We Are Our Own ModelsA stand that has characterized the work of
CPC(M-L) right from the beginning rejects the
notion of being anyone's agent or dependant. This
has always set CPC(M-L) apart from parties that
would change their stands according to how the
wind would blow in other countries they considered
to be their models. This outlook of CPC(M-L) was
embodied in the slogan "We Are Our Own Models,"
adopted when a foreign party tried to dictate to
the Party who it would accept as a representative
in exchanges between the two parties. At that time
it was said that the endorsement of this foreign
party would determine if we were real
Marxist-Leninists or not. CPC(M-L) responded by
stepping up its own work to organize the Party and
the class and clearly stated that it is the
recognition of the working class when it joins the
work that determines the legitimacy of the Party,
not foreign recognition.
Today the Party gives priority to the work to highlight working people speaking in their own name on matters of concern to the society so that they lay the claims which they must in defense of the rights of all. It is the essence of the work to bring forward the new democratic personality which puts decision-making in the hands of the broad masses of the people, not ruling elites.
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The stand of
the Party was set originally when it adopted the
Necessity for Change (NfC) analysis. NfC is based
on the demand that everyone must stand on their
own feet by participating in arriving at decisions
and implementing them. This is the thread running
through its work in different periods leading to
the Party's championing and elaboration of
Contemporary Marxist-Leninist Thought which gives
it its red spine. It was this revolutionary
outlook that led Hardial Bains to declare with
great foresight in 1984-85 that no individual,
collective or social force could act in the old
way but had to find their bearings in the new
conditions of the retreat of revolution. It gave
rise to the initiative to create the Renewal Party
in 1993. 
