LENIN ON ORGANIZATION
(¢) The Scope of Organizational Work.
B-v (8) speaks elsewhere of the “lack of suitable
revolutionary forces experienced not only in St.
Petersburg, but throughout the whole of Russia.”
Nobody, perhaps, will contest this statement. But
the question is, how is it to be explained? B-v
writes:
“We will not attempt to go into the historical
causes of this phenomenon; we will only state
that society, demoralized by protracted political
reaction and disintegrated by economic changes,
which are still proceeding, is throwing up an
extremely small number of persons suitable for
revolutionary work; the working class is throwing
up revolutionary workers who to some extent
supply the ranks of the illegal organizations, but
the number of such revolutionaries does not correspond
 with the number the times require. All
the more so, since the working man, engaged as
he is in the factory for 1114 hours a day, because
of his very situation is able to fulfill the functions
primarily of an agitator, while propaganda and
organization, the procuring and reproduction of
illegal literature, the issue of manifestos, etec.,
willy nilly fall mainly upon the shoulders of an
extremely limited number of intellectuals.” (“Rabochie
 Delo,” No. 6, pp. 38-39).
We disagree with the view of B-v. in many
respects, and especially with the words we have
in heavier type, for they show particularly clearly

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