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26 Februar~T 1980
H~INDBOOK FOR THE PARTY ACTIVIST _
Moscow KNIZHKA PARTIYNOGO AKTIVISTA in Russian 1980 signed to ~
press 22 Jun 79 pp 24-174
_ Pamphlet compiled by A. V. Shumakov, Politizdat Publishere,
500,000 copies; USSR National Anthem and Introductory Biographical -
Information not Translated -
~ CONTENTS PAGE
L. I. Brezhnev Concerning Ideological Work 1
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Leninism--The Science of the Revolutionary Struggle and of Co~nux~ist
, Creation (On the 110th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin) 5 ~
New Stage in the Development of the CPSU Agrarian Policy 11
Fourth Year of the Five-Year Plan 22
The Development of Siberia and the Far East is Job for Millions 33
The Foreign Policy Activity of the CPSU -
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Socialist Internationalism in Action (30 Years of the Council for
Mutual Economic Assistance) 55 ~
The Struggle of the CPSU for the Unity and Solidarity of the
International Co~nunist and Workers' Movement _
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Memorable Dates
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The First Popular Revolution in Russia 76
9 May--Victory Day: 35 Years of the Great Victory g2
Consultations .................a............... gp
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Intraparty Democracy
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Work with Ideological Personnel Requi~ea Daily Attention 102
Moscow--Capital of the 1980 Olympics 109 ~
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English title . HANDBOOK FOR ~THE PARTY ACTIVIST ~
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L. I. BREZHNEV CONCERNING IDEOLOGICAI. WORR
[Text) The general line of Cammunists in questions of the ideology, is,
in essence, a united line. And the reinforcement of the ideological unity, -
the consistent observance of the Leninist pxinciples g~verning the strugglp
against every deviation from Marxism-Leninism, from socialist international-
- ism, is, as we have been convinced, our co~non constant obligation, our
duty to the workers of the socialist countries and to the worldwide working
class.
� One of the most important sectors in our party's activity is ideological -
work. The theory of Marxism-Leninism is a powerful, invincible weapon used
by our party and our nation in the struggle for communism. And it is the -
duty of Cammunists to have complete mastery of that weapon and to use it
- skillfully.
Under present-day conditions, something that is taking on greater and greater
importance is such an important aspect in the party's activity as its idso-
logical work,.the formation of the political philosophy of the man of social-
ist and communist society, and the unmasking of bourgeois ideology.
The present-day conditions advance new tasks in the party's ideologi-
- cal activity. The practical situation in the party organizations suggests -
to'us the path by following which we can achieve an increase in its effec-
tiveness. That is the comprehensive approach to the posing of the entire
job of education, that is, the guaranteeing of the close unity of the
- ideological-political, labor, and moral education, with a consideratlor. of
the peculiarities of various groups of workers.
- The building of mature socialism and communism presupposes an increased
amount of attention to the development of science and culture, to questions
of the communist education of the mas~es. On the other hand, under condi-
tions of the increasingly complete affirmation of the principles of pe~ceful ~
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coexistence of states with different social systems, special importance
is attached to the struggle of ideas, the increased application of our
efforts to disseminate throughout the world the truth about socialism,
the struggle against all types of ideology that is hostile to socialism.
Ideological, propaganda, and mass-agitational work is an important and _
responsible sphere in the party's activity.
_ A task of ideological work which is of primary importance. lies in the
development of the creative, conscious participation of the broad masses
of the workers. In order to be a revolutionary, a true Leninist, it is
not enough to work honestly. It is necessary to show constant concern for
the economic and defense might of the socialist Motherland. It is necessary
to have a clear understanding of our goals, profound devotion to the party -
cause, to the cause of communism. It is necessary to have a thrifty atti- _
tude toward the social wealth, to observe socialist labor discipline, and to
demonstrate a well-principled attitude and civil bravery in the fight
against survivals of capi*alism self-seeking, bureaucratism, and slack-
ness and the slightest devi3tions from Soviet laws and the norms of
communist morality.
The most important thing now consists in raising still higher the level of
all links in the party's ideological work. We must remember Lenin's
instruction to the effect that outside of conscious labor and social acti-
vity there is no comnnunist education and there can be none. Ideological
- work as a whole must be closely linked with life, with the practical situa-
- tion in communist construction. Otherwise, as V. I. Lenin emphasized, it
turns into political twaddle. The mobilization of the woricers for the -
successful solution of the tasks in the creation of the material-technical
base of communism, the formation of a scientific political philosophy, of
Communist moral.ity in all members of society, the education of a completely
devel~ped individual those are the goals of thE~ party's ideological work.
_ The building of co~unism is based upon the powerful creative forces o� the
people. This imposes special obligations on the Party the obligations -
of constantly improving the organizer, political, economic, and ideological
work.
