The Debate Between Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg on the Principle of Party Organization and Its Contemporary Value
Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg debated about different aspects of the principles of Party organization.The content of the debate mainly involves the organization of the party and democratic centralism.The essence of the debate lies in how to deal with the relationship between democracy and centralism in the political life of the party.Lenin believed that the proletarian political party,as an organized whole,must consolidate the"ideological unity based on Marxist principles"by means of"the material unity of the organization".Only through strict discipline and regulations can opportunism within the party be overcome and conscious leadership be exercised over the masses of the people.Rosa Luxemburg,on the other hand,emphasized the need for free organization spirit,self centralism,self-discipline,and the initiative of the masses in the political life of the party.Nowadays,the study of the debate between Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg on the principle of party organization has an important enlight-enment on the CPC's serious inner-party political life in the new era.
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