The revolutionary party & democratic centralism – organising a Bolshevik party

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“Without a guiding organisation, the energy of the masses would dissipate like steam not enclosed in a piston-box. But nevertheless what moves things is not the piston or the box, but the steam.”

Leon Trotsky, History of the Russian Revolution

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Reading 1: Our Organising Principles (WASP)

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Reading 2: A Letter to a French Syndicalist (Trotsky)

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Reading 3: The Class, the Party and the Leadership (Trotsky)

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Reading 4: Tactics & Revolution, selected articles (Lenin & Trotsky)

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We also encourage those studying this topic to revisit Topic 6’s Lessons of October which contains excellent material on the role of the revolutionary party.