Revolutionary cadres divorced from the masses cannot sustain a revolution

Evidence

Everything that yesterday permitted the Algerians to resist and conquer, is today being expressed by the Dominican people. If the Dominicans are able to resist in this way, this means that no revolutionary force or tendency, no matter how small it may seem, is alone or isolated if it knows how to represent, in its policies, its acts, and its life, this immense force that is transforming the world. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 52 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Premature uprisings limited the revolt’s potential final success; Toussaint lost the revolution by neglecting the masses who fought for it; Only isolated revolutionary forces fail to represent the world revolution — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 52 (+13 more)

Related

• Toussaint lost the revolution by neglecting the masses who fought for it (similarity 0.93)
• Only isolated revolutionary forces fail to represent the world revolution (similarity 0.91)
• A small armed population draws its strength from a worldwide revolutionary movement (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Power cannot self-realize but depends on societal-structural conditions for legitimacy #corroborates (0.82)
• James concluded revolutionary masses rather than vanguard cadre preserve revolutions #corroborates (0.70)
• Only isolated revolutionary forces fail to represent the world revolution #corroborates (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 52
• Regional factionalism and parochial anarchy eroded the Aurès insurgency #exemplifies (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 442
• Comintern orthodoxy narrowed revolutionary class to industrial workers while dismissing colonial masses #corroborates (0.50)