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• Resolute action to expel all foreign agents; Firm resistance to provocations by the super-powers, and refusal to appease Soviet social-imperialism; Preparation for civil defence, including shelter provision for working people in the face of the threat of Soviet aggression; * A policy of friendship and co-operation with socialist China and other genuine socialist countries. CULTURE The world of ideas, culture and political institutions is the superstructure of society. It reflects the character of the economic base, while at the same time also influencing the latter. The present superstructure serves to protect the capitalist mode of production. One part of the superstructure is the state, which consists of all the bourgeoisie's instruments of repression and all aspects of bourgeois political organization. The state is the main target of the revolution; it will have to be smashed and replaced with a socialist state before it is possible to create the new, socialist system. Bourgeois culture, especially as promoted in the mass media (press, television etc.), is entirely geared to supporting the dictatorship of monopoly capital, and in fact forms a most important prop for the present system. The attack on bourgeois culture is a part of the revolution and Communists must play a leading part in it. While of secondary import- ance to the question of state power, the cultural question is a more immediate one; bour- geois culture must be attacked and weakened to a certain extent before the seizure of state power is possible. It will be necessary to begin building an authentic working class culture, incorporating progressive aspects of traditional and contemporary popular culture, and drawing upon the finest cultural traditions of all the peoples of the world. One aspect of the superstructure which is already under strong attack is the ideology of male domination, an ideology which serves to protect the current relations of production. The movement for women's liberation is an extremely powerful and progressive force, and Communists must be active in this field, furthering its development while combatting those who try to make out that that main contradiction in society is between the sexes, not be- tween classes. UNITED FRONT WORK At all stages of our revolutionary struggle, we need to fight to unite the vast majority of the people against the main enemy. The united front is a means of developing the role of the proletariat as the leading force on the political life of Britain, by collecting other classes and strata around it, so as to attain the goals of the revolution step by step. At present, the two main spheres of united front work are those of opposition to fascism and to super-power aggression, but anti-racist work must be a component part of the fight against fascism, and a strong united front against British imperialist aggression in Ireland and Zimbabwe has to be built. The united front against fascism is necessary to counter ruling class preparations for the introduction of a terrorist dictatorship over the working class. The fight on this front is closely linked with the fight-back against cuts in living standards, and is directed against all aspects of fascism; this united front should include within its ranks people of all classes and strata who are ready to fight this danger. The united front against super-power aggression is directed partly against the opp- ression of Britain by the USA, but principally against the threat of an imperialist war of aggression, which the Soviet ruling class is planning to launch. The present stage of the British revolution is one of struggle for socialism, but, while this is our main goal, it must be combined with fighting for a united front against Soviet aggression. If the Soviet menace develops to such a degree that it objectively changes the relationship of class forces in Britain, then the party of the proletariat will change its app- roach, will unite with and take the leadership over all class forces which are opposed to social-imperialist aggression, and wage class struggle primarily against the capitulationist