** Framing Failure

** Defining the Debate

** The Birth of Democratic Centralism

** Democratic Centralism Beyond Lenin—Hope in the West?

** A Dialectical Alternative?

** In Practice

*** Central Bodies

*** Unaccountable Professional Leadership

*** Directives/Lack of Critical Thinking

*** Suppression of Dissent

*** Retardation of Development

*** Conclusions in Practice

** Democratic Centralism Outside of Time and Space

** Democratic Centralism in Our Time

** Towards a Fresh Organization