•Tasks
•Employ agitation and propaganda in order to exploit
opposing tendencies, internal tensions, etc. Object is to bring
about a crises, to make revolution ripe as well
as convince masses that there is a way-out. This is accomplished
when the vanguard is able to:
–Fan discontent/misery of working
class and masses and focus it as hatred toward existing system.
–Cause vacillation/indecision among
authorities so that they cannot come to grips with existing instability.
–“Confuse other elements in society so that they don’t
know exactly what is happening or where the movement
is going.”
–Convince “proletariat class they have a function—the
function of promoting revolution in order to secure the promised
ideal society.”
•Concentrate “the main forces of the revolution at the
enemy’s most vulnerable spot at the decisive moment, when
the revolution has already become ripe, when the offensive is going
full steam ahead, when insurrection is knocking at
the door, and when bringing the reserves up to the vanguard is the
decisive condition of success.” To quote Lenin on
paraphrasing Marx and Engels:
–“Never play with insurrection, but, when beginning it, firmly
realize that you must go to the end.”
–“Concentrate a great superiority of forces at the
decisive point, at the decisive moment, otherwise the enemy, who
has the advantage of better preparation and organization, will destroy the
insurgents.”
–“Once the insurrection has begun, you must act with the
greatest determination, and by all means, without fail, take
the offensive. The defensive is the death of an armed rising.’“
–“You must try to take the enemy by surprise and seize the
moment when his forces are scattered.”
–“You must strive for daily successes, even if small (one
might say hourly, if it is the case of one town), and at all
costs retain the ‘moral ascendancy.”