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“Zinoviev’s Bolshevization had not succeeded in eliminating Bordiga’s intransigent tendency, which remained the overwhelming majority of the party. The Comintern Executive then tried to neutralize its uncontested leader by asking Bordiga to return to the Italian Executive Committee. Given his disagreements, Bordiga refused. He also refused the post of [parliamentary] deputy that was offered him – a real insult to an abstentionist. His reply was brief, and blunt: “I will never be a deputy, and the more you carry on with your projects without me, the less time you will waste.” (letter from Bordiga to Togliatti, 2nd February 1924.)”

– The “Bordigist” Current, 1912-1952 – Italy, France, Belgium, USA by Philippe Bourrinet, pages 55-6