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INESS AND ECGNOMISM ‘the government”* (and, naturally, corresponding to this ' struggle which is “easily understood" by the mass movement must be an organization that will be “easily understood” by ‘the most untrained youth), Others, far removed from any . kind of “gradualness,” began to say: it is possible and nec- th a question that has undoubtedly very reader. Can a connection be nurishness, this disordcr_of growth Ty movement, and-Economism, which ‘ essary to “bring about a political revolution,” but that does assian Social-Democracy? We think . not require building a strong organization of revolutionaries ‘cal training, lack of ability to carry _ to train the proletaciat in the steadfast and stubborn struggle. certainly common fo ns all, includ- . All we need do is to snatch up our old friend, the “handy” MWA the very outsct unswervingly stood - wooden club. Speaking without metaphor it means — we must organize a general strike,** or we must stimulate che .. And, of course, were it only lack . ; . _ “spiritless” progress of the working-class movement by means ne could blame the practical work- ‘ . “oxcitati eek ; trishness” embraces something else: _of excitative tercor.”"**¥ Both these trends, the Opportunists oF revoluti - / and the “revolutionists," bow to_the prevailing amateurish- om 9) revolution all A uss neither believes that jt can be elin ; . d ‘ith - vd - a good organization of revglution- ; ness neither believes t * it can be eliminated, neither un cr- —. d imary and m re _practica athe basis Of such narrow activity, SANS our primary Ost Imperative practics tas _ namely, to Cstablis anization.of revolutionaries capable < : = ; ‘of maintainine the energy, stability_an tinuity of th > to clevate it to a special “theory; th rey lityand_continuity of ¢ > spontaneity on Th 00. i ee Steg . oo - peas " ¢ have just quoted the words of B — v: ‘The growth of observe. itgpccams. certain that _the working-class movement is outsteipping the growth and ed with Economism and that we development of the revolutionary organizations.” This Darowness_of our_orpadization: | . “valuable remark of a close observer” (the Rebocheye Dyelo’s tc _Economism generally (ic. th the. /comment on B— v's article) has a twofold value for us. *xist theory, of the role of Social- It shows that we were right in our opinion that the principal tical tasks). And these attempts “cause of the present crisis in Russian Social-Democracy is ‘d-direction. Some began to say: ! __ ‘selves have not yer advanced the ' "The Rabochaya Myst and the Rebocbeye Dyelo, especially the Reply ‘cal tasks that the revolutionaries to Plekhanov, "*Sece “Who Will Bring About the Political Revolution?” in the : must continue, . ! ‘ upon them; they _ d , ‘symposium published in Russia, entitled The Prolerarian Sirugegte. t for immediate political demands, _ Reissued by the Kiev Committee. struggle against the employers and **© Regeneration of Revolutionism and the Scobode. t29