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 AE 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 AE !pril– December 19"0 PROGRESS PUBLISHERS MOSCOW TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN EDITED BY J U L I U S K A T Z E R From Marx to Mao M L © Digital Reprints 2012 www.marx2mao.com First printing 1966 Second printing 1974 7 C O N T E N T S Page Preface ........................ 13 “LEFT-WING” COMMUNISM—AN INFANTILE DISORDER ..... 17 I. In What Sense We Can Speak of the International Significance of the Russian Revolution ...... 21 II. An Essential Condition of the Bolsheviks’ Success 23 III. The Principal Stages in the History of Bolshevism 26 IV. The Struggle Against Which Enemies Within the Working-Class Movement Helped Bolshevism Develop, Gain Strength, and Become Steeled ... 31 V. “Left-Wing” Communism in Germany. The Leaders, the Party, the Class, the Masses ........ 39 VI. Should Revolutionaries Work in Reactionary Trade Unions? ................... 46 VII. Should We Participate in Bourgeois Parliaments? . 56 VIII. No Compromises?............... 66 IX. “Left-Wing” Communism in Great Britain .... 77 X. Several Conclusions .............. 90 Appendix ...................... 105 I. The Split Among the German Communists .... 107 II. The Communists and the Independents in Germany 109 III. Turati and Co. in Italy ............ 111 IV. False Conclusions from Correct Premises ..... 113 V. ...................... 117 Letter from Wijnkoop ............... 117 SPEECH DELIVERED AT AN ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF GLASS AND PORCELAIN WORKERS, APRIL 29, 1920 ......... 119 FROM THE FIRST SUBBOTNIK ON THE MOSCOW-KAZAN RAIL- WAY TO THE ALL-RUSSIA MAY DAY SUBBOTNIK ....... 123 8 CONTENTS SPEECH AT A MEETING DEDICATED TO THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A MONUMENT TO LIBERATED LABOUR, MAY 1, 1920. Newspaper Report .............. 126 SPEECH TO MEN OF THE RED ARMY LEAVING FOR THE POLISH FRONT, MAY 5, 1920. Newspaper Report ........... 127 SPEECH DELIVERED AT A JOINT SESSION OF THE ALL-RUSSIA CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE MOSCOW SOVIET OF WORKERS’, PEASANTS’ AND RED ARMY DEPUTIES, TRADE UNIONS, AND FACTORY COMMITTEES, MAY 5, 1920 ...... 129 TELEGRAM TO THE SOVIET SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT OF AZER- BAIJAN ........................ 135 SPEECH AT AN ENLARGED CONFERENCE OF WORKERS AND RED ARMY MEN IN ROGOZHSKO-SIMONOVSKY DISTRICT OF MOSCOW, MAY 13, 1920. Newspaper Report .......... 136 TO THE INDIAN REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION ........ 138 LETTER TO THE BRITISH WORKERS ............. 139 PRELIMINARY DRAFT THESES ON THE NATIONAL AND THE COLO- NIAL QUESTIONS. For the Second Congress of the Communist International ..................... 144 PRELIMINARY DRAFT THESES ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION. For the Second Congress of the Communist International .... 152 KOMMUNISMUS. Journal of the Communist International for the Countries of South-Eastern Europe (in German), Vienna, No. 1-2 (February 1, 1920) to No. 18 (May 8, 1920) ......... 165 SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE SECOND ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF ORGANISERS RESPONSIBLE FOR RURAL WORK, JUNE 12, 1920 168 TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDIUM OF THE ALL-RUSSIA FOOD CONFERENCE, JULY 1, 1920 ............. 181 AID FOR THE WOUNDED OF THE RED ARMY! ........ 183 THESES ON THE FUNDAMENTAL TASKS OF THE SECOND CON- GRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ......... 184 I. The Essence of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat and of Soviet Power ............. 185 II. What Immediate and Universal Preparation for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat Should Consist In . 188 III. Rectification of the Political Line—Partly Also of the Composition—of Parties Affiliated or Desiring to Affiliate to the Communist International .... 197 REPLY TO A LETTER FROM THE JOINT PROVISIONAL COM- MITTEE FOR THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRITAIN ....... 202 CONTENTS 9 TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO J. V. STALIN, JULY 12 or 13, 1920 ... 203 TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN, JULY 17, 1920 .......... 205 THE TERMS OF ADMISSION INTO THE COMMUNIST INTERNA- TIONAL ........................ 206 ARTICLE TWENTY OF THE TERMS OF ADMISSION INTO THE COM- MUNIST INTERNATIONAL ................. 