leftist Alliance
Communist Workers' Party (Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue, KTP), split from the Communist Party of Finland
League of Communists (Kommunistien Liitto), Finland, split from KTP
Union of Revolutionaries-Communists of France (Union des Révolutionnaires-Communistes de France, URCF) updated February 05
Communists (Communistes), France, split from French Communist Party (PCF)
Communist Party of Britain (CPB), split from the Communist Party of Great Britain (today the New Times Network)
Communist Party of Great Britain - Provisional Central Committee (CPGB-PCC), split from Communist Party of Great Britain
New Communist Party (NCP), Great Britain, split from the Communist Party of Great Britain (today the Democratic Left)
New Left Current (Neo Aristero Reuma, NAR), split from the Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
Workers' Party (Munkáspárt), split from the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP, today the Hungarian Socialist Party)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), split from the Communist Party of India (CPI)
Iraqi Communist Party - Cadre (Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-'Iraqi - al-Kader)
Israeli Communist Forum, split from the Communist Party of Israel
Movement for the Unity of Communists (Movimento per l'Unità dei Comunisti, UC) regional group, Italy
Party of Communist Refoundation (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC), Italy
Bandiera Rossa Association (Associazione Bandiera Rossa, ABR), periodical Erre
Communism from below (Comunismo dal basso)
Communist Project - Programatic Area of the PRC (Progetto Comunista - Area Programmatica del PRC)
l'ernesto
Red Line (Linea Rossa)
Reds Association (Associazione Reds)
Revolutionary Marxist Association "Communist Project" (Associazione Marxista Rivoluzionaria "Progetto Comunista")
Sickle Hammer (Falce Martello)
Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, PdCI), right wing split from PRC
Popular Democracy (United Left) (Democrazia Popolare (Sinistra Unita), DP(SU)) added February 05
Communist Party for Independence and Socialism (Pati Kominis pou Lendépandans èk Sosyalism / Parti Communiste pour l'Indépendance et le Socialisme, PKLS/PCIS), split from Martinican Communist Party (PCM)
Party of Communists (Partido de los Comunistas), founded by Party of Mexican Communists and Party of the Socialist Revolution (PRS), both founed by ex-members of Socialist Popular Party (PPS) and Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
New Communist Party of the Netherlands (Nieuwe Communistische Partij van Nederland, NCPN), split from the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) which merged in GreenLeft
United Communist Party (Verenigde Communistische Partij, VCP), Netherlands, split from NCPN
Socialist Party of Aotearoa (SPA), New Zealand, New Zealand, split from the Socialist Unity Party (SUP)
Movement for Socialism (Bevegelsen for Sosialisme), Norway, split from NKP
Communist Party of Poland (Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP)
Polish Socialist Workers Party (Polska Socjalistyczna Partia Robotnicza, PSPR) added February 05
Communist Refoundation (Refundación Comunista), Puerto Rico
Communist Party of Russia - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Rossiiskaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya - Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, RKP-KPSS) unofficial, split from the CPSU
Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Respublikii Tatarstan, KPRT), Russia
Communists of Working Russia (Kommunisty Trudovoii Rossii, KTP) / Working Russia (Trudovaya Rossiya)
Russian Communist Party - Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Rossiiskaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya - Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, RKP-KPSS), split from the CPSU
Russian Communist Workers' Party - Revolutionary Party of Communists (Rossiiskaya Kommunisticheskaya Rabochaya Partiya - Revoliutsionnaya Partiya Kommunistov, RKRP-RPK)
Union of Communists (Soyuz Kommunistov, SK) unofficial, Russia, split from the CPSU
Union of Marxists (Soyuz Marksistov), Russia
San Marino Communist Refoundation (Rifondazione Comunista Sammarinese)
League of Communists of Yugoslavia in Serbia (Savez Komunista Jugoslavije u Srbiji, SKJ u Srbiji) local group, Serbia and Montenegro
Communist Party of Slovakia (Komunistická Strana Slovenska, KSS), split from the Party of the Democratic Left, the former KSS
Canarian Comunist Militants Organized in Cells (Militantes Comunistas Canarios Organizados en Células), Spain
Cell for the Reconstruction of the Canarian Communist Party (Célula para la reconstrucción del Partido Comunista Canario, CRCCP), Spain updated February 05
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España, PCPE), split from the PCE
Party of the Communists of Catalonia (Partit dels Comunistes de Catalunya, PCC), Spain, split from the United Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC)
Spanish Communist Workers' Party (Partido Comunista Obrero Español, PCOE) updated February 05
United Socialist Party of Catalonia-Living (Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya - Viu; PSUC-Viu), Spain, leftist split from original PSUC
Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, SKP), split from the Left Party Communists (today the Left Party)
National Committee for the Unity of the Syrian Communists (Lajnah al-Wataniyah li-Wahdah Shuyu'iyin Suriyin), periodical Kassioun, Syria
Syrian Communist Party - Political Bureau (Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Suri - al-Maktab al-Siyasi)
Communist Party of Turkey [Workers Voice] (Türkiye Komünist Partisi [Iscinin Sesi], TKP[IS]), split from TKP
Factory (Fabrika), Turkey, origin in TIP
Truth (Gercek), Turkey, origin in SIP (now TKP)
Union of Communists of Ukraine (Soyuz Kommunistiv Ukrainy) periodical Marksizm i Sovremennost, split from Communist Party of Ukraine
All-Union Communist Party bolsheviks (Vsesoyuznaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya bol'shevikov, VKPb), ex-USSR, split from CPSU
Communist Party of the Soviet Union [S. Skvortsov] (Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza [S. Skvortsova]), ex-USSR
Communist Party of the Soviet Union [Shenin] (Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza [Shenin], KPSS[Shenin] updated February 05
Communist Party of the Union (Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Soyuza, KPS) Moscow organization, split from Communist Parties of several republics of the former USSR updated February 05
Marxist Platform (Marksistskaya Platforma), ex-USSR, rest of Marxist Platform of CPSU
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Nova Komunisticka Partija Jugoslavije, NKPJ), split from the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Ex-Communists

