The Leninist theory of the party: what is to be done?

 
The Leninist theory of the party: what is to be done?

 

Communist Party USA Co-chair Joe Sims presents the basic arguments developed in VI Lenin’s What Is To Be Done, updating the argument and its application for 21st Century revolutionary politics.

What’s remained the same? What’s changed? Explored in depth is the concept of economism and its relationship to the left’s tendency to over rely on spontaneity. Check it out for an understanding of the “party of a new type.”

Presented on November 11, 2025.

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    National Marxist Education Commission of the Communist Party, USA

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