LENIN ON ORGANIZATION 
cially territorial and particularly factory party nu- 
clei, guided by the most progressive of the workers 
themselves living in direct contact with the masses 
—this is the basis upon which we are building and 
will complete an unshakable nucleus of the revolu- 
tionary and Social Democratic labor movement. 
And this illegal nucleus will incomparably more 
widely than in previous times extend its ramifica- 
tions, and spread its influence through the Duma, 
through the trade unions, the cooperatives, and 
educational societies.” 
This is extremely important for all the Sections 
of the Communist International. 
Some Sections of the Communist International 
rightly point out that they cannot openly organize 
nuclei in the factories because their members are 
immediately discharged; under these conditions it 
is necessary to form nuclei hidden from the eyes 
of the employers’ sleuths, but the work of which 
must be visible to the workers in the factories. 
These nuclei must have their ramifications in the 
factory committee, among the members of the 
trade union, in cooperative societies, sport clubs 
and other organisations connected with the factory 
in the same way as the Bolshevik Party had 20 
years ago. 
Lenin at that time had already raised the question 
of forming Bolshevik fractions in the trade unions, 
cooperatives and educational societies. This helped 
the Bolsheviks in their long and stubborn fight to 
win over these organizations from within. 
At the present time, the basis, the foundation of 
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