Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 16 - From Marx to Mao

336V. I. LENINof those factions or trends which came together not on thebasis of cheap conciliatory phrases, promises, or playingat the allocation of seats in the central bodies, but on thebasis of work, agreement in their understanding of the ideologicaland political tasks of the moment, agreement inactual fact on the formulation of these tasks, and their accomplishment.As long as magniloquent and cheap phrases about the abolitionof factions were being uttered by people who understoodneither the objective source of the disagreements northe actual situation that in-fact ensured the independencefrom the Party of certain literary groups (such as that of Mr.Potresov and Co. or that of the Machist and otzovist literati),for so long the phrases remained empty, impotent phrases.But as soon as, owing to a change in the objective conditions,a rapprochement in work, a rapprochement in the understandingof these objective conditions, began to grow inthe two basic and main factions that have left their imprinton the whole history of the workers’ movement during therevolution—even more than that, on the whole history of therevolution in Russia—no efforts on the part of intriguerswho want to undermine this rapprochement or sow distrustin it can halt the process that has begun.During the past year the actual state of Party affairs arisingafter the plenum has become quite clear. It is a fact thatthe Golosists and Vperyodists signed the resolutions on thefight against liquidationism and otzovism but in realityconducted and are conducting all their propaganda and agitation,all their practical activity, in such a way as to supportand defend liquidationism and otzovism.For anyone who has eyes to see, this fact shows howbankrupt is a policy that is satisfied with paper resolutionsand how harmful are phrases that are not in accord withdeeds.Further, it is a fact that neither the Golosists nor the Vperyodistsrelinquished their factional independence for asingle moment. Both of these factions continue to exist inthe fullest actual independence of the Party, with their ownfunds, their own organs, their own agencies. The factional