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be immediately organised. It is only the power of organisation of the Communists that enables the advance guard of the working class to be the leader of the whole class. Communist nucleii working in organisations adhering to no political party must be subject to the party organisations in general, whether the party itself is working legally or illegally at the given moment. Communist nuclei! of all kinds must be subordinate one to another in a strictly hierarchical order and system.
19. The Communist Party almost always begins its work as a party of theory among the industrial workers residing for the most part in cities. For the easier and more rapid victory of the working class it is necessary that the party should also work in the country, in the villages. The Communist Party must carry out its propaganda and organisation work among the agricultural labourers and the poorer farmers. It must especially endeavour to organise Communist nucleii in the rural districts.
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The international organisation of the proletariat will be strong only if in all the countries where the Communists are living and working these conditions of party organisation and activity are accepted. The Communist International invites to its Congress all labour unions which recognise the principles of the Third International
