The Democratic Centralists and the Workers Opposition

Bhut: The same process of co opting the soviets. was now being reflected inside the communist party itself. Major decisions were made behind closed doors in the inner sanctums of the poulet bureau and the org bureau, two sub committees that technically didn't even have a statutory existence," Bhut says. But despite what i think our valid criticisms from both the workers opposition and the democratic centralists, lenin himself was still the major force in the party, both morally and operationally. By habit and disposition. The assembled delegates at the tenth party congress took their cues from lenon above all.