Socialist Party of Albania (Partia Socialiste ë Shqipërisë, PSS) added February 05
Democratic and Social Movement (Mouvement Démocratique et Social, MDS), formerly the Socialist Vanguard Party (PAGS), Algeria
Social Democratic Party Bosnia and Hercegovina (Socijaldemokratska partija Bosne i Hercegovine, SDP BiH), formerly the League of Communists
Socialist Popular Party (Partido Popular Socialista, PPS), formerly the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)
Bulgarian Socialist Party (Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiya, BSP), formerly the Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP)
Cambodian People's Party (Parti du Peuple Cambodgien / Kanakpak Pracheachon, Prachor)
Socialdemocratic Party of Croatia (Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske, SDPH), formerly the League of Communists of Croatia
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí de Liberación Nacional, FMLN), the Communist Party of El Salvador (PCS) became part of it
Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party (Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Tööpartei, ESDTP), formerly the Communist Party of Estonia
Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto/Vänsterförbundet, VL), founded by Finnish Communist Party (SKP)
Party of Democratic Socialism (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus, PDS), mirror page, formerly the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
New Politics Network, Great Britain, formerly the Democvratic Left which was the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB)
Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos tis Aristeras kai tis Proodou, SYN), founded mostly by groups that split from KKE at different times
Inuit Community (Inuit Ataqatigiit, IA), Greenland
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, URNG), communist Guatemalan Labour Party (PGT) merged in it
People's Progressive Party (PPP), Guyana
Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSzP), formerly the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP)
Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin), Iceland, includes the formerly communist People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagid)
Democratic People's Party of Iran (Hezb-e Demokratik-e Mardom-e Iran), split from Party of the Masses of Iran (Tudeh Party)
Organization of Iranian People's Fedaian (Majority) (Sazman-e Feda'iyan-e Khalq-e Iran (Aksariyat), OIPFM)
Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra, DS), formerly the Italian Communist Party (PCI)
Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (Lietuvos Socialdemokratu Partija, LSDP), the former Communist Party of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party (Lietuvos Demokratinë Darbo Partija) merged with it in 2001
Social-Democratic League of Macedonia (Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija, SDSM), formerly the Communist League of Macedonia
Democratic Revolution Party (Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD)
Emiliano Zapata Brigades of the PRD (Brigadas Emiliano Zapata del PRD, BEZ-PRD)
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (Mongol Ardyn Chuvsgalt Nam)
Green Left (GroenLinks), Netherlands, the former Communist Party (CPN) became part of it
Alliance of the Democratic Left (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD), the Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland (SdRP, formerly the Polish United Workers Party (PZPR)) became part of it
Party of Democrats (Partito dei Democratici), San Marino added February 05
Independence and Labour Party (Parti de l'Indépendance et du Travail, PIT), Senegal
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (Demokratska Partija Socijalista Crne Gore, DPS), Serbia and Montenegro, formerly the League of Communists of Montenegro
Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalisticka Partija Srbije, SPS), Serbia and Montenegro, merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and the Socialist Alliance of Working People
Party of the Democratic Left (Strana Demokratickej L'avice, SDL&#39

, formerly the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS)
United List of Social Democrats (Zdruzena Lista Socialnih Demokratov, ZLSD), Slovenia, încludes the former League of Communists of Slovenia
Initiative for Catalonia - Greens (Iniciativa per Catalunya - Verds, IC), Spain, contains the majority of the United Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) which was part of the PCE
United Socialist Party of Catalonia (Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya, PSUC), Spain
Left Party (Vänsterpartiet, V), Sweden, formerly the Left Party Communists (VPK)
Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanisma Partisi, ÖDP), contains the majority of the former United Communist Party of Turkey (TBKP)
People's Democratic Party (Narodno-Demokratychna Partiya, NDP), Ukraine, one of the successors of the the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU)
Socialist Party of Ukraine (Sotsialistychna Partiya Ukrainy, SPU), one of the successors of the the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU)

International Communist Seminars (Brussels)

Parties adhering to Maoism or Mao-Tsetung-Thought

Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Parties waging or supporting People's War

International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organisations [Maoist]

Revolutionary Communist Party (Partido Comunista Revolucionario, PCR), Argentina
Communist Party of Colombia - Maoist (Partido Comunista de Colombia - Maoísta, PCC-M), other page
Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands, MLPD)
Communist Organization of Greece (Kommounistiki Organosi Elladas, KOE)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy (CPI-ML(ND))
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) [Kanu Sanyal]
Committees for the Support of the Resistance - For Communism (Comitati di Appoggio alla Resistenza - per il Comunismo, CARC)
Commission for the Preparation of the Foundation Congress of the (New) Italian Communist Party (Commissione Preparatoria del congresso di fondazione del (nuovo) Partito comunista italiano)
Popular Front for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Fronte Popolare per la ricostruzione del partito comunista, FP-rpc)
Group of Marxist-Leninists/Red Morning (Groep van Marxisten-Leninisten/Rode Morgen), Netherlands
Workers' Communist Party (Arbeidernes Kommunistparti, AKP), Norway
Communist Party of the Philippines (Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas, CPP)
National Democratic Front (NDF)
Russian Maoist Party (Rossiiskaya Maoistskaya Partiya)
Labour Party (Partija Rada), Serbia/Montenegro
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist, TKP/ML)
Revolutionary Communist Party (Partido Comunista Revolucionario, PCR), Uruguay
Ray O. Light unofficial, USA added February 05
Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM)
other unofficial page

Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan (Hizb-e Komunist-e Maoist-e Afghanistan)
Revolutionary Front Marxist - Leninist Maoist (Frente Revolucionario - Marxista Leninista Maoísta, FR-MLM), Bolivia, close to RIM
Union of Communist Revolutionaries (Maoists) (Unión de Revolucionarios Comunistas (Maoístas)), Chile, close to RIM added February 05
Communist Workers' Union (Marxist-Leninist Maoist) (Unión Obrera Comunista (Marxista-Leninista-Maoísta), UOC(mlm)), Colombia, close to RIM
Revolutionary Communist Group of Columbia (Grupo Comunista Revolucionario de Colombia, GCR)
Communist Party of India (Maoist) (CPI(M)) added February 05
Communist Party of Iran (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) (Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran (Marksist-e Leninist-e Maoist-e))
Iraqi Revolutionary Marxist-Leninists Regroupment (Al-Tajammu' al-Marksiyin al-Leniniyin al-Thawriyin al-Iraqiyin), close to RIM
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), unofficial, unofficial
Communist Party of Peru [Louminous Path] (Partido Comunista del Perú [Sendero Luminoso]), unofficial page, unofficial page, periodical El Diario Internacional
Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) periodical Revolutionary Worker, USA
Maoist Communist Party (Maoist Komünist Partisi, MKP), Turkey
Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist (Maoist Party Centre) (Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist (Maoist Parti Merkezi))
Others

Afghanistan Liberation Organization (Sazman-e Reha'i-ye Afghanistan, ALO)
Liberation Party (Partido de la Libéracion, PL), Argentina
Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) (CPA-ML) periodical Vanguard updated April 05
Marxist-Leninist Party of Austria (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Österreichs, MLPÖ)
Workers' Party of Belgium (Parti du Travail de Belgique / Partij van de Arbeid van België, PTB/PvdA)
Communist Party of Brazil - Red Faction (Partido Comunista do Brasil - Fração Vermelha, PCdoB-FV) periodical A Nova Democracia
Revolutionary Communist Party (Organizing Committees) / Parti communiste révolutionnaire (comités d'organisation) (PCR(co)/RCP(OC)), Canada
Communist Party of China (Zhongguo Gongchandang) updated February 05
Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong
Labour Party of Colombia (Partido del Trabajo de Colombia, PTC-Moirista)
Revolutionary and Independent Workers' Movement (Movimiento Obrero Independiente y Revolucionario, MOIR), Colombia
Patriotic Front for the Renovation and the Progress (Front Patriotique pour le Renouveau et le Progrès, FP-RP), Congo, Democratic Republic added February 05
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovakian Workers Party (Komunistická strana Ceskoslovenska - Ceskoslovenská strana práce, KSC-CSSP)
Communist Party of the Dominican Republic (Partido Comunista de la República Dominicana, Pacoredo)
Dominican Workers' Party (marxist-leninist) (Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos (marxista-leninista), PTD-ml)
Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) (Parti Communiste (marxiste-léniniste-maoïste)), France
Against the Current (Gegen die Strömung), Germany
Communist Party of Germany/Marxists-Leninists (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands/Marxisten-Leninisten, KPD/ML)
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece (Marxistiko-Leninistiko - Kommounistiko Komma Elladas, M-L KKE)
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (Organosi gia tin Anasyngrotisi tou Kommounistiko Komma Elladas, OAKKE)
Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece (Epanastatiko Kommounistiko Kinima Elladas, EKKE)
Communist Workers Newspaper Group (Gruppe Kommunistische Arbeiterzeitung, K.AZ), Germany
New Unity Group (Gruppe Neue Einheit), Germany
Workers League for the Reconstruction of the KPD (Arbeiterbund für den Wiederaufbau der KPD, AB), Germany
Communist Party of Greece (marxist-leninist) (Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (marxistiko-leninistiko), KKE(m-l))
Communist League of India (Marxist-Leninist) [Lal Salaam] added May 05
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI-ML Liberation)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) [Mahadev Mukherjee] (CPI-ML[MM])
National Socialist Council of Nagaland [Issak/Muivah] (NSCN[I/M]), India
United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), India
Revolutionary Labour Party of Iran (Hezb-e Kar-e Enqelabi-ye Iran)
Toilers Party of Iran (Hezb-e Ranjbaran Iran)
Italian Marxist-Leninist Party (Partito Marxista-Leninista Italiano, PMLI)
Red Line - for the Reconstitution of the Communist Party (Linearossa - per la Ricostruzione del Partito Comunista), Italy
Red Line (Linea Rossa), other page, Italy, faction inside PRC
Japan Communist Party (Action Faction) (Nihon Kyôsantô (Kôdô-ha))
Japan Labor Party (Nihon Rôdôtô)
Workers' Communist Party (Rôdôsha Kyôsantô), Japan
Workers Socialist League (Rôdôsha Shakaishugi Dômei, Rôshadô), Japan
Communist Party of Burma [White Flag] (Bama Pyi Comyuni Pati [Alan-Pyu], CPB)
Communist Party of Aotearoa (CPA), New Zealand
Serve the People - a marxist-leninist group (Tjen Folket - ei marxist-leninistisk gruppe), Norway
Communist Workers Peasants Party (Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party, CMKP), Pakistan
Patriotic Front of the Socialist Left (Patriotyczny Front Lewicy Socjalistycznej, PFLS), Poland
Communist Party of the Portuguese Workers (Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses, PCTP)
Communist Party of Spain [Maoist] (Partido Comunista de España [Maoista], PCE)
Communist Party of Spain (reconstituted) (Partido Comunista de España (reconstituido), PCE®)
Communist Unification of Spain (Unificación Comunista de España / Komunisten Batasuna, UCE)
New Revolutionary Workers' Organization of Spain (Nueva Organización Revolucionaria de los Trabajadores de España, nORTe)
New Workers' Newspaper (Nya Arbetartidningen, Nya AT), Sweden
United Communist Party (Birlesik Komünist Parti, BKP) periodical Uzun Yürüyüs, Turkey
Workers Party (Isçi Partisi), Turkey
Freedom Road Socialist Organization [Fight Back] (FRSO), USA
Freedom Road Socialist Organization [Freedom Road] (FRSO), USA
Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM), USA
Organizing Committee to form the Communist Party USA (Marxist-Leninist) unofficial added February 05
Progressive Labor Party (PLP), other page, USA
Parties formerly associated with the Labour Party of Albania

