: He describes the Communist Party as the "simplest mechanism" of power, acting as the sole backbone of political, economic, and ideological life. Historical Significance SUMMARY OF THE NEW CLASS - by Milovan Djilas - CIA
The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System Author: Milovan Djilas Year of Publication: 1957 Milovan Djilas Nova Klasa.pdf
Critics of Djilas (mostly Trotskyists and orthodox Marxists) argued that his thesis was a "pamphlet of betrayal"—a disgruntled ex-communist justifying his split. They claimed that the bureaucracy was a "degenerated workers state" that could be reformed, not a permanent new class. : He describes the Communist Party as the