Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 13 - From Marx to Mao

132V. I. LENINsame guarding of the flame? And is not Plekhanov advisingSocial-Democracy to follow the same policy of “politeness”when he talks about “supporting the liberal bourgeoisie”,whose “struggle” amounts to nothing more thancurtsies and low bows’?There can be no question of the Cadets seconding the legislativeproposals of the Social-Democrats, for theseBills will have a pronounced propaganda character, willexpress to the full consistently democratic demands, andthat, of course, will cause as much irritation among theCadets as among the Octobrists and even the Black Hundreds.FROM MARXTO MAOAnd so the Cadets will have to be left out of the accountin this respect too. In the matter of making interpellations⋆and presenting Bills the Social-Democrats can count onlyon the support of groups to the ]eft of the Cadets. Apparently,together with the Social-Democrats, they will numberup to thirty deputies, thus providing the full technicalpossibility of displaying initiative in this direction. It isnot, of course, a question of any bloc, but only of those“joint actions”, which, in the words of the London Congressresolution, “must exclude any possibility of deviations fromthe Social-Democratic programme and tactics and serveonly the purpose of a general onslaught both against reactionand the treacherous tactics of the liberal bourgeoisie”.Proletary, No. 18,October 29, 1907NOT FORCOMMERCIALDISTRIBUTIONPublished accordingto the text in Proletary