| CHAPTER ONE | |
| THE REVOLUTIONARY VANGUARD IN THE PAST | |
| 7 | [introduction.] |
| 7 | 1. AT THE SOURCES OF MARXISM’S STRUGGLE FOR PARTISANSHIP |
| 17 | 2. REFORMIST DEGENERATION OF REVOLUTIONARY PARTIES |
| 25 | 3. LENIN’S VIEWS ABOUT THE PARTY DEVELOP IN A STRUGGLE ON TWO FRONTS |
| CHAPTER TWO | |
| WHY THE QUESTION OF THE PARTY HAS BECOME ACUTE AGAIN | |
| 38 | [introduction.] |
| 38 | 1. GROWTH OF THE ROLE OF THE SUBJECTIVE FACTOR |
| 61 | 2. PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND REVOLUTIONARY POSSIBILITIES |
| CHAPTER THREE | |
| NEW ROOTS OF OLD DEVIATIONS | |
| 80 | [introduction.] |
| 82 | 1. COMPLICATION OF CAPITALIST SOCIETY’S SOCIAL STRUCTURE |
| 104 | 2. DO PRESENT-DAY DEVIATIONS REMAIN PETTY-BOURGEOIS? |
| CHAPTER FOUR | |
| THE ROLE OF REVOLUTIONARY THEORY | |
| 111 | [introduction.] |
| 112 | 1. IDEOLOGICAL PLURALISM IN THE PARTY—THE ROAD TO LIQUIDATIONISM |
| 120 | 2. THOSE WHO WISH TO DO WITHOUT THEORY |
| 128 | 3. DEVELOPING THEORY IS THE UNREMITTING DUTY OF THE COMMUNIST VANGUARD |
| CHAPTER FIVE | |
| CHARACTER OF THE VANGUARD’S ORGANISATION | |
| 137 | [introduction.] |
| 138 | 1. “PRINCIPLED ADVERSARIES” OF ORGANISATION OF ANY KIND |
| 148 | 2. IN IDEOLOGICAL CAPTIVITY TO BOURGEOIS DEMOCRACY |
| 159 | 3. LACK OF PRINCIPLES TURNED INTO A PRINCIPLE |
| 165 | 4. DEMOCRACY IN ORGANISATION AND DEED |
| CHAPTER SIX | |
| CAN THE VANGUARD BE A MASS ORGANISATION? | |
| 178 | [introduction.] |
| 179 | 1. PARTY CADRES |
| CHAPTER SEVEN | |
| A PARTY OF ACTION | |
| 214 | [introduction.] |
| 215 | 1. OPPORTUNISTS VERSUS MASS ACTION |
| 220 | 2. THE ACTIONS WANTED BY PSEUDO-LEFTISM |
| 229 | 3. THE COMMUNIST PARTY—THE GENUINE PARTY OF ACTION |
| CHAPTER EIGHT | |
| THE COMMUNISTS AND THE UNITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC FORCES | |
| 255 | 1. THE OBJECTIVE NEED AND POSSIBILITY FOR UNITY |
| 262 | 2. UNDER COVER OF “LEFT” VERBIAGE AGAINST LEFT UNITY |
| 270 | 3. UNITY AND THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE |
| 275 | 4. ROLE OF COMMUNISTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE |
| CHAPTER NINE | |
| INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE VANGUARD | |
| 285 | [introduction.] |
| 287 | 1. INTERNATIONALISM VERSUS NATIONALISM AND COSMOPOLITISM |
| 297 | 2. TOWARDS CLOSER INTERNATIONAL UNITY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTIES |
| 315 | INDEX |
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