{"product_id":"marxism-leninism-vs-revisionism","title":"Marxism-Leninism vs Revisionism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe letters, articles, and transcriptions contained herein tell the story of a crucial period in the history of the CPUSA. Earl BrowderÕs rise and the accompanying growth of his opportunistic revisionism placed him at odds with the very existence of the party; opposition to him amounted to a struggle for the life and soul of the movement. At a time of real crisis, approaching the height of WWII and following the monumental Conference at Tehran with Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, Browder launched a program aimed at removing the Communist Party of the United States of America from political relevancy and positioning him as a powerful toady of monopoly capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe leadership of Earl Browder ultimately led to errors of every type that can affect a Communist Party; theoretical, practical, structural and ideological. His theoretical errors centered around a utopian imagining of the role of big capital in the postwar period; wrapping his decrees in Marxist jargon, presenting them under the banner of unity in service of Tehran and functionally abdicating the vanguard role of the party.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lessons of this struggle still resonate today: the lesson of insisting on both theoretical education and practice from membership; the lesson of maintaining careful and proper balance between democracy and centralism; that political alliances are based on specific common goals and do not mean ideological subordination; that adapting Marxism to current conditions does not mean revising the core principles; that posturing and phrase-mongering do not equal analysis; the list goes on.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to exist and operate overtly as a communist party in the United States of America, the most powerful capitalist society in the history of the world; the Òimperial coreÓ? This work demonstrates the answers to these questions in action.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44229087658145,"sku":"1toppap171","price":24.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/vv8zzr-front-shortedge-384_65c73b2b-0a6f-4a3c-bd4c-242d52fd1aa9.jpg?v=1718422219","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/marxism-leninism-vs-revisionism","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}