In ''Reclaiming Revolution'', STORM editors discussed thier self critical evaluation of accusations other groups made that STORM considered itself the revolutionary vanguard of Marxism. They write,
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{{Cquote|We did not understand clearly enough the distinction between cadre organizati9on, revolution ary parties, revolutionary organization and vanguard organization...We were a cadre organization that was working to build revolutionary mass organizations and to lay the groundwork for a future revolutionary party (or parties) by building a broad revolutionary internationalist trend.}}