our current priority is mass lining and investigation.

a thorough understanding of the mass line is a requirement of understanding what the goal of organizing is. and through mass lining we can investigate where the state fails to address class struggle and where we can fill in the gaps. people know the intricacies of their problems more than anybody else and intellectually identifying these problems will always be insufficient.

i realize many people may not be familiar with what the mass line is so ill wrote a quick explanation. essentially the populace can be divided into 3 categories: the advanced, the middle, and the backwards elements.

the advanced are people that identify that capitalism is the issue and are willing to organize to combat capitalism.

the middle are people who may or may not be aware that capitalism is the issue, but are yet to actively participate in the organizing process. people with typically single issue problems are in the middle.

the backwards are people who are reactive to the idea that capitalism is the issue.

within each category you can also categorize people as advanced, middle or backwards. there are many goals you can use the mass line as a tool to achieve, but one important one is elevating the consciousness of people. one of our goals as organizers is to push people towards the advanced, and members of the advanced towards active participation in organizing. "through the advanced we can reach the middle" and "through the middle we can move some of the backwards".

when we are trying to mass line a person, we are trying to investigate their level of class consciousness as well as their class interests and push them to elevate towards a higher level of class consciousness. through this investigation we can get a realistic idea of the actual conditions of people's lives and this is crucial in informing our tactics.

another important concept is integration. integration is about forming unities where you can. its about listening and helping people with their issues while elevating their consciousness of them. successful integration is translating the principles of marxism in natural language and the other person easily understanding them. this does not mean "watering down" our ideas as this is bourgeois chauvinism that assumes the masses are incapable of articulating their lived experiences.

lastly, there is the issue of commandism and tailism. commandism is failing to maintain a close relationship to the masses and failing to meet their real needs. this can be just saying to random people marxist jargon or organizing events people have no interest in by yourself. tailism on the other hand is underestimating the capabilities of the masses and lagging behind them instead. tailists hesitate to act because they are overly focused on the backwards elements and therefore failing to provide leadership.

as you may be able to see, the mass line is a really flexible tool that is invaluable to organizing and provides the basis for communist organization in any country really. also through mass lining you will meet people who's material experiences have not proven to them the accuracy of marxism and that's okay. learning this is the basis of class struggle