International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organisations [Hoxhaist]

Albanian Communist Party (Partia Komuniste Shqiptare, PKSH) added February 05
Revolutionary Communist Party (Partido Comunista Revolucionário, PCR), Brazil
Chilenian Communist Party (Proletarian Action) (Partido Comunista Chileno (Acción Proletaria), PC(AP))
Communist Party of Colombia (marxist-leninist) (Partido Comunista de Colombia (marxista-leninista), PCdeC(ml)) added February 05
Workers' Communist Party (Arbejderpartiet Kommunisterne), Denmark
Communist Labour Party (Partido Comunista del Trabajo), Dominican Republic
Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (Partido Comunista Marxista Leninista del Ecuador, PCMLE)
Democratic Popular Movement (Movimiento Popular Democrático, MPD)
Communist Party of Germany [Red Morning] (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands [Roter Morgen], KPD)
Workers Communist Party of the France (Parti Communiste des Ouvriers de France, PCOF)
Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece (1918-55) (Kinisi gia Anasyntaxi tou Kommounistikou Kommatos Elladas (1918-55)), Greece added May 05
Labour Party of Iran (Hezb-e Kar-e Iran, Toufan)
Organization for the Communist Party of the Proletariat of Italy (Organizzazione per il Partito Comunista del Proletariato d'Italia)
Communist Party of Mexico (marxist-leninist) (Partido Comunista de Mexico (marxista-leninista), PCM(M-L))
ML-group Revolution (ML-gruppa Revolusjon), Norway
State Committee of Communist Organizations (Coordinación Estatal de Organizaciones Comunistas, CEOC), Spain
Communist Collective 27 September (Colectivo Comunista 27 de Septiembre, 27-S)
Communist Organization of the Valencian Country (Organización Comunista del País Valenciano / Organització Comunista del País Valencià, OCPV), Spain updated February 05
October Communist Organization (Organización Comunista "Octubre"), Spain
Communist Party of Tunisian Workers (Parti Communiste des Ouvriers Tunisiens / Hizb al-'Ummal al-Shuyu'i, PCOT)
Revolutionary Communist Party of Turkey (Türkiye Devrimci Komünist Partisi, TDKP), other page
Labourers Party (Emegin Partisi, Emep), legal wing of TDKP
Communist International Marxists-Leninists

Communist Party of Germany/Marxists-Leninists [Red Morning] (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands/Marxisten-Leninisten [Roter Morgen], KPD/ML)
Setup Organization of the New Workers Party, Marxists-Leninists (Opbouworganisatie van de Nieuwe Arbeiderspartij - Marxisten Leninisten, NAP-ML (Opbouworganisatie), Netherlands
Others

Communist Party of Albania "8 November" (Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë "8 Nëntori") added February 05
Labour Party of Albania (Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSH)
Advance Group (Grupo Avanzar), Argentina
Marxist-Leninist Bloc (Bloc Marxiste-Léniniste / Marxistisch-leninistisch Blok), Belgium
Communist Collective Aurora (Communistisch Collectief Aurora), Belgium
Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brasil, PCdoB)
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (CPC(ML))
Marxist-Leninist Party of Quebec (Parti Marxiste-Léniniste du Québec, PMLQ)
Socialist Party of Cyprus (Kibris Sosialist Partisi, KSP) updated February 05
Communist Party of Denmark/Marxists-Leninists (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti/Marxister-Leninister, DKP/ML)
Workers' Party of Ecuador (Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador, PTE)
Revolutionary Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (Marxiste-Léniniste)), France added February 05
Communist Party of Germany/Marxists-Leninists [Red Star] (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands/Marxisten-Leninisten [Roter Stern], KPD/ML)
Organization for the build-up of a communist workers party of Germany (Organisation für den Aufbau einer kommunistischen Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands) periodical Arbeit Zukunft updated February 05
Red October - Organization for the Build-up of the Communist Party in Germany (Roter Oktober - Organisation zum Aufbau der Kommunistischen Partei in Deutschland), Germany updated February 05
Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) (CPB (M-L))
Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) (RCPB-ML)
Communist Ghadar Party of India (CGPI)
Organization for Peoples Empowerment (Lok Raj Sangathan, LRS)
Revolutionary Democracy, India
Spark (Scintilla), Italy
Polish Party of the Working Class - Initiative Group (Polska Partia Klasy Robotniczej - Grupa Inicjatywna) added February 05
Popular Democratic Union (União Democrática Popular, UDP), Portugal
Proletarian Communist Organization (Marxist-Bolshevik) of Portugal (Organização Comunista Proletária (Marxista-Bolchevique) de Portugal, OCP(MB)P)
Communist Party of Togo (Parti Communiste du Togo, PCT)
Communist Party - Build Up Organization (Reorganization Coordination) (Komunist Partisi - Insa Örgütü (Yeniden Örgütlenme Koordinasyonu), KP-IÖ[YÖK]) periodical Ileri, Turkey updated February 05
Communist Party - Build Up Organization [DHB] (Komunist Partisi - Insa Örgütü [DHB], KP-IÖ[DHB]) periodical Devrimci Halkin Birligi
Communist Voice Organization, USA
US Marxist-Leninist Organization (USMLO) periodical Voice of Revolution
Ex-Maoist Parties

