Persistent illusions about a party’s revolutionary character prolonged resistance to new strategy.

Evidence

However, despite the illusions undoubtedly harboured on the revolutionary character of the P.S.I. — illusions which were to persist for at least another three years, and which were to be an important cause of the P.C.I.’s long resistance to the United Front policy — nevertheless, criticisms of Serrati’s reluctance to expel the reformists were already beginning to be voiced. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 101

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships