Transmission belt

Transmission belt is a Marxist–Leninist analogy to describe interactions of the communist party with the people in a communist state via mass organizations, such as trade unions. All these institutions worked under the party's leadership.^[1] Examples of transmission belt organizations include the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (Komsomol),^[2] the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of the Soviet Union,^[3] and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.^[4]

The term derives from early 20th century agriculture, in which the engines of tractors provided operational power to engineless stationary threshing machines via long straps called "transmission belts."

The metaphor was first used by Russian Communist Party leader Vladimir Lenin in his speech to the 8th All-Russian Congress of Soviets, the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions and the Moscow City Council of Trade Unions, on 30 December 1920.^[5]

References

↑ Jan Adam, Why Did the Socialist System Collapse in Central and Eastern European Countries?: The Case of Poland, the Former Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016; p. 94.
↑ Richard Cornell, Revolutionary Vanguard: The Early Years of the Communist Youth International, 1914–1924. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1982; p. 251.
↑ Richard Sakwa, Russian Politics and Society. Taylor and Francis, 2002; p. 319.
↑ Karla W. Simon, Civil Society in China: The Legal Framework from Ancient Times to the "New Reform Era." Oxford University Press, 2013; p. 169.
↑ V.I. Lenin, "The Trade Unions, The Present Situation And Trotsky's Mistakes," in Lenin Collected Works Moscow: Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1965; vol. 32, pp. 19-42.

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[1] Jan Adam, Why Did the Socialist System Collapse in Central and Eastern European Countries?: The Case of Poland, the Former Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016; p. 94.

[2] Richard Cornell, Revolutionary Vanguard: The Early Years of the Communist Youth International, 1914–1924. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1982; p. 251.

[3] Richard Sakwa, Russian Politics and Society. Taylor and Francis, 2002; p. 319.

[4] Karla W. Simon, Civil Society in China: The Legal Framework from Ancient Times to the "New Reform Era." Oxford University Press, 2013; p. 169.

[TUs-5] V.I. Lenin, "The Trade Unions, The Present Situation And Trotsky's Mistakes," in Lenin Collected Works Moscow: Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1965; vol. 32, pp. 19-42.

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