4. The communist party, internally, develops an intense work of study and political critique intimately linked to the exigencies of action and to historical experience, and it strives to organise this work on an international basis. Externally, in all circumstances and with the means at it disposal, it works to diffuse the lessons of its own critical experience and to refute enemy schools and parties.
4. Il partito comunista svolge un intense lavoro interno di studio e di critica, strettamente collegato all esigenza dell azione ed all esperienza storica, adoperandosi ad organizzare su basi internazionali tale lavoro.