He advocated whatever diverse means were needed to advance the class struggle, including participation in parliamentary elections and existing trade unions. Far from being the totalitarian, tight-circled conspirator, Lenin urged the building of broad coalitions and mass organizations, encompassing people who were at different levels of political development. He polemicized against isolated terrorist acts which do nothing but create terror among the populace, invite repression, and isolate the revolutionary movement from the masses. In fact, his statement was disapproving of terrorism. media commentators have repeatedly quoted Lenin in that misleading manner. “At the time of the 1 996 terror bombing in Oklahoma City, I heard a radio commentator announce: "Lenin said that the purpose of terror is to terrorize." U.S.
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