Definition of "vanguardism" []

• The strategy whereby an organization (usually a vanguard party) attempts to place itself at the centre of a revolutionary movement and steer it in a direction consistent with its ideology. (noun)

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• "Bakunin's "vanguardism" along with that of the Magon Brothers, has been seen by many, if not most, anarchists as an abberation - an "unanarchist" aspect of these otherwise great anarchists."
• "Of course, if we are talking about the real essensce of "vanguardism," focusing of"
• "Significantly, the PT defined itself as a radical leftist party but squarely rejected the Leninism and vanguardism of the Soviet Union and Cuba."