Today the Party of Communists USA(PCUSA) honors the birthday of Vladimir Lenin, one of the greatest revolutionaries of all time.
Comrade Vladimir Lenin, born Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, was a passionate student of Karl Marx. Lenin took Marxism into the age of Imperialism and Proletarian Revolution. His genius was demonstrated in the brilliant application of Marxism to the Tsarist oppression in Russia, resulting in the successful October 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
After joining the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP), Lenin found himself dealing with elements opposed to the revolutionary essence of Marxist theory, which would result in the gutting of Marxism itself. Lenin created a “Party of a New Type” and reinforced it with the guiding organizational principle, Democratic Centralism.
Lenin did not simply inherit a ready made revolutionary party, he had to build it, brick by brick.
Today, the International Communist Movement carries on the work of Comrade Lenin with great pride. In the pursuit of liberating the working class and all oppressed peoples from exploitation of “one man living living off the labor of another”, Marxism-Leninism provides a forward thrust of light to end the darkness of oppression.
Happy Birthday Comrade Lenin, we thank you for your eternal service to the international working class!
Secretariat,
Politburo,
Party of Communists USA