The united front tactic sought working-class majority through engaging reformists

Evidence

The response of the Comintern to what were, at that time, seen as temporary ebbings of the revolutionary tide was, fundamentally, the united front policy. This characterised Comintern strategy, despite fluctuations in interpretation, at least until 1925-6. Its basic idea was that the communists, now that they had expelled, or split from, the reformists, should seek to engage the latter in forms of common action; only thus could they win a majority in the working class — which has a fundamental interest in unity, whether in defensive or in offensive action. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 115

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Defines the united front tactic — a Comintern strategic concept the reader may encounter in later political-theory material.

Related

• The Comintern’s united front policy sought working-class majority through common action with reformists (similarity 0.94)
• The united front aimed to win workers over by engaging reformist leaders (similarity 0.89)
• The Comintern’s united-front mandate forced the party into contradictory reform and revolution aims (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The united front aimed to win workers over by engaging reformist leaders #corroborates (1.00) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 116
• Working-class movements accommodated capitalism while theory idealized a revolutionary proletariat #complicates (0.75)