An inseparable quality in every Cammunist must be an implacable attitude
toward the hostile bourgeois ideology.
A factor of great importance is the fight against bourgeois ideology,
revisionism, dogmatism, and reformism. We must always remember that our �
class enemy is imperialism. It is conducting subversive activities against
_ the socialist system, against its principles, ideology, and morality.
Imperialism's gigantic propaganda apparatus corrupts the individual, and
attempts to lead the masses away from politics. The f3.ght against bourgeois
ideology must be, under all circumstances, an uncompromising one, since
it is a class struggle, the struggle for man, for his dignity and freedom,
- ~or the reinforcement of the positions of socialism and communism. It is
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a struggle in the interests of the international working class.
It is necessary not only to unmask the falsity of bourgeois propaganda, `
_ not only to point out the fact that imperialism is doomed. It is also
necessary in every way to reveal the great truth of communist ideas, to
point out the successes achieved in the co~mnunist construction in our
country. The motto of our propaganda is its high ideological content,
its effectiveness, its aggressive, responsive nature, and its accessibility
for hundreds of millions of people, including those living beyond the
boundaries of our Motherland.
It is no secret that we still feel among us, not infrequently, social
defects which were inherited from the past and which, in essence, are
alien to socialism. Such defects include an unconscientious attitude
toward labor, a slackness, lack of disciplined spirit, a money-grubbing
attitude, and various violations of the norms that govern socialist communal
- life. The party considers it its duty to direct the attention of our
society as a whole to these phenomena, to mobilize the nation in the
decisive struggle against them, in the struggle to overcome them, since
otherwise it will be impossible for us to build communism.
In the ideological work that the party is carrying out, one of the first
places is given to thP task of educating in Soviet citizens a new,
communist attitude toward labor.
The Soviet authority and the Soviet nation are a united whole. In this
inviolable unity lies the source of the greatest durability of our social
system. And there is nowhere in the world any force that could shake
that unity!
- It would be a gr~eat mistake to assume that man needs only material incen-
tives. No, the Soviet citizen needs much more the awareness of his
participation in a large job, his striving to express himself 3n labor,
his pride in his own skills, his respect for his comrades, and his own
self-esteem. -
We went out onto the virgin land in order simultaneously to settle it, to
get it moving, and to harvest the grain. In cunfirming socialism, Soviet
~ citizens began a lot on a naked spot in order to get ahead of time. The
party openly told those whom it had called upon to go out onto the virgin ,
land: it will be difficult, very difficult. You have a difficult fight
ahead of you, and every fight requires exploits. And hundreds of thousands
of c~ur country's patriots the future "virgin-landers" consciously
~ went out to perform those exploits.
We reject both the preaching of poverty and asceticism and the cult of -
co�asumptic,n, the psychology of the philistine, for whom the kopeck, to
use Gor'kiy's apt exprESSion, is the sun in his heaven. Material blessings
for us are not a goal in themselves, but, rather, the prerequisite for the
, com~lete development of the individual. Therefore it is important for the
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upsurge in the standard of living to be accompanied by the enrichment of
people's inner life, by the formation of the correct understanding af the
goal and meaning of life. _
Modern economics, politics, and social life are so complicated that
the~ can be influenced only by powerfu~ collective intelligence. And it
_ is necessary to listen to the specialists, the scientists, and not
merely those.rhat represent just one trend or one school. No, it is
_ necessary to be able to ~et advice from the people, in order to avoid
all kinds of any "balkings," or any overly hasty, poorly thought-out,
willful decisions.
Ideological work is a job for our entire party, for all Communists. We
must always remember that the ideological influence upon the masses, the `
high effectiveness of agitational-propaganda work as a whole is directly
dependent upon the force of the personal example provided by the party
members and the leaders. '
The leaders of the party, Soviet, and economic organizations, the workers
on the ideological front, should always remember Lenin's principle to the
effect that very important indicators of the effectiveness of the educa-
- tional and organizer work are the level of the workers' political parti-
cipation and the state of the socialist discipline of labor.
The gauge of the success in the political education of the masses, of
course, is provided by concrete deeds. Adherence to Communist ideology ~
_ is a welding together of knowledge, conviction, and practical action.
The le~~el of the work performed by the party organization, the level of
ideological work, should be judged primarily on the basis of how the pro-
- ductions assignments are being fulfilled, how the labor productivity is
_ increasing, what the state of the labor discipline is, and the degree of
implacability with which the fight is being waged agains~ all manifesta-
tions of lack of organizational s~irit and of slackness. It is necessary
constantly to be guided by Lenin's instruction to the effect that,
outside of conscious labor and social activity, there is no Communist -
education and there can be none.
We r.rust strive for the maximum degree of businesslike principles, of
concreteness, of responsiveness that is what V. I. Lenin taught us.
