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W O R K E R S O F A L L C O U N T R I E S , U N I T E! L E N I N COLLECTED WORKS 17 A THE RUSSIAN EDITION WAS PRINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DECISION OF THE NINTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.) AND THE SECOND CONGRESS OF SOVIETS OF THE U.S.S.R. ИНCTИTУT МАРÇCИзМА — ЛЕНИНИзМА пpи ЦK KНCC B. n. l d H n H С О Ч И Н E Н И Я И з д a н u е ч е m в е p m o e ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ M О С К В А V. I. L E N I N cOLLEcTED WORKS VOLUME 17 December 1910 –+pril 191= PROGRESS PUBLISHERS MOSCOW TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY D O R A C O X EDITED BY THE LATE G E O R G E H A N N A From Marx to Mao M L © Digital Reprints 2010 www.marx2mao.com First printing 1963 Second printing 1968 Third printing 1974 Fourth printing 1977 Printed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 10102–205 l ÇÜà èÇõÄÉå. 014(01)–77 7 CONTENTS Preface ........................ 15 1910 LETTER TO THE RUSSIAN COLLEGIUM OF THE CENTRAL COMMIT- TEE OF THE R.S.D.L.P.................. 17 THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE PARTY ........... 23 CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MARXISM ....................... 39 1911 JUDAS TROTSKY’S BLUSH OF SHAME ........... 45 THE CAREER OF A RUSSIAN TERRORIST.......... 46 LEV TOLSTOI AND HIS EPOCH .............. 49 MARXISM AND NASHA ZARYA .............. 54 THOSE WHO WOULD LIQUIDATE US. Re: Mr. Potresov and V. Bazarov....................... 60 I ....................... 60 II ....................... 65 III ....................... 67 IV ....................... 72 V ....................... 77 THE CADETS ON “TWO CAMPS” AND “SENSIBLE COMPROMISE” 82 8 CONTENTS THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF SERFDOM ... 87 PAUL SINGER ..................... 92 COMMENTS. Menshikov, Gromoboi, Izgoyev ......... 96 TO THE RUSSIAN COLLEGIUM OF THE C.C.......... 106 APROPOS OF AN ANNIVERSARY .............. 110 “THE PEASANT REFORM” AND THE PROLETARIAN-PEASANT REVOLUTION ..................... 119 WRECKERS OF THE PARTY IN THE ROLE OF “WRECKERS OF LE- GENDS” ........................ 129 THE CADETS AND THE OCTOBRISTS ............ 134 IN MEMORY OF THE COMMUNE .............. 139 THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF STATE POWER, THE PROSPECTS AND LIQUIDATIONISM.................... 144 POLEMICAL NOTES ...................164 THE MEANING OF THE CRISIS ............... 168 CONFERENCE OF THE BRITISH SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY . 173 A CONVERSATION BETWEEN A LEGALIST AND AN OPPONENT OF LIQUIDATIONISM ................... 179 “REGRET” AND “SHAME” ................. 189 THE MEETING OF THE C.C. MEMBERS OF THE R.S.D.L.P. May 28-June 4 (June 10-17), 1911 ............... 195 1. LETTER TO THE MEETING OF THE C.C. MEMBERS OF THE R.S.D.L.P. ABROAD ................ 197 2. SUMMARY (PLAN) FOR REPORT BY THREE BOLSHEVIK MEMBERS OF THE C.C. TO A PRIVATE MEETING OF NINE MEM- BERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ......... 200 3. DRAFT RESOLUTION DEFINING TERMS OF REFERENCE .. 205 THE RESULTS OF THE DUMA SESSION. “We Did This Together” 206 OLD TRUTHS THAT ARE EVER NEW ............ 211 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE SECOND PARIS GROUP OF THE R.S.D.L.P. ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE PARTY .... 216 CONTENTS 9 Introduction ...................... 216 I ....................... 217 II ....................... 220 III ....................... 221 INTRODUCTION TO THE PAMPHLET TWO PARTIES ...... 225 REFORMISM IN THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 229 FROM THE CAMP OF THE STOLYPIN “LABOUR” PARTY. Dedi- cated to Our “Conciliators” and Advocates of “Agreement” .. 242 COMMENT BY SOTSIAL-DEMOKRAT EDITORS ON STATEMENT BY COMMISSION CONVENINGFROM PLENARY MARX MEETING OF C.C....245 STOLYPIN AND THE REVOLUTION ............. 247 THE NEW FACTION OF CONCILIATORS,TO MAO OR THE VIRTUOUS ... 257 THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND THE ELECTION PLATFORM ... 278 FROM THE CAMP OF THE STOLYPIN “LABOUR” PARTY ..... 287 THE GRAND TOTAL ................... 292 TWO CENTRES ..................... 297 OLD AND NEW. Notes of a Newspaper Reader ....... 300 SPEECH DELIVERED INNOT THE NAME OFFOR THE R.S.D.L.P. AT THE FUNERAL OF PAUL AND LAURA LAFARGUE. NOVEMBER 20 (DE- CEMBER 3). 1911 .................... 304 HYNDMAN ON MARXCOMMERCIAL.................. 306 A LIBERAL LABOURDISTRIBUTION PARTY MANIFESTO ........... 313 I ....................... 313 II ....................... 317 III ....................... 321 THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC GROUP IN THE SECOND DUMA. An Account of the Whole Affair .............. 325 THE SLOGANS AND ORGANISATION OF SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC WORK INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE DUMA .......... 331 AGENCY OF THE LIBERAL BOURGEOISIE .......... 342 THE CLIMAX OF THE PARTY CRISIS ............ 343 FROM THE CAMP OF THE STOLYPIN “LABOUR” PARTY ..... 354 10 CONTENTS TROTSKY’S DIPLOMACY AND A CERTAIN PARTY PLATFORM .. 360 THE RESULTS OF THE ARBITRATION OF THE “TRUSTEES” ... 365 THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE ELECTIONS TO THE FOURTH DUMA . 368 I. Fundamental Questions of Principle . ...... 