LENIN ON ORGANIZATION 
“The Party is the highest form of the class organ- 
ization of the proletariat; it should lead all the other 
forms of proletarian organizations, and take a most 
active part in their struggles. This it does through 
Communist fractions.” 
That is why Lenin so determinedly opposed the 
so-called “neutrality” of trade unions, and other 
labor organizations, the “independence” of parlia- 
mentary fractions, etc. As a matter of fact this 
“neutrality” and ‘independence’ is a most repre- 
hensible dependence upon the bourgeoisie and- its 
agents. 
Lenin taught that the proletariat cannot bring 
about a victorious proletarian revolution without 
having its own independent, political Party. This 
revolution cannot be brought about by trade 
unions, or by cooperative societies, although these 
organizations play an important part in the strug- 
gle of the working class for its emancipation from 
capitalism. Only because it had a strong Bolshevik 
Party was the Russian proletariat able to secure 
victory over the capitalists and landowners. Only 
thanks to the existence of this Party was it possible 
to retain these gains. On the other hand, if the 
Party had not had such auxiliary mass organiza- 
tions like the trade unions, if it had not won over 
to its side the millions of trade unionists, it could 
never have captured power, and still less retain it 
in its hands throughout this difficult period. That 
is why work in the trade unions and winning them 
over to our side is of such enormous importance. 
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