ABSTRACT
The October Revolution, for the first time in history, transformed a proletariat into the ruling class of an immense state. The problem of the party is to guarantee the further development of these supreme historical conquests-that is, the filling of them with a genuinely socialist content. The decisive factor in appraising the movement of our country forward along the road of socialist construction, must be the growth of our productive forces and the dominance of the socialist elements over the capitalist-together with an improvement of all the conditions of existence of the working-class. The trade-unions, raised to the status of supremely important social instruments in the hands of a ruling class. The Mensheviks, agents of the bourgeoisie among the workers, point triumphantly to the material wretchedness of our workers. The complacent officiai who sees 'Menshevism' in the Opposition's insistence upon improving the material condition of the workers, is performing the best possible service to Menshevism.
