V. I.

Lenin

Rabochaya Gazeta gloats and crows over the recent resolution of the
Central Committee which has revealed (in connection, be it
noted, with the now published declaration of the representatives
of the Bolshevik group in the Soviet) certain disagreements
within our Party.

The Mensheviks may gloat and crow as much as they like. It does not worry us in
the least. The Mensheviks have no organisation. Chkheidze
and Tsereteli are one thing—they are ministers without portfolios; the Organising Committee is another thing—they are Social-Democrats
without a policy; the “defencists” are a third thing—they
support Plekhanov .
Martov is a fourth thing—he will not support the loan. Small
wonder that people who have neither an organisation nor a party
crow and caper light-heartedly at discovering a fault in
somebody else’s organisation.

We have no reason to fear the truth. Yes, comrade workers, the
crisis has revealed certain shortcomings in our organisation. We
must set to work to correct them!

The crisis revealed a very feeble attempt to move “slightly
leftward” of the Central Committee. Our Central Committee did
not yield, and we do not doubt for a moment that harmony within
our Party is already being restored, a harmony that is voluntary, intelligent, and complete.

Every day proves the soundness of our line. To put it through
effectively, the proletarian masses must be thrice as well organised as they are now. Every district, every block,
every factory, every military company must have a strong,
close-knit organisation capable of acting as one man. Each such organisation must have direct ties with the
centre, with the Central Committee, and those ties must be strong, so that the enemy may not break them at the first blow;
those ties must be permanent, must be strengthened and tested
every day and every hour, so that the enemy does not catch us unawares .

Comrade workers! Let us build a strong proletarian mass
organisation everywhere, from the bottom up, both among the
working-class mass and in the army, and let us start lt
immediately. We shall not be put out by the malicious glee of
our enemies, we shall not be daunted by occasional errors and
shortcomings. We shall correct them. The future is working for
us.

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