17) On the other hand it does not at all follow from the theoretical admission of parliamentary activity that participation in actual elections and in actual parliamentary sessions is in all circumstances absolutely necessary. That depends on a whole series of specific conditions. In certain circumstances it may be necessary to walk out of parliament. The Bolsheviks did that when they left the pre-parliament in order to destroy it... In certain circumstances it may be necessary to boycott elections and to remove by force both the entire bourgeois State apparatus, as well as the bourgeois parliamentary clique, or it may be necessary to take part in elections while boycotting parliament itself, etc.
18) The boycotting of elections or of parliament, as well as walking out of parliament, are permissible primarily when the conditions for the immediate transition to armed struggle for power are at hand.
19) The comparative unimportance of this question should always be borne in mind, Since the centre of gravity lies in the struggle for State power waged outside parliament, it is obvious that the question of the proletarian dictatorship and of the mass struggle for that dictatorship cannot be placed on the same footing as the question of the utilisation of parliament.
20) That is why the Communist International emphasises most strongly that it considers any split or any attempt at a split within the communist party solely on this question a serious error...
3. REVOLUTIONARY PARLIAMENTARIANISM ...2) After elections, the organisation of the parliamentary fraction must be completely in the hands of the central committee of the communist party, whether or not the party as a whole is at the time legal or illegal. The chairman and presidium of the communist parliamentary fraction must be confirmed in their office by the central committee. The central committee must have a permanent representative in the fraction, with the right of veto, and, on all important political questions, the traction must seek in advance guidance from the party central committee. The central *BIRMINGHAM: Gerald Hitman, 28 Brighton R Balsall Heath, Birmingham 12.
*CARDIFF: Oliver New, 23 Black Oak Road, Cyncoed, Cardiff CF2 6Q7 *COVENTRY: John Presland, Rootes Hall D16.
University of Warwick, Coventry *DERBY: John Hewitt, c/o The Red Mole, 182 Pen tonville Road, London N.1.
& Bruce Bebbington, 41 Leopold Street, Derby *EDINBURGH: Robin Duncan, 13 Blackthorn C Barnton, Edinburgh.
*GLASGOW: Murray Smith, 61 Fergus Drive, Glasgow N.W. *HAMILTON: Walter MacLellan, 37 Smyllum Re Lanark, Scotland.
HULL: John Bearpark, 88 Park Street, Springban KEELE: Jason Hill, University of Keele Students Union, Keele, Newcastle, Staffs #LANARK: Walter MacLellan, 37 Smyllum Road Lanark, Scotland.
LEEDS: Gwyn Vorhaus, 89 Victoria Road, Leeds LEICESTER: Alan Lenton, 19 Gotham Street, Leicester CENTRAL LONDON: Frank Hansen, City Polyechnic, Students Union, Moorgate, EC *NORTH LONDON: Dave Kendall, 75 York Wa *SOUTH LONDON: Jim Clough, 2 Almeric Road #SOUTH LONDON: Tony Jones, Furzedown Coll of Education, Welham Road, S.W.17 *WEST LONDON: Tom Mole, 23 Brackley Road, Ealing. W.4.
LOUGHBOROUGH: Alan Morris, 59 Toothill Roa Loughborough, Leies.
NORWICH: Paul Franklin, Norfolk Terrace, Unive of East Anglia, University Plain, Norwich 88C *NOTTINGHAM: Nick Beeton, 25 Henry Road, V Bridgford, Nottingham *OXFORD: Bernard Reaney, Corpus Christi Colle Oxford.
PLYMOUTH: Martin Durham, c/o 19 Clifton Stres Plymouth, Devon POTTERIES: Jason Hill, University of Keele Stude Union, Keele, Newcastle, Staffs.
READING: Nigel Brown, St. Patricks Hall, Northcourt, Avenue, Reading, Berks, *STAFFORD: Chris Pailthorpe, Dunston Hall, Dunston. Nr. Stafford STIRLING: Neil Williamson, 266 Stirling Street, Denny, Stirlingshire. *YORK: Mike Lomax, Fairfax House, Heslington Road, York.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Tariq Ali, Robin Blackburn Chenhamo Chimutengwende, Peter Gowan, Teresa