The program of the Communist International also states dearly that communists fight against religion, as it is a counter-revolutionary force, an ally and a weapon of the bourgeoisie in its struggle against the revolutionary movement. Our Party is convinced that only when all social life, including economic life, proceeds according to a conscious, well-thought-out plan, will religion lose its authority over the peasantry and over the working class.
Yemelyan Yaroslavsky
1878 - 1943
