Points of Discipline for Party Members
- Don't use drugs or get drunk.
- Do not steal anything from the masses, not even a needle or piece of thread; return everything you borrow.
- Don't raise money for yourself in the name of the Party; turn in all money raised to support the organization.
- Women are equals of men in every respect. They should be treated as comrades in the revolutionary struggle, not as property or prizes. Such things as physically or verbally abusing women or treating them as sexual objects are completely opposed to everything we stand for.
- We are proletarian internationalists. We should promote respect for the cultures and languages of oppressed peoples and equality among all nationalities. Don't insult or ridicule other people's race or nationality, not even in jokes.
- Don't use your position as political leader among the masses for personal gain -- financially, to take sexual advantage, etc.
- Don't attempt to get people to support or join the Party by threatening them. Party members must use the method of persuasion and education among the masses.
- Don't poster or graffiti the businesses or homes of small property owners without their agreement. Middle class people are potential allies of the proletariat and our ability to win large numbers of them to at least ``friendly neutrality'' is crucial for the success of the revolution. Only the oppressors and die-hard accomplices of the oppressors should be treated as enemies.
- Don't settle arguments, disputes or contradictions in the Party through fistfights or other violent means.
- Don't remain silent at meetings and then gossip afterwards. Say all you know and say it without holding back anything.
- Don't let things slide when a person has clearly made an error for the sake of remaining on friendly terms with that person. Party members must at all times fight for what is correct, wage principled line struggle and not fear criticism and self-criticism.
- Don't engage in personal attacks, pick fights, curse people or seek revenge because you have been criticized.
- Don't use leadership positions to suppress criticism or to retaliate; don't use your position of leadership to lord it over others or to act like a “bigshot.”
- Don't discuss inner-Party struggle or business outside the Party.
- Practice criticism and self-criticism on these points and in general.
“Those who really want revolution, want it bad enough to work for it and do what has to be done to make revolution -- they belong in the Party of all-the-way revolution.”
Bob Avakian, Chairman of the RCP
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