I

The School for Marxist Education  is being established by the Marxist Education Collective for purpose of advancing Marxist culture… and conscious political practice.

We see the human species threatened by the menaceof out-lived capitalism and its plagues of war, crisis, racial and sexual discrimination, ignorance and poverty.

And we see the task of revolutionary Marxism to arm the producing masses of the world with the consciousness to recapture their human capaities and transform the world into an environment in which we are harmonious participants.

The two educational premises on which we base our school are:

1. The scientific presentation of historical materialism contained in Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx; and
2. The lessons of the Russian Revolution, the turning point of working class history which was led by self-conscious revolutionary Marxists.

The focus of the school is therefore upon the proven and demonstrated accomplishments of Marxist science. We do not mean that everythat Marx said was right nor that everything the Bolshevik party said or did was correct. We are simply not agnostic with respect to the scientific basis of Marxist thought nor the giant accomplishments of conscious revolutionary practice.

II

The need for a revolutionary party is so great that the question of its program, tempo and form of organization must be the centerpiece of discussion and debate. We want the School for Marxist Education to be a context in which to advance this dialoge. We also support action where there is common agreement, particularly in  solidarity with workers' struggles at home and internationally,on theprinciples that a blow to one is a blow to all.

III

The School for Marxist Education welcomes all workers, students and anyone who finds our courses and activities valuable for their lives and work. No one will be excluded from the School on the basis of prior thought or practice; on the contrary, we welcome controversy and debate. Anyone interfering with the rights of others to pursue their own course of growth within our School will be prevented from doing so.