The draft programme of the Marxist League read: "…It is the rule of the Marxist League to spread the interest in Marxism, especially amongst middle class intellectuals, and create a band of trained Marxist intellectuals who will take up the ideological fight against imperialist and National Reformists and at the same time work in closest cooperation with the revolutionary movement of the masses of workers and peasants.
The Marxist League aimed to cultivate a group of intellectuals who would act as ideological warriors against opposing forces (imperialism and National Reformism) while simultaneously supporting the revolutionary movement of the working class and peasants.