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p 1 he unity of the objective logic of history and people’s conscious activity manifests itself in social revolutions. Social revolutions express the general objective law of transition from one socio-economic formation to another. They are also the peak of the class struggle of the oppressed against their oppressors, and the highest form of the conscious historical creativity of the masses.

p The Marxist-Leninist doctrine on social revolutions combines analysis "of the objective state of affairs and the objective course of evolution [of history Author. with the most emphatic recognition of 233

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the importance of the revolutionary energy, revolutionary creative genius, and revolutionary initiative of the masses- and also, of course, of individuals, groups, organisations, and parties that are able to discover and achieve contact with one or another class".  [233•1 

p The theory of revolution in general, and socialist revolution in particular, is the theoretical and ideological nucleus of the strategy and tactics of Communist parties. Acceptance or non- acceptance of this theory is the dividing line between genuinely Marxist revolutionary parties and reformist currents in the present-day workers’ movement.

It is therefore important for every genuine lighter against exploitation to assimilate the dialectical-materialist foundation of the theory of social revolution.