368 II. The Role of Worker Electors in the Election Cam- paign .................... 372 III. The Peasantry and the Peasant Electors in the Elec- tion Campaign ................ 380 IV. Conclusions Based on the Experience of the Elections to the Third Duma .............. 384 OLD AND NEW ..................... 388 MEETING OF THE BOLSHEVIK GROUPS ABROAD. December 14-17 (27-30), 1911 ...................... 393 1. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE REPORT “STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE PARTY”. Organisation of the Social-Democratic Party Forces Abroad and the Tasks of the Bolsheviks .. 393 2. RESOLUTION ON THE RUSSIAN ORGANISING COMMISSION FOR THE CONVENING OF A CONFERENCE ....... 396 FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN ... 397 I ...................... 397 II ...................... 402 III ...................... 405 IV ...................... 407 V ...................... 412 VI ...................... 417 VII ...................... 420 FIRST EXPOSURE OF CADET NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CABINET ....................... 424 THREE QUESTIONS ................... 433 THE FAMINE AND THE REACTIONARY DUMA ......... 446 1912 THE SIXTH (PRAGUE) ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF THE R.S.D.L.P. January 6-17 (18-30), 1912 ........... 451 1. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFERENCE, Resolution on the Constitution ....... 453 2. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE TASKS OF THE PARTY IN THE PRESENT SITUATION ............. 455 CONTENTS 11 3. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE TASKS OF SOCIAL-DEMO- CRATS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FAMINE .... 458 4. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON LIQUIDATIONISM AND THE GROUP OF LIQUIDATORS. Liquidationism and the Group of Liqui- dators ..................... 460 5. RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE ......... 462 The Russian Organising Commission for Convening the Con- ference ..................... 462 The Constitution of the Conference ......... 462 The Absence of Delegates from the Non-Russian National Centres from the General Party Conference ..... 464 On the Reports of the Local Organisations ..... 465 The Tasks of the Party in the Present Situation ... 466 Elections to the Fourth Duma ........... 468 I ...................... 468 II ...................... 469 III ...................... 470 The Social-Democratic Group in the Duma ...... 471 The Character and Organisational Forms of Party Work 472 The Tasks of Social-Democracy in the Struggle Against the Famine ..................... 474 The Party’s Attitude to the Workers’ State Insurance Duma Bill ....................... 475 I ...................... 475 II ...................... 477 The “Petition Campaign” ............. 479 Liquidationism and the Group of Liquidators ..... 480 The Central Organ ................ 482 Rabochaya Gazeta ................ 482 Newspaper Pravda ................ 482 Changes in the Organisational Rules of the Party ... 482 Property in the Hands of the Former Trustee, and Finan- cial Reports ................... 483 The Red Cross .................. 483 12 CONTENTS The Party Organisation Abroad ........... 484 The Russian Government’s Attack on Persia ..... 484 The Chinese Revolution .............. 485 The Policy of the Tsarist Government in Finland ... 485 Greetings to the German Social-Democratic Party ... 486 AN ORGAN OF A LIBERAL LABOUR POLICY .......... 487 AGAINST UNITY—WITH THE LIQUIDATORS .......... 491 POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE FIVE YEARS OF THE THIRD DUMA 497 I ....................... 497 II ....................... 500 REPORT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST BUREAU ON THE ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF THE R.S.D.L.P......... 503 THE ELECTION PLATFORM OF THE R.S.D.L.P......... 506 TO THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF ZVEZDA. P.S. to “The Elec- tion Platform of the R.S.D.L.P.” ............. 513 PUT YOUR CARDS ON THE TABLE ............. 514 DEPUTY T. O. BELOUSOV’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE SOCIAL- DEMOCRATIC GROUP IN THE DUMA............. 521 FAMINE ........................ 527 THE PEASANTRY AND THE ELECTIONS TO THE FOURTH DUMA . 529 THE ANONYMOUS WRITER IN VORWÄRTS AND THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE R.S.D.L.P................ 533 Preface ..................... 535 A LETTER TO HUYSMANS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST BUREAU ................... 547 THE BLOC OF THE CADETS WITH THE PROGRESSISTS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE ..................... 551 A POOR DEFENCE OF A LIBERAL LABOUR POLICY ...... 556 THE SECOND BALLOT IN RUSSIA AND THE TASKS OF THE WORK- ING CLASS ...................... 562 CONTENTS 13 LIBERALISM AND DEMOCRACY .............. 569 I ....................... 569 II ....................... 574 Notes ......................... 579 The Life and Work of V. I. Lenin. Outstanding Dates .... 621 ILLUSTRATIONS Cover of Mysl, No. 2, for January 1911, containing Chapter II of Lenin’s “Strike Statistics in Russia” and the beginning of the article “Those Who Would
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