Socialist Party of Albania (Partia Socialiste ë Shqipërisë, PSS) updated February 05
Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Party (Yethiopia Hizbawi Abyotawi Party, EPRP), center
Analysis and Critique (Analyse und Kritik, AK; formerly the Communist League), Germany, left socialist
Association for Socialist Politics (Vereinigung für Sozialistische Politik), Germany, radical leftist
Communist Debate (Kommunistische Debatte), Germany, radical leftist
Forum of Communist Working Groups (Forum kommunistischer Arbeitsgemeinschaften), Germany, formerly League of West German Communits (BWK)
Communist Party of Iran (Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran, CPI)
Kurdistan Organisation of the Communist Party of Iran (Sazman-e Kordestan-e Hezb-e Komunist-e Iran, Komalah)
Iraqi Communist Party - Central Command (Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Iraqi - Al-Qiyadah al-Markaziyah), periodical Al-Ghad
New Unity (Nuova Unità), Italy
Workers Communist Party (Rôdôsha Kyôsantô), Japan, marxist-leninist
Militants for the Progress of Madagascar (Militants pour le Progrès de Madagascar / Mpitolona ho Amin'ny Fampandrosoan'i Madagaskar, MFM), liberal
Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo, PT), Mexico, left socialist
Revolutionary Popular Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Popular Revolucionario, PDPR), Mexico, radical leftist
The Democratic Way (Annahj Democrati / La Voie Démocratique), Morocco
Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) (Nepal Kamyunist Parti (Ekikrit Marksvadi ra Leninvadi), CPN(UML))
Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij, SP), Netherlands, left socialist
Socialist Worker, New Zealand, trotskyist
Communist Party of Peru (Red Homeland) (Partido Comunista del Perú (Patria Roja), PCdelP), marxist-leninist
New Left Movement (Movimiento Nueva Izquierda, MNI), Peru
Act Together/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (And Jëf/Parti africain pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme, AJ/PADS), Senegal, left socialist
Communist Party (Kommunistiska Partiet), Sweden, anti-revisionist updated February 05
Tunisian Perspectives (Perspectives Tunisiennes)
Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan-Turkey) (Bolsevik Partisi (Kuzey Kürdistan-Türkiye), BP(KK-T)), marxist-leninist
Communist Party - Build Up Organization (Komunist Partisi - Insa Örgütü), other page
Communist Workers Party of Turkey (Türkiye Komünist Isçi Partisi, TKIP), radical leftist
Revolutionary Communists Union of Turkey (Türkiye Ihtilalci Komünistler Birligi, TIKB) periodical Alinteri, marxist-leninist
Revolutionary Communists Union of Turkey - Bolshevik (Türkiye Ihtilalci Komünistler Birligi - Bolsevik, TIKB-B) periodical Devrimci Durus
League of Revolutionaries for a New America (LRNA), USA
Workers Party U.S.A., marxist-leninist
Socialist League (Liga Socialista, LS), Venezuela
International Struggle - Marxist-Leninist (IS/ML)

Alliance Marxist-Leninist (North America), Canada/USA
Communist League of Great Britain
Communist Party Alliance (CP Alliance), Great Britain
Proletarian Path, India added February 05
Communist Party of Italy Marxist-Leninist (Partito Comunista d'Italia Marxista-Leninista, PCIML)
Marxist Leninist Communist Party (Marksist Leninist Komünist Partisi, MLKP), Turkey
Socialist Platform of the Oppressed (Ezilenlerin Sosyalist Platformu, ESP), Turkey
Other Anti-Revisionist Parties

Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme, PADS)
Communist Action - Marxist-Leninist (Kommunistische Aktion - marxistisch-leninistisch), mirror page, Austria
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (Vsesaiuznaia Kamunistychnaia Partyia (Bal'shavikou), VKP(B)) periodical Vpered, Belarus
October 8th Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário 8 de Outubro, MR-8) periodical Hora do Povo, Brazil
Marxist Leninist Communist Party (Partido Comunista Marxista Leninista), Brazil
Bulgarian Workers-Peasants Party (Bulgarska Rabotnichesko-Selska Partiya, BRSP) updated February 05
Recabarren Organization of Communists (Organización Comunista Recabarren, OCR), Chile
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Komunistická strana Çeskoslovenska, SCK)
Communist League (Kommunistien Liitto / Kommunisternas Förbund), Finland
Communist Workers' Party (Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue, KTP), Finland
Communist Militant (Militant Communiste), France
Communist Regroupment (Regroupement Communiste), France
Communists (Communistes), France
Communists in Struggle for the Building of a Marxist-Leninist Party in France (Communistes en Lutte pour la Construction en France d'un Parti Marxiste-Léniniste)
Facts and Analysis (Faits et Analyses), France
Struggle (Combat), France
Union of Revolutionaries-Communists of France (Union des Révolutionnaires-Communistes de France, URCF) updated February 05
Bolshevik Initiative Germany (Bolschewistische Initiative Deutschland)
Communist Party of Germany [Red Flag] (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands [Rote Fahne], KPD)
Red Fox (RotFuchs), Germany
Free Workers' Union/Anarchist Party (Freie Arbeiter Union/Anarchistische Partei, FAU/AP), Germany
Communist Action, Great Britain
Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) (CPGB-ML)
New Communist Party (NCP), Great Britain
Partisan, Great Britain
Communist Party of Greece (Kommounistiko Komma Elladas, KKE)
Resist (Kontra), Greece
New Communist Party of Haiti (Nouveau Parti Communist Haïtien, NPCH)
Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI), India added February 05
Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (Sazman-e Cherikha-ye Feda'i-ye Khalq-e Iran, OIPFG)
Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Sociâlistiskâ Partija / Socialisticheskaya Partiya Latvii, LSP) added February 05
Red Fox - Marxists-Leninist of Luxemburg (Roude Fiisschen - Marxisten-Leninisten zu Lëtzebuerg) added February 05
Red Workers Party (Partido Obrero Rojo, POR), Mexico added February 05
New Communist Party of the Netherlands (Nieuwe Communistische Partij van Nederland, NCPN)
Setup Organization of the New Workers Party, Marxists-Leninists (Opbouworganisatie van de Nieuwe Arbeiderspartij - Marxisten Leninisten)
United Communist Party (Verenigde Communistische Partij, VCP), Netherlands
Communist Party of Poland (Komunistyczna Partia Polski, KPP)
Communists of Working Russia (Kommunisty Trudovoii Rossii, KTP) / Working Russia (Trudovaya Rossiya) updated February 05
Russian Communist Workers' Party - Revolutionary Party of Communists (Rossiiskaya Kommunisticheskaya Rabochaya Partiya - Revoliutsionnaya Partiya Kommunistov, RKRP-RPK)
Russian Revolutionary Movement (Russkoe Revoliutsionnoe Dvizhenie) added February 05
Communist Party of Slovakia (Komunistická Strana Slovenska, KSS)
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain (Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España, PCPE)
Communist Refoundation Board (Mesa de Refundación Comunista, MRC), Spain
Workers Power (ml) (Arbetarmakt(ml)), Sweden added February 05
Communist Party of Switzerland (Build-up Organization) (Kommunistische Partei der Schweiz (Aufbauorganisation))
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (Devrimci Halk Kurtulus Partisi-Cephesi, DHKP-C)
Front for Rights and Freedom (Haklar ve Özgürlükler Cephesi, HÖC), Turkey
Spartacus Group (Spartakus Grupu), Turkey added February 05
All-Union Communist Party bolsheviks - Ukraine (Vsesoyuzka Komunistychna Partiya bil'shovykiv, VKPb)
Communist Party of Workers and Peasants (Komunistychna Partiya Robitnykiv i Selyan, KPRS)
Union of Communists of Ukraine (Soyuz Kommunistiv Ukrainy) periodical Marksizm i Sovremennost
Marxist-Leninist Organizer unofficial, USA added February 05
All-Union Communist Party bolsheviks (Vsesoyuznaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya bol'shevikov, VKPb), ex-USSR
All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (Vsesoyuznaya Kommunisticheskaya Partiya (bol'shevikov), VKP(b)), ex-USSR
Bolshevik Platform of the KPSS (Bol'shevistskaya Platforma v KPSS), ex-USSR
Communist Party of the Soviet Union [A. Miroshnik] (Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza [A. Miroshnika]), ex-USSR
Communist Party of the Soviet Union [Shenin] (Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza [Shenin], KPSS[Shenin] updated February 05
Communist Party of the Union (Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Soyuza, KPS) Moscow organization updated February 05
New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Nova Komunisticka Partija Jugoslavije, NKPJ), Ex-Yugoslavia

