Saturday, 3 January 2009

Lenin & the Party part 3

Excellent animated video recording of Tony Cliff, the founding member of SWP from notthe BBC

Why do we need a revolutionary party? Marx said "the emancipation of the working class is the act of the working class". But, at the same time, there exists a contradiction. That is: the ruling ideas are in society are the ideas of the ruling class.

How do we overcome these contradictions? Who are strikers fighting against? What can and should revolutionaries do to intervene?

Part one can be found here...thanks to notthebbc
Part two HERE
Founding member of the SWP talking abut building the revolutionary party Part I can be found here Part 2 here

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