the program in all its details. It constitutes the most important guide to the activities of every group and of every individual member of the party. For no one can be a member of the party unless he has accepted the program, unless he regards the program as sound. And no one can regard it as sound without knowing it. There are of course many persons who have never glanced at the program, but who thrust themselves into the communist ranks and swear by communism, simply in the hope of snatching up some unconsidered trifle or of feathering their nest. We have no use for such members, who can do us nothing but harm. Without knowledge of the program no one can be a genuine communist bolshevik. Every intelligent Russian worker and poor peasant ought to become acquainted with the program of our party. Every non-Russian proletarian ought to study it, that he may profit by the experience of the Russian revolution.
5. The scientific Character of our program.
We have already said that it is wrong to manufacture a program out of our own heads, and that our program should be taken from life. Before the time of Marx, those who represented working-class interests were apt to draw