ABSTRACT
Since the communist regards the present system of social relationship solely in terms of class-war, it is only logical that he should adopt communist strategy of the movement to its making. It is, moreover, essential in considering both the theory which underlies, and the institutions which express, this strategy, to realise that it is with a world-battle that the communist concerned. It is obvious, in this background, that communists must prepare themselves for the conflict in these world-terms. The pivot of their movement has, so, been the Third International, and the separate national movements built around its centre. The best way, probably, to predict composition of the Communist international is to think of it in terms of English political institutions. The Communist International, however, has the advantages of federation for the purposes of conference, with those of democratic centralisation for purposes of action. It has a general staff which infuses a consistent unity of thought and deed throughout its membership.
