The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-22

emphasized by Iskra-"the professional revolu-
ZIONIST" Many did not understand this, and
many misinterpreted it, 1t was denounced as
Conspiracy" "Blanquism," and so on. Lenin
pointed to conditions: Czarism is organizing its
own workers societies, its intention is to catch
the revolutionists. We must turn them into
fields where we can expose the spies and conduct
the class struggle. But there are some prerequi-
sites: ~ No revolutionary. organization can
be strong without solid and permanent group
of leaders. (2) the more the elementary workers
movement grows, the more necessary it is to give
to it a strong nucleus. (3) 1t must be composed
of persons who devote their whole life to the
revolution and learn revolutionary work as
trade. az Only in this way is it possible to
keep the spies from coming in and (5) Only with
such an apparatus can new elements from the
working class be drawn in and schooled to be-
come the leader of the class struggle. Lenin
wrote:
"Let our fighters not feel hurt by severe crit
cism, because when / speak of the insufficient
preparation, must first apply the remarks to
myself. have been member of circle, which
had broad connections and farreaching aims
but we, it's members, suffered heavily from the
consciousness of being only "amateurs" and
that in a time when we could convert famous
proverb to read Give us an organization of the
revolutionists and we will turn Russia upside
down." And the more think of the feeling of
shame that l felt at that time, the more bitter
feel against those false socialdemocrats, who
profane the honored name of revolutionists with
their moral preachings, and do not understand
that our task is not to recommend the lowering
of the revolutionist into an amateur, but to raise
the amateur to the rank of the revolutionist"
The same raising of the level to the revolution
airy craft was the aim of many of Lenins articles
thruout his career. In 1902, he wrote the famous
"Letter to the Comrades About the Organiza-
ton" This was an answer to a Petersburg
worker who had written about the Organizational
problems. Lenin explains why the organization
at that time must be strictly secret. There can
not be such a democracy as is possible in demo
cratic countries This lack of democracy can be
made good only by the good conduct of the party
workers. Therefore regular reports and instruc-
tons are needed. In every factory and shop,
there must be nucleus of the party. Thru one
member it must keep contact with the section and
city committee. Every committee must organize
assistant groups around itself. Some of these
groups must consist of party members only. In
others maybe only one is needed, and not even
that. But all these groups together must build
a whole, must be the backbone of the workers.
movement Especially responsible is the work
| of the prOpagandist. The students are always
eager to become prOpagandists Immediately.
This is not advisable. They should first partlcl-
pate in the work of the nuclei. So the comrades
must be educated for the various fields of work.
And in this work only it will be apparent who
will be the leaders.
And to those who think that Lenin was "dic-
tatorial character" as the Mensheviks have said,
it is necessary to point out how Lenin always lis
tened to the arguments of everybody, especially
of his opponents, and took a stand only after a
thoro examination and hearing of all sides.
"THE WORKERS PARTY AND THE PEASANTS
A N article with this heading appeared in the
first issue of Iskra. In Russia they were just
celebrating the fourteenth anniversary of the lib
Grafton of the peasants. Lenin explains how this
had been 'the liberation of the peasants from the
land" The peasants had been compelled to buy
their own land from the landlord. And still they
were not free citizens, but regarded as lower
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