These requirements must be ~et by the economic, organizational, and,
- probably to no less degree, the mass-political, ideological work.
Soviet man today is politically more~literate and more active than he
_ has ever been before. He legally is making high demands upon the means
of mass information. It is the auty of the workers on the ideological
front to improve the quality and effectiveness of their work, and to
improve its forms and methods.
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' LENINISM--THE SCIENGE OF THE REVOLUT~ONARY STRUGG'LE AND OF COMMUNIST
CREATION (ON THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF V. I. LENIN)
V. I. Lenin has gone down in history as a brilliant thinker and ardent
revolutionary, a faithful continuer of the work of K. Marx and F. Engels,
the founder of the Cammunist Party, the inspirer and organizer of the
- Great October Socialist Revolution, the leadFr of the first socialist
state, and the outstanding leader of the worldwide communist and workers'
movement. His life, which he devoted completely to the liberation of the
proletariat, is an inexhaustible torch of revolutionary energy, a summons to
improvement and prQgress, an example of selfless service to mankind and
of the struggle for the incerests and the happiness of the workers and
for socialism.
The historic merit of V. I. Lenin consisrs in that, on the dividing line
between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, during the advancing era
of imperialism, he defended, in the strug~le against the rightist and
"leftist" opportunitists, and raised high the banner of the revolutionary
_ theory of Marx-Engels, and creatively develaped it as applicable to the
= new conditions. That corresponded to the fundamental need of the revolu-
tionary movement in the twentieth century, wt~en the proletarian revolution
had come onto the agenda.
"Leninistn," one reads in the Policy Statemc~nt of the CPSU Central Committee
on the centenary of the birth of V. T. Leni~i, "is Marxism of the era of
imperialism and proletarian revolutions, the era of the def eat of coloni-
alism and the v~ctory of the national~liberation movements, the era of
the transition of mankind ~rom cap~talism to sdcialism and of the building
of a communist soci,ety." The S.oviet nataton i,s right~ully proud of the
fact that it was precisely our country that became the homeland of
~ Lenini~m that great, eternally young, ~rictorious theory that points out
to all ~nankind the only true path to a bright, happy life.
V. I. Lenin was the creator of the combative party of the working class, "
a new type of party a party armed with revolutionary theory, that was
capable of leac~ing the masses and overthrowing the old, bourgeois society
and of building the new, socialist society. "The new type of party,"
- L. I. Brezhnev says, "is. the highest embodiment of the inseparable
unity of revolutionary theory and revolutionary practice. It is the
greatest heritage that was left by Lenin for the worldwide revolutionary
_ movement, for the builders of socialism and communism."
The creation and education of the new type of party was a job for Lenin's
whole life. From a few Marxist groups to a detachment of 350,000 inflexible
warriors for their nation's cause, warr3ors who headed the epochal victory
of the Russian proletariat such was the path that was traveled by the
~ party of Bolsheviks under the leadership of V. I. Lenin during the pre-
revolutionary years. Expressing the fundamental interests of the working
class and all the workers, and the ob~ective nee~s of the new society, the
Co~nunist Party is executing.with distinction the tasks that were imposed
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upon it by history and has been leading the Soviet nation along the -
Leninist path, personifying the mind, honor, and conscience of our era.
Inseparably linked with the name of V. I. Lenin is the fundamental turning
point in the history of mankind the transition from capitalism to
socialism. Leninist theory concerning socialist revolution withstood ~
- stern tests in the course of three Russian revolutions and became the
property of the entire international workers' movement.
� A genuine triumph of Leninist theory and tactics in the class struggle was
_ the victory in the Great Octoher Socialist Revolution of the working class
of Russia in alliance w~th the poorest geasantry. The overthrowing of
the exploiter classes, the establishment of the poliCical power of the work-
ing class on one-sixth of the world's surface laid the path for the carry- -
ing out of the age-old yearnings of the working nation and opened up a new -
era in world history the era of the collapse of capitalism and the
building of communism. _
Lenin has gone down in history not only as a very great thinker and
revolutionary strategist, but al~o as a brilliant creator of a new life.
- "An lr.defatigable f ighter for the victory of socialist ideas," L. I.
Brezhnev emphasizes, "Lenin became the architect anc~ builder of the
majestic structure of socialism." The Leninist plan for the building of
socialism is a powerful theoretical and pxactical weapon in the hands of
the Co~nunist Party in the fight for the creation of a new society. -
Lenin's ideas concerning the paths for the creation of socialism, concerning
its basic principles and underlying natural laws continue today to serve as -
a reliable guide for action for the builders of the new world.
