The Origin of the Communist Autocracy: Political Opposition by Leonard Schapiro
By Leonard Schapiro
Communism, Political technological know-how, Sociology, Philosohy
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The Mensheviks, led by Martov, rallied in angry and excited protest against Lenin's methods of raising funds for his supporters by armed robbery. Lenin, for his part, was campaigning against the so-called 'liquidators'. This was the name applied to the majority of the Mensheviks who, in view of the increased opportunities for legal activity in the Duma and in the trade unions, believed that the time had come to disband the illegal underground party organizations. Lenin was supported in this campaign by Plekhanov, but, as Plekhanov later explained, this was due to motives quite different from Lenin's.
It is true that during the war his ideas could hardly have come to the knowledge of exiles in Siberia like Stalin. But even Shlyapnikov, who had last been in 30 THE ORIGIN OF THE COMMUNIST AUTOCRACY contact with Lenin towards the end of 1916 and must have been better informed than others of the new policy, had maintained desultory (and abortive) conversations on unification with the Mensheviks for some months before the February Revolution. 16 Nor does Pravda during the short period of its existence under his direction appear to have so much as mentioned the Zimmerwald Left.
This was the name applied to the majority of the Mensheviks who, in view of the increased opportunities for legal activity in the Duma and in the trade unions, believed that the time had come to disband the illegal underground party organizations. Lenin was supported in this campaign by Plekhanov, but, as Plekhanov later explained, this was due to motives quite different from Lenin's. He feared that a party decision to disband all underground organizations would only have the effect of leaving the field to the Bolsheviks, who, unlike the Mensheviks, would not comply with the decision.