https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/f6200800-3fa9-4079-972c-8a1210347d3a Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MarxistPaul Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarxistPaul Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anirishrepublican Ko-Fi (One-time donation): https://ko-fi.com/marxistpaulLivestream Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChqbQHIrqk8KqBo36s3c44AWorks Cited (in order of appearance): Stalin (1924). The Foundations of Leninism: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/foundations-leninism/ch08.htm Lenin (1901). What is to be Done?: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/i.htm Lenin (1902). Report of the Iskra Editorial Board to the Meeting (Conference) of R.S.D.L.P. Committees: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1902/mar/05.htm Lenin (1901). What is to be Done? Chapter 3: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/iii.htm Lenin (1901). What is to be Done? Chapter 4: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/iv.htm Marxist-Leninist Quarterly (Spring 1972). What is a Marxist-Leninist Party? https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/uk.secondwave/cfb-marxist-party.htm Comrade Ajith (2009). The Maoist Party. https://www.marxists.org/subject/india/cpiml-naxalbari/2009/maoist-party.htm (both Ajith quotes) Mao Zedong (1937). On Contradiction: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm Mao (1943). SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING METHODS OF LEADERSHIP: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_13.htm Peking Review (1966). Decision of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Concerning the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution: https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1966/PR1966-33g.htm CPI (Ma0ist) (2019). MLM Basic Course, p242: https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S01-MLM-Basic-Course-Revised-Edition-10th-Printing.pdf Mao (1949). On the People's Democratic Dictatorship: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-4/mswv4_65.htm J. Moufawad Paul (2016). The Communist Necessity: https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/S04-The-Communist-Necessity.pdf Recommended Readings from "Further Reading" Section: Lenin (1901). What Is To Be Done? https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/ Stalin (1924). The Foundations of Leninism, Chapter 8: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/foundations-leninism/ch08.htm Marxist-Leninist Quarterly (Spring 1972). What is a Marxist-Leninist Party? https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/uk.secondwave/cfb-marxist-party.htm Comrade Ajith (2009). The Maoist Party. https://www.marxists.org/subject/india/cpiml-naxalbari/2009/maoist-party.htm CPI (Ma0ist) (2019). MLM Basic Course: https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S01-MLM-Basic-Course-Revised-Edition-10th-Printing.pdf Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:12 Title 00:38 Basic Overview 01:18 Why is a Vanguard Necessary? 03:13 Subservience to Spontaneity: Movementism, Economism, Adventurism 06:43 Professional Revolutionaries 08:06 Democratic Centralism 09:13 Ultra-Democracy and Ultra-Centralism 10:04 The Monolithic Party 11:26 Refining the Leninist Party 12:03 The Mass Line 13:06 The Masses Make History 14:07 "Three Magic Weapons" 15:08 Recap 17:15 Further Reading 18:42 Credits Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:07:30 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/f6200800-3fa9-4079-972c-8a1210347d3a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.