Early Bolshevik Party Apparatus [S1431–S1440]

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MOV-001 · Early Bolshevik Party Apparatus [S1431–S1440]

S1431 The Party Congress is the supreme organ of the Party

S1432 The Party Council is the highest party institution

S1433 The Central Committee organizes committees and party institutions

S1434 The Central Committee directs all practical party activity

S1435 Central Committee decisions bind all party organizations

S1436 Only the Soviets hold power

S1437 Transfer of power to the Soviets means armed uprising

S1438 Fleet, workers, and army units stand as one unified structure

S1439 The main forces seize the telephone exchange, telegraph office, railway stations, and bridges

S1440 The best workers form small detachments

S1441 A party member gives regular personal assistance under the direction of a party organization

S1442 Party organizations not established by the Party Congress stand under Central Committee approval

S1443 Every party organization supplies the Central Committee and the Central Organ information on its activity and members

S1444 Co-opting or expelling members needs a two-thirds majority

S1445 Appeal on co-option or expulsion may go to the Party Council

S1446 The Party gives no consent to the Provisional Government

S1447 The Soviets of Workers' Deputies are the only possible form of revolutionary government

S1448 Entire state power must pass to the Soviets of Workers' Deputies

S1449 A parliamentary republic is a retrograde step

S1450 A republic of Soviets of Workers', Agricultural Labourers', and Peasants' Deputies stands throughout the country

S1451 Trust in and support of the capitalist government must be abandoned

S1452 All state power must pass to the Soviets of workers, soldiers, peasants, and other deputies throughout Russia

S1453 Organize at every factory, regiment, company, and residential block

S1454 Action by millions is impossible without organization

S1455 Success is impossible without organization