- The founder and leader of the world's first state of workers and peasants, ;
Lenin also became the organizer of socialist construction. Within six ~
years after the victury of the Great October, under his immediate guidance,
our countr resolved the ver com licated '
Y y p questions of the establishment
of the sta~e structure and economy, science and technology, culture and I_
education, and the social and national relations in the new society. That ~
_ was a gigantic amount of work, the content and results of which continue to i
- exert an effect upon the cours~ of world history.
Industrialization, collectivization, and the cultural revolution were the
_ realization of Lenin's ideas for the construction of socialism, the direct
continuation of the job that had been begun by V. I. Lenin. They have '
converted our Motherland into a mighty socialist power. "The job of
building sociaiism," L. I. Brezhnev emphasizes, "has raised such a wave -
of revolutionary enthusiasm, of inspired, selfless labor that it literally
swept aways all the obstacles on the path to socialism. That which was a
_ plan has become a reality. That was the epochal victory of the Soviet
nation, the victory of Leninism." ~
= In the severe tests and fierce engagements against fascism duri.ng the years -
of the Great Patriotic War, the socialist soci.al and state str~ucture
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- d emonstrated in full measure its indestructible solidity and tremendous
- v iability, and the Soviet nation demonstrated the greatest devotion to the
~ cause of the party and communism, and to the Leninist banner. The Soviet
nation not only defended the freedom and independence of our Motherland, -
but also made a decisive c:ontribution toward the salvation of world
- c ivilization from fascism.
After~ healing, within the briefestperiods of time, the wounds that had
b een inflected by the war, the Soviet nation madP a great leap forward.
"Comrades, we have things to be proud of when giving a report of ourselves
to the ~emory of Lenin. For the first time in the history of world
civilization," L. I. Brezhnev said, "socialism won completely and finally, _
a mature socialist society was built, and the conditions for the success-
ful building of co~unism were created."
_ The building of mature socialism in our country was the true triumph of the
Leninist, a majestic monument to the immortal theory and cause of V. I.
Lenin. The tremendous achievements of the party and nation were revealed =
in the reports given by L. I. Brezhnev at the jubilee solemn session
devoted to the sixtieth anniversary of the Great October Socialist
Revolution, the extraordinary 7th Session of the USSR Supreme Soviet, and -
our country's Basic Law. "The new Constitution," L. I. Brezhnev pointed
ou t, "is, one miglit say, the concretized result of the entire 60 years
of development of the Soviet state. It brilliantl~ attests to the fact
- that the ideas proclaimed by the Great October, ~ne behests of Lenin, _
_ are being successfully implemented."
Following the guidelines set down by Lenin, the party at the 24th and
25th CPSU Congresses defined the strategy and tactics of communist con- -
struction at the modern stage of our history. The basic idea of that
political course is the complete implementation of the inexhaustible
capabilities and historic advantages of mature socialism for the further
su ccessful advancement in all directions of social progress. �
The party and the Soviet nation are sucr..pssfully carrying out new tasks in
a decisive sphere of communist construction the aconomy. The celebra-
tion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Lenin occurs at the final
stage in the intensive, creative work to fulfill and overfull the assign- -
ments of the Tenth Five-Year Plan the five-year plan of effectiveness
~ and quality.
Du ring the years that have elapsed since the 25th CPSU Congress there has
_ been a substantial increase in our country's economic potential. Great
successes were achieved by the workers in industry, agriculture, construc-
tion, transpox�t, and the public-services sphere. A future increase was
achieved in the workers' real income, retail commodity turnover, and the :
volume of everyday services provided to the public. Millions of new,apart- -
. ments with a11 the amenities have been put into operation. .
Comprehensive programs are being carried out on a tremendous scale
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programs far the trans�ormation of the Nonchernozem Zone of the RSFSR,
the eastern and other parts of the country, programs aimed at the resolu-
tion not only of the current needs of the economy, but also of the future
ones. The country is ~onsistently following the line of increasing the _
- effectiveness of social production and the quality of work on the basis of
the acceleration of scientific-tec~nical progress, the improvement of ~ -
the planning and administration of the national economy, and the intensi-
fication of economy measures, the state of organization, and discipline
- at every work site. Thus, under new conditions one sees the implementation =
of the Leninist instruction concerning the decisive role played by the
increase in labor productivity for the victory of the new social system. _
The years that elapsed after the 2.~th CPSU Congress have shown that its
political course guarantees the steady reinforcement and development of the
economic and defense might of the USSR, the improvement of socialist
social relations, the reinforcement of the friendship among nations, and ~
the further advance of our Diotherland toward communism. '
A mighty accelerating factor for our entire developmPnt has been the -
constantly growing political and labor participation of Soviet citizens.
Lenin attached great importance to the development of the consciou,sness
of the masses, which, as he wrote, "continues to be the base and the
chief content of our entire work." In the process of socialist and -
communist construction in our country, the new Soviet man has grown up
and been educated.
The high political consciousness of Soviet citizens is formed by the -
entire soci