ABSTRACT
The united front approaches enabled communism to "crush its class enemies, to paralyze wavering classes, and to gain ascendency over its class allies". The united front attempted to mobilize the Indian people to secure their own political and economic emancipation, thereby severing the domination of the bourgeoisie and inaugurating a comprehensive social revolution. The Congress Socialist Party (CSP) Meerut Thesis of 1936 formed the theoretical framework for the party's work within the Congress and for forging the united front. The communist version of the united front envisioned a communist-inspired Congress collaborating with communist-dominated unions; the political movement would merge seamlessly with the social movement and the entire nation would coalesce into an anti-imperialist united front. For socialists, the united front meant stimulating grassroots activism, motivating the masses to take part in their own economic liberation and making local, provincial and national governments accountable to the people.
