Communist party

Gathering of members of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), a successful revolutionary party.

A communist party is a political party based on the principles of communism and intended to constitute the working class into a party consistent with its class interests, with the abolition of private property as a main objective. The theoretical conclusions of the communist party are based on the existing relations of production and the class antagonisms that they create.

Communist parties operating in accord with Marxism–Leninism premise themselves off democratic centralism and works with the intention of becoming the leading vanguard organization for the masses for revolutionary goals.

See also

• Vanguardism
• Democratic centralism