V. I.

Lenin

Martov’s Contradictions and Zigzags

1.He lashed the Organising Committee for its vacillations and abrupt
changes of front, for its quasi- Iskra -ism, but then brought
the vacillators and quasi- Iskra -ists into the Central Committee.

2.He always defended Iskra’s ideas of organisation ( What Is to Be Done? ), but secured the incorporation of a Jaurèsist
first clause in the Rules.

3.He agreed to the editorial board being reorganised into a trio, but
then fought at the Congress for a board of six quand même .[ All the same.– Ed . ]

4.He fought against so-called “democratism,” but insisted on
“freedom” of co-optation to the central bodies.