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Using the theoretical basis of the writings of Lenin and Gramsci on the revolutionary theory and praxis, this text traces the formation, policy and aims, membership, structure and practices of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and selected affiliated organizations during the period 1983-1987. The central problem investigated is the relations between revolutionary theory and praxis and the aims, policies and practices of the UDF and its affiliates. More particularly, in what respects does the formation of the UDF and revolutionary developments thereafter meet the strategic and tactical requirements of Lenin and Gramsci's theories of revolutionary strategy? The study demonstrates that the formation of the UDF, and revolutionary developments during the period of review, conformed to the strategic and tactical requirements of a Leninist/Gramscian model of revolutionary praxis in the following way: the general drive to establish mass-based community organizations; the formation of the UDF and the development and spread of a common national political culture based on resistance to apartheid. The study demonstrates the central role played by the affiliated civic associations in this process.