Committee for a Workers International (CWI)

Socialist Party, Australia
Socialist Left Party (Sozialistische LinksPartei, SLP), Austria
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Group for a Workers Party (Grupa na rzecz Partii Robotniczej, GPR), Poland
Socialist Resistance (Sotsialisticheskoye Soprotivlemiye), Russia
Justice Party Socialists (Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna), Sweden
Socialist Alternative, USA
Committee of International Rapprochement

Socialist Convergence (Convergencia Socialista), Argentina added April 05
Left Party, USA
Communist Organization for the Fourth International (COFI)

Communist Organization for the Fourth International - FRG (Kommunistische Organisation für die Vierte Internationale-BRD, KOVI-BRD), Germany
League for the Revolutionary Party (LRP), USA
Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International (CRFI)
Tendency aound the Argentinian Workers Party (Partido Oberero, PO)

Workers' Party (Partido Obrero, PO), Argentina
Workers' Cause Party (Partido da Causa Operária, PCO), Brazil
The Proletarian Society of China periodical The Trotskyist, China/Hongkong, close to CRFI
Workers Revolutionnary Party (Ergatiko Epanastatiko Komma, EEK), Greece
Socialist Workers League, Israel/Palestine
Revolutionary Marxist Association "Communist Project" (Associazione Marxista Rivoluzionaria "Progetto Comunista"), Italy, active inside PRC
Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores, PT)
Workers Action, USA
International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT)

International Bolshevik Tendency (Spartacus Group) (Internationale Bolschewistische Tendenz (Gruppe Spartakus)), Germany
Marxist Bulletin, Great Britain
International Center of Orthodox Trotskyism (Centro Internacional del Trotskismo Ortodoxo - IV Internacional, CITO)

Guernica Socialist Group (Grupo Socialista Guernica), Argentina
Socialist Revolution Party [Workers' Word] (Partido de la Revolución Socialista [Palabra Obrera]), Argentina
International Committee of the Fourth International [1] (ICFI[1])

Socialist Equality Party (SEP), Australia
Party for Social Equality (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit, PSG), Germany
Socialist Equality Party (SEP), Great Britain
Socialist Equality Party (SEP), other page, USA
International Committee of the Fourth International [2] (ICFI[2])

Workers' Revolutionary Party (WRP), Great Britain
International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist) (ICL(FI))

Proletarian Platform (Platforma Proletariacka), Poland
International Liaison Committee for a Workers' International (Entente Internationale des Travailleurs)

Workers' Party (Parti des Travailleurs, PT) unofficial, periodical Fraternité, Algeria
Workers' Party (Parti des Travailleurs, PT), France updated May 05
Social Politics and Democracy (Soziale Politik und Demokratie), Germany
The Struggle (Lalit), Mauritius
Association for Workers' Emancipation (Asociatia pentru Emanciparea Muncitorilor) periodical Tribuna Socialã, Romania
Workers Information (Información Obrera), Spain
Collective for Workers' Socialism (Colectivo por el Socialismo Obrero)
Communist Encounter (Reencuentro Comunista)
Union of Circles for Workers' Politics (Union des Cercles pour une Politique Ouvrière, UCPO), Switzerland
Socialism without Bosses, General, Bureaucrats (Patronsuz, Generalsiz, Bürokratsiz Sosyalizm, PGB Sosyalizm), Turkey
International Marxist Tendency
Tendency around the Group publishing Socialist Appeal in Great Britain

