The London Congress Is Going to Be Nothing but a Disunity Congress

There was very little agreement at the congress in london. One delegate named angelica balabanova said that the congress was defined by an all absorbing and almost fanatical spirit of factionalism. They couldn't even agree on what to call it, because calling it the qo fifth party congress implied recognizing the legitimacy of a congress that had been called back in april 19 o five. The menshevik supported the idea of using the duma too possibly generate legislation that would advance democracy and socialism in russia. But none of them saw eye to eye with the mensheviks about what those delegates ought to be doing.