#Trotsky, 1904: “In the lower strata of the people, in the very depths of the masses, a work was going on, a movement of molecules, imperceptible yet irresistible, incessant, a work of accumulating indignation, bitterness, revolutionary energy...
“The atmosphere our streets are breathing now is no longer an atmosphere of blank despair, it is an atmosphere of concentrated indignation which seeks means and ways of revolutionary action...
“A tremendous amount of revolutionary energy has accumulated. It should not vanish with no avail, it should not be dissipated in scattered engagements & clashes, with no coherence and no definite plan...
“All efforts should be made to concentrate the bitterness, the anger, the protest, the rage, the hatred of the masses, to give those emotions a common language, a common goal, to unite, to solidify all the particles of the masses, to make them understand they are not isolated...
“That simultaneously, with the same slogan on the banner, with the same goal in mind, innumerable particles are rising everywhere...”
