

Once in power, the party rules through a system whereby policies are open for internal debate until a decision has been made. Leninism: A political ideology based in Marxist thought, Leninism seeks to establish a socialist state by a vanguard party leading a revolution overthrowing capitalist society. Class struggle and the need for transition to a society based on common ownership of the means of production characterize these ideologies. Marxism: Encompassing a broad spectrum of economic and historical views, Marxist politics seek to apply the theories of Karl Marx to political practice.

