Description
Fundamentals of Revolutionary Communism is the written record of a 1957 general meeting of the International Communist Party, held in the middle of a long counter-revolutionary ebb. It does not propose new “contributions,” but patiently restores the programme by asking what becomes of the proletarian party when Marxism is denied, falsified, or “modernized” to accommodate the petty bourgeoisie.
From this starting point the text classifies the enemies of communism—open deniers, reformist falsifiers, and today’s “modernizers”—and shows how every alliance, front, or “camp” with the middle classes is paid for with the disarming of the working class. Against these illusions it reaffirms a simple battle-cry: the party must wield the state weapon; without the world communist party and its restored doctrine, the class has no strength to fight.
For militants seeking a compact guide to the class line, Fundamentals serves as a doctrinal reference point rather than a commentary on passing events: a clear restatement of the invariant thesis that there can be no revolutionary politics without the defence of Marxist theory, and no communism without the independent party of the proletariat.