The Militant (El Militante), Argentina
The Spark (Der Funke), Austria
Spark (Vonk), Belgium
FightBack, Canada updated February 05
Socialist Standpoint (Socialistisk Standpunkt), Denmark
Counter-attack (La Riposte), France
The Spark (Der Funke), Germany
Socialist Appeal periodical, In Defense of Marxism periodical, Great Britain, active inside Labour Party
Marxist Voice (Marxistiki Foni), Greece updated February 05
Shining Light (Cahaya), Indonesia
Iranian Revolutionary Socialists' League (Ettehadi-ye Sosiyalistha-ye Enqelabi-ye Iran, IRSL)
In Defence of Marxism, Israel
Spark (Iskra), Israel
Sickle Hammer (Falce Martello), Italy, active inside PRC
Militant (Militante), Mexico, active inside PRD
Struggle (Jeddo Judh) trade union wing, Pakistan
Socialist Left Force (Fuerza de Izquierda Socialista, FIS), Peru added February 05
Socialism (Socjalizm), Poland
Workers Democracy (Rabochaya Demokratiya), Russia
Insurgent Reason (Pobunjeni Um), mirror page, Serbia and Montenegro (close to CMI)
Forward! - Slovenian Marxist Circle (Naprej! - Stran Slovenskih Marksistov)
The Militant (El Militante), Spain
Militancy (Militancia), Spain/Andalusia added February 05
Marxist Left (Esker Marxista), Spain
Yesterday and Today (Onte e Hoxe), Spain
The Socialist (Socialisten), Sweden
Marxist Attitude (Marksist Tutum), Turkey
Workers International League (WIL), youth organization, USA
Revolutionary Marxist Current (Corriente Marxista Revolucionaria), Venezuela
International Secretariat of the Fourth International (Secrétariat International de la Quatrième Internationale)

Labour (O Trabalho), periodical O Trabalho, Brazil
Socialist Workers' Organization (Organización Socialista de los Trabajadores) youth organization, Mexico
Workers' Party of Socialist Unity (Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista, POUS), Portugal
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Obrero Socialista Internacionalista, POSI), Spain
"Struggle" Union (Soyuz "Borot'ba"), Ukraine added February 05
Socialist Organizer, USA
International Socialist Forum (ISF)

International Socialist League (Liga Socialista Internacional, LSI)

Socialist Workers Party (Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores, PRT), Costa Rica
Workers Party (Partido de los Trabajadores, PT), Honduras
Revolutionary Workers Party (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT), Nicaragua
International Socialists (IS)
other page

Left Turn (Linkswende), Austria
International Socialist Organisation (ISO), Australia
Revolts (Revolutas), Brazil
International Socialists / International Socialism (International Socialists/Socialisme International), Canada
Workers' Democracy (Ergatiki Demokratia), Cyprus
Socialist Solidarity (Socialistická Solidarita), Czech Republic
International Socialists (Internationale Socialister), Denmark
Socialist League (Sosialistiliitto, SL), Finland
Socialism from Below (Socialisme par en bas), France
Left Shift (Linksruck), Germany
Socialist Workers' Party (SWP), Great Britain
Socialist Workers' Party (Sosialistiko Ergatiko Komma, SEK), Greece
Anticapitalist Alliance (Antikapitalistiki Symmachia), Greece
Socialist Workers Party (SWP), Northern Ireland
Communism from below (Comunismo dal basso), Italy
International Socialists (Internationale Socialisten), Netherlands
Socialist Worker, New Zealand
International Socialists (Internasjonale Sosialister), Norway
International Socialists, Pakistan added February 05
Workers' Democracy (Pracownicza Demokracja), Poland
International Socialist Organization (Organización Socialista Internacional, OSI), Puerto Rico
In Struggle (En Lucha), Spain
Antikapitalist (Anti-capitalist), Turkey
Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party (Devrimci Sosyalist Isçi Partisi, DSIP), periodical Sosyalist Isçi, Turkey
Revolutionary Left (Izquierda Revolucionaria), Uruguay
International Socialist Organization (ISO), Zimbabwe
Splits from International Socialists

Socialist Action Group (SAG), Australia, split from SA added May 05
Socialist Alternative (SA), Australia, split of ISO
Solidarity, Australia, split from ISO added May 05
New Socialist Group, Canada
Active Socialist Forum (Aktivt Socialistisk Forum, ASF), Denmark, split of IS
International Socialism (Socialisme International), France
Anti-capitalist Network (Antikapitalistisches Netzwerk), Germany, split from Linksruck
Group of International Socialists (Gruppe Internationaler SozialistInnen, GIS), Germany, Germany, split from Linksruck, now left communist updated February 05
International Socialists (Internationale Sozialisten), Germany, split of SAG, close to IS
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International Workers League (Fourth International) (Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores (Quarta Internacional), LIT-CI)

Socialist Worker Front, Frente Obrero Socialista (FOS), Argentina
Workers League, Australia
Unified Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado, PSTU)
Movement for a New Socialist Party (Movimento por um Novo Partido Socialista), Brazil
Movement for Socialism (Movimiento por el Socialismo, MPS), Chile
Internationalist Socialist Group (Groupe Socialiste Internationaliste, GSI), France
International Socialist League (ISL), Great Britain
Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Obrero Socialista, POS), Mexico
Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores, PT), Paraguay added February 05
Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores, PST), Peru
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Internationalist Struggle (Lucha Internacionalista), Spain
Revolutionary Workers' Party - Revolutionary Left (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores - Izquierda Revolucionaria / Partit Revolucionari dels Treballadors - Esquerra Revolucionari, PRT), Spain
International Bulletin (Enternasyonal Bülten), Turkey
Workers Front (Isçi Cephesi) periodical Isçi Cephesi, Turkey
International Workers' Unity (Fourth International) (Unidad Internacional de los Trabajadores (Quarta Internacional), UIT)

Socialist Workers' Movement (Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores, MST), Argentina
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La Commune Group (Groupe "La Commune"), France
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Internationalist Communist Union (Union Communiste Internationaliste, UCI)

