What is a Vanguard Party? ML & MLM Formations | Socialism 101

Support on Patreon: Twitter: Instagram: Ko-Fi (One-time donation): --- Livestream Channel: --- Works Cited (in order of appearance): Stalin (1924). The Foundations of Leninism: Lenin (1901). What is to be Done?: Lenin (1902). Report of the Iskra Editorial Board to the Meeting (Conference) of . Committees: Lenin (1901). What is to be Done? Chapter 3: Lenin (1901). What is to be Done? Chapter 4: Marxist-Leninist Quarterly (Spring 1972). What is a Marxist-Leninist Party? Comrade Ajith (2009). The Maoist Party. (both Ajith quotes) Mao Zedong (1937). On Contradiction: Mao (1943). SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING METHODS OF LEADERSHIP: Peking Review (1966). Decision of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: CPI (Ma0ist) (2019). MLM Basic Course, p242: Mao (1949). On the People’s Democratic Dictatorship: J. Moufawad Paul (2016). The Communist Necessity: --- Recommended Readings from “Further Reading“ Section: Lenin (1901). What Is To Be Done? Stalin (1924). The Foundations of Leninism, Chapter 8: Marxist-Leninist Quarterly (Spring 1972). What is a Marxist-Leninist Party? Comrade Ajith (2009). The Maoist Party. CPI (Ma0ist) (2019). MLM Basic Course: --- Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:12 Title 00:38 Basic Overview 01:18 Why is a Vanguard Necessary? 03:13 Subservience to Spontaneity: Movementism, Economism, Adventurism 06:43 Professional Revolutionaries 08:06 Democratic Centralism 09:13 Ultra-Democracy and Ultra-Centralism 10:04 The Monolithic Party 11:26 Refining the Leninist Party 12:03 The Mass Line 13:06 The Masses Make History 14:07 “Three Magic Weapons“ 15:08 Recap 17:15 Further Reading 18:42 Credits