1922 - CPI, II Congress: Theses on Rome Summary+Audiobook/Commentary

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Published 2024-03-01

Welcome to another human-read audiobook by the United Marxist Pact discord server, link below in the description. In this series, we continue our investigation into the initial construction, the organizational structure, and the principles and tactics of the form of worker organization capable of seizing political power and establishing the Revolutionary Proletarian Dictatorship and Communality which can in turn produce the Communist Mode of Production through the shared class interests of the workers of the entire world. Our goal is to compile, analyze and elaborate on what all of these texts have to say about this, and at the end have a strong understanding of the exact, scientific process of this, particularly in general terms. At the end of our readings as a whole, we will try to put it all together and present it as a coherent whole in an educational video with associated notations.

Today's reading will be [1922 - Communist Party of Italy, Second Congress ("Theses of Rome"): Theses on Tactics and Theses on the Agrarian Question][www.international-communist-party.org/BasicTexts/E…]. This video includes a prewritten textual analysis on the terms of the aforementioned topics, which is also posted in the pinned comment if you prefer to read it in text, or follow the link in the description to a Read Only version of my Google Doc's notes. This will summarize the contents of the text, but is no replacement for the actual reading itself for the sake of understanding the context- I am reading these specifically and only for the pertinent content, and am not including items that are not of interest for most conditions that are related to the topic at hand, but only historically (e.g. the Peasant question). In addition, in the reading, I supply my own commentary- critiques, additions, etc. which may be helpful for understanding some particularities.

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All Comments (2)

@daemonsultanump 2 months ago

In this text, in terms of Worker Organization construction, structure, principles, and tactics, this text advises that the Party take different tactical approaches to different categories of proletarians found in different industries. In order to carry out these tactics, it may involve the construction of multiple organizations, but all such organizations should be under the direction of the shared major organization which in turn answers to the Party, which does not get drawn to partial interests, but maintains general interests. In terms of Agrarian industries, the Party must make a single major organization to 1. Agitate, Propagandize and Organize the rural masses. It must organize and unify all propaganda and agitation efforts in rural areas 2. Connect all Communist groups in rural areas. It must organize and unify all local communist movements in rural areas 3. Have productive connection between this Agrarian Section and the Trade Union Committees of the Communist Party. It must create new organizations and bring current ones under the Communist Party through internal conquest 4. Ultimately, this is part of the task to maximize tactics on a national and international basis This major organization should be an executive body that implements political and organizational drawn up by the Party's Executive Committee. The organization should be constituted in the Executive Committee, have at least one Executive Committee member in it, and have its membership selected by the Executive Committee on the basis of competence in regards to agrarianism.