The united front tactic presumed gaining majority working-class support precedes revolution

Evidence

The slogan “To the masses” which was launched at the Third World Congress in 1921 was a recognition that in most cases (there were exceptions like Bulgaria) the communist parties were not yet followed by the majority of workers, and that only when they were would revolution be attainable. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 116

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies what the ‘To the masses’ slogan and the united front’s mass-consent premise actually meant at the 1921 congress.
• XREF: connects to: The Comintern’s united front aimed to win a working-class majority — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 115; The united front from below contradicted the tactic’s premise of winning the working-class majority — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 117