1952 pamphlet in which Bordiga attacks the obsession with activism and argues for the importance of theoretical struggle.
Day: July 29, 2019
Nation or Class?, ICC
A 2006 pamphlet outlining in detail the position of the Communist Left both historically and in the present day on national liberation and anti-imperialism.
The Principles of Communism, Friedrich Engels
This 1847 work succinctly describes the positions of the Communist Party and its Left Wing.
Workers’ Councils, Anton Pannekoek
This 1946 work describes the system of workers councils (or Soviets) and their role in the destruction of capitalism, as well as laying out more generally many positions of the Communist Left.
Economics And Politics In The Era Of The Dictatorship Of The Proletariat, Vladimir Lenin
A 1919 article on the subject of the construction of socialism and the tasks of the proletarian dictatorship.
Centralised Party, Yes – Centralism over the Party, No!, Onorato Damen
A 1951 work outlining Damen’s view of ‘dialectical centralism’ as a synthesis of the Bordigist ‘organic centralism’ and Leninist ‘democratic centralism’ as a method of organising the Communist Party.
What is to be Done?, Vladimir Lenin
A 1902 work arguing for a centralised and disciplined vanguard party to lead the revolution, in a polemic against the newspaper Rabocheye Dyelo.