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Organization Theory

Mass work, study circles, public collaboration, meetings, publishing, and documentation.

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18Related works
5Study stages
7Related authors
Covered study stages

01 Class Intuition: Seeing Capitalism in Everyday Life; 02 Method: From Experience to Historical Materialism; 03 Political Economy: Understanding the Motion of Capital; 04 State, Class Rule, and the Question of Revolution; 08 Internationalist Collaboration and Contemporary Tasks

Related authors

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, V. I. Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, Antonio Gramsci, Mao Zedong, Georgi Plekhanov

Reading Path

From questions to texts, station by station

Start with the core questions, then follow the entry, core, and advanced readings into concrete book and article pages.

Core Questions

  1. How can public, lawful, transparent documentation collaboration build long-term organizational capacity?

  2. How do discipline, division of labor, review, and source traceability serve public education?

  3. How can we avoid empty talk, adventurism, and isolation from the masses?

Entry Reading

4 texts
1902 · V. I. LeninFull textWhat Is To Be Done?Classic debate text on political newspaper, vanguard, consciousness, and organization.1872 · Friedrich EngelsFull textOn AuthorityAddresses authority in organization, production, and revolution against anarchist arguments.1864 · Karl MarxFull textInaugural Address of the International Working Men's AssociationProgrammatic First International text linking labor movements, internationalism, and politics.1929 · Mao ZedongFull textOn Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the PartyAddresses non-proletarian ideas in the party and army, stressing political leadership.

Core Reading

5 texts
1904 · V. I. LeninFull textOne Step Forward, Two Steps BackReviews party rules, organization principles, and factional struggle in Russian Social Democracy.1906 · Rosa LuxemburgFull textThe Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade UnionsDraws lessons from 1905 on mass strike, party, and unions.1930s · Antonio GramsciFull textThe Modern PrinceNotebook cluster on party, leadership, state, and political will.1920 · V. I. LeninFull textLeft-Wing Communism: An Infantile DisorderDiscusses tactics, parliament, unions, and compromise in the communist movement.1943 · Mao ZedongFull textSome Questions Concerning Methods of LeadershipFormulates the mass-line method of leadership.

Advanced Reading

5 texts
1904 · Rosa LuxemburgFull textOrganizational Questions of Russian Social DemocracyDebates centralism, mass spontaneity, and party form with Lenin.1918 · Rosa LuxemburgFull textThe Russian RevolutionEvaluates the Russian Revolution, democracy, land, national questions, and socialist construction.1926 · Antonio GramsciFull textThe Lyons ThesesItalian Communist Party line document on fascism, alliances, and party-building.1920 · Antonio GramsciFull textThe Factory CouncilsTheorizes the Turin factory council experience.1883 · Georgi PlekhanovFull textSocialism and Political StruggleAn early text on Russian revolutionary movements, socialism, and political struggle.

Common Misreadings

  • Mistaking organizational capacity for secrecy or technical management.
  • Treating lawful boundaries as weakened political expression.
  • Separating documentation collaboration from real mass needs.