https://communitymedia.video/videos/watch/50364938-5f3f-4b08-99ad-c09b50ebf9af There seems to be a continued shrinking from the concept of a vanguard party within the left. I often hear repeated–one party states necessarily terminate in totalitarianism. There also seems to be a grave misunderstanding that Marxists are unable to grasp the true meaning of then concept of democracy. When comrades are finished talking past each other on this point, I think the anxiety anti-Marxists or anti-Leninists share becomes clear–they really want to ask: “Would you stab me in the back? Remember Kronstadt?” The principal Marxist theoretical concept we are talking about is the dictatorship of the proletariat. Many who raise the objections above would also probably hold misgivings about this particular piece of Marxism. To the extent that people withdraw from democratic centralism, the vanguard party, the one-party state, they have misunderstood what is actually going on in Marxism–and further, many of the lessons of the past are beginning to become forgotten. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:47:30 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://communitymedia.video https://communitymedia.video/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://communitymedia.video/videos/watch/50364938-5f3f-4b08-99ad-c09b50ebf9af All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://communitymedia.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.