An Order of Lenin Medal, USSR — Daily LIFT #846
“As a general rule, in all countries of the world the parliamentary representatives of the workersâ parties have a more opportunist composition than that of the workersâ parties themselves…
(Under) “any suffrage in bourgeois society, the non-proletarian elements of the workersâ partiesâofficials of workersâ unions, small proprietors, office employees, and particularly the âintelligentsiaââspecialise more readily in the âparliamentaryâ profession (owing to their occupations, social standing, training, etc.).” — from Lenin’s The Working Class and its âParliamentaryâ Representatives, published in Pravda, January 12, 1912.
It is amazing how true this still remains in social democratic labour parties.
Source: Theleftchapter.com
