Iskra - The New Foundation

The original emancipation of labor group, a brahanof zasulich and axlerod. What lenen now proposed was the foundation of a national newspaper that could become a focal point for social democratic organizing. Iskra had multiple functions: establish an orthodox marxis line of attack on the czar and his regime; create a national narrative within which local social democratic groups could fit their own local struggles. And eskra was also meant to serve as the new foundation the russian social democratic labor party,. Despite being technically founded in 18 98, didn't really exist yet.