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Workers' Standpoint Group (Gruppe ArbeiterInnenstandpunkt, ASt), Austria
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, Mexico
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Bandiera Rossa Association (Associazione Bandiera Rossa, ABR), periodical Erre, Italy
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Association for Solidarity Perspectives (Verein für Solidarische Perspektiven), Germany
Movement for a Reunionese Alternative to the Neoliberal Order (Mouvement pour une Alternative Réunionnaise à l'Ordre Néolibéral, MARON)
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Alternative Space (Espacio Alternativo), Spain
Alternative Galicia (Galiza Alternativa)
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Alternative Space (Espai Alternatiu)
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Rainbow (Arcoiris)
Shock (Batzac)
Stand up (Zutik), Spain/Basque Country
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Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanisma Partisi, ÖDP), Turkey
Labor Standard, mirror page, USA
Solidarity, USA
Others

Revolutionary Socialism (Socialismo Revolucionario), Argentina, split from PTS added February 05
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Socialist Workers' Union (Unión Socialista de los Trabajadores, UST), Argentina
Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP), Australia, ex-USFI
Workers' Liberty, Australia, linked to British AWL
Anti-fascist Left (Antifaschistische Linke, AL), Austria
Group for Revolutionary Workers Politics (Gruppe für Revolutionäre Arbeiter/innenpolitik, GRA), Austria
Working Group Marxism (Arbeitsgruppe Marxismus, AGM), Austria
Internationalist Bolshevik League (Liga Bolchevique Internacionalista, LBI), Brazil
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**redstar2000** · 13th March 2006, 21:56

Originally posted by Marxism-Leninism
Of course there are still parties today who claim to be Leninist and do not oppose other 'Leninist' parties who have about the same views as them.

In the same country?

On very rare occasions, two Leninist parties within the same country will merge...but I haven't heard of such a thing (in the "west") in decades.

Let me re-phrase my point: within any given country, every Leninist Party considers itself the only "working class party"...no matter what other parties exist and regardless of the degree of working class participation in them.

This is the only (verbal) way that they can "square" their actual practice with that quotation from Marx about "not being sectarian".

**Led Zeppelin** · 13th March 2006, 22:06

Originally posted by RS
In the same country?

You're probably right about that, two Leninist parties in the same country who have the same views usually merge, logically.

So if today there are Leninist parties in a given nation that are not merged, guess what, they have opposing views, you didn't really discover anything new here.

Let me re-phrase my point: within any given country, every Leninist Party considers itself the only "working class party"...no matter what other parties exist and regardless of the degree of working class participation in them.

That is true, I don't see what is wrong with that though.

The Bolsheviks said they were the only working class party, and even though they were not the largest party in the country for quite some time, they turned out to be....the only working class party. Logically other Leninist parties also believe that one day they might 'take the lead'.

If those parties are really Leninist, they probably will.

This is the only (verbal) way that they can "square" their actual practice with that quotation from Marx about "not being sectarian".

That quotation from Marx was made over 130 years ago, things change, Communism in those days was a 'fixed theory', every Communist basically had the same view as the other, today however --as a result of the class-struggle over the past century-- many Communists have different views, sectarianism naturally arises out of this contradiction.

**red_che** · 14th March 2006, 06:34

So why are there so many fucking Leninist parties and "Internationals"??

It is about the same question as to why are there so many people claiming to be communists while in fact they were not.

Like you, you claim to be communist and you have all the right to claim so. But your practice can determine if you really are a communist.

The same with these parties, a lot of them are genuine Leninist parties, and several are claiming to be. But the actual practice of these parties would determine if they are genuine communist parties.

And I agree with ML that if there were two or more Leninist parties in one country, the logical conclusion is that they will merge at some point in time. That is, if they are genuine Leninist parties.

Redstar:

The link you posted is just an editorial, not the pact as you claim to have been done. And it is even a bourgeois document. Nothing can be expected of that but to claim that the communists are giving in to the bourgeoisie.

And, even reading those articles, they did not show any deviation of Mao on the interest of the proletariat, whether by the Chinese peoples or by the entire proletarian class. They were just preliminary talks, nothing conclusive.

In fact, Mao, or the Chinese Communist Party, stressed and always mentions of the "peoples of the countries". Meaning, the CCP is putting the interest of the peoples of both countries, not the interest of the rulers of America.

**Famous Mortimer** · 14th March 2006, 08:45

I think parties are vital, and the starter of this thread seems to be trying to justify his own lack of participation in any political process other than writing about it on the internet. Marx may have said those things, but hacking them out of their context makes the meaning they may have had horribly distorted. Why not use one of their many quotes on the need for a party which directly contradicts those? As for the other two theorists, the fact I've been around the revolutionary left for almost a decade and had never heard of them until I opened this thread says everything you need to know about them.

Anyway. I'm a member of a revolutionary party, and the reason we take part in elections, stand on street corners with newspapers, petitions, banners and the like, is because we understand that revolution isn't inevitable. Not all working class people think the same way I do at the moment and rejecting parties seems like cutting off my nose to spite my face- I only got involved in revolutionary politics because someone met me half-way, discussed my concerns and then explained how they thought on the issue. If we stand in elections, it's another tactic to meet people and get our message across- if we believe what we're saying is right, people will join us, slowly probably, but it will happen.

I'm firmly with Trotsky on this one, which I assume from reading some more of this forum will make me moderately unpopular here. United fronts are the way to go, people. Rejecting parties because Marx said something 150 years ago is just a bit daft.

**redstar2000** · 14th March 2006, 09:35

Originally posted by Famous Mortimer
Anyway. I'm a member of a revolutionary party, and the reason we take part in elections, stand on street corners with newspapers, petitions, banners and the like, is because we understand that revolution isn't inevitable.

I see. If it were not for Leninists -- the British S.W.P. in particular -- then capitalism would last forever!

United fronts are the way to go...

...back to the bourgeoisie.

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