212 THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL, July 19-August 7, 1920 ................. 213 1. REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AND THE FUNDAMENTAL TASKS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNA- TIONAL, JULY 19 ................. 215 2. SPEECH ON THEFROM ROLE OF THE MARX COMMUNIST PARTY, JULY 23 235 3. REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL AND THE COLONIAL QUESTIONS,TO JULY MAO 26 ........... 240 4. SPEECH ON THE TERMS OF ADMISSION INTO THE COMMU- NIST INTERNATIONAL, JULY 30 ............ 246 5. SPEECH ON PARLIAMENTARIANISM, AUGUST 2 ..... 253 6. SPEECH ON AFFILIATION TO THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY, AUGUST 6 ................. 257 TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN, AUGUST 2, 1920......... 264 TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN, AUGUST 4, 1920......... 265 TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN,NOT AUGUST FOR 11, 1920 ........ 266 LETTER TO THE AUSTRIAN COMMUNISTS .......... 267 THE SECOND CONGRESSCOMMERCIAL OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL .. 270 REPLY TO MR. SEGRUE, DAILY NEWS CORRESPONDENT .... 273 SPEECH DELIVEREDDISTRIBUTION AT THE NINTH ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY (BOLSHEVIKS), SEPTEM- BER 22, 1920. Newspaper Report.............. 275 LETTER TO THE GERMAN AND THE FRENCH WORKERS. Regard- ing the Discussion on the Second Congress of the Communist International ..................... 280 THE TASKS OF THE YOUTH LEAGUES. Speech Delivered at the Third All-Russia Congress of the Russian Young Communist League, October 2, 1920 ................. 283 SPEECH DELIVERED AT A CONGRESS OF LEATHER INDUSTRY WORKERS, OCTOBER 2, 1920 ............... 300 TO THE POOR PEASANTS OF THE UKRAINE ......... 314 10 CONTENTS ON PROLETARIAN CULTURE ................ 316 SPEECH DELIVERED AT A CONFERENCE OF CHAIRMEN OF UYEZD, VOLOST AND VILLAGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF MOSCOW GUBERNIA, OCTOBER 15, 1920 ........... 318 CONCLUDING REMARKS AT A CONFERENCE OF CHAIRMEN OF UYEZD, VOLOST AND VILLAGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF MOS- COW GUBERNIA, OCTOBER 15, 1920 ............. 334 TELEGRAM TO THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT OF THE UKRAINE AND THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT 339 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE QUESTION OF THE DICTATORSHIP. A Note ................. 340 TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN, OCTOBER 29, 1920 ........ 362 SPEECH DELIVERED AT AN ALL- RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF POLITICAL EDUCATION WORKERS OF GUBERNIA AND UYEZD EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS, NOVEMBER 3, 1920 ........ 363 DRAFT RESOLUTION ON “THE TASKS OF THE TRADE UNIONS, AND THE METHODS OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT”....... 374 ON THE STRUGGLE WITHIN THE ITALIAN SOCIALIST PARTY .. 377 False Talk on Freedom (Instead of an Epilogue) .... 391 SPEECH AT A JOINT PLENUM OF THE MOSCOW SOVIET OF WORKERS’, PEASANTS’ AND RED ARMY DEPUTIES, THE MOSCOW COMMITTEE OF THE R.C.P.(B.) AND THE MOSCOW CITY TRADE UNION COUNCIL, DEDICATED TO THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION, NOVEMBER 6, 1920........ 397 TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN, NOVEMBER 13, 1920 ....... 403 THESES ON PRODUCTION PROPAGANDA. Rough Draft ..... 404 EXTRACT FROM DIRECT-LINE TALK BETWEEN V. I. LENIN AND J. V. STALIN...................... 407 OUR FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POSITION AND THE TASKS OF THE PARTY. Speech Delivered to the Moscow Gubernia Confer- ence of the R.C.P.(B.), November 21, 1920 ......... 408 SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE MOSCOW GUBERNIA CONFERENCE OF THE R.C.P.(B.) ON ELECTIONS TO THE MOSCOW COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 21, 1920 ................... 427 SPEECH DELIVERED AT A CONFERENCE OF FACTORY TRADE UNION COMMITTEES OF MOSCOW ENTERPRISES OF THE PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY, NOVEMBER 25, 1920. Brief News- paper Report ..................... 429 CONTENTS 11 SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF CELLS’ SECRETARIES OF THE MOSCOW ORGANISATION OF THE R.C.P.(B.), NOVEMBER 26, 1920. Newspaper Report ................. 430 SPEECH DELIVERED AT A GENERAL MEETING OF COMMUNISTS OF ZAMOSKVORECHYE DISTRICT, MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 29, 1920. Brief Newspaper Report ................. 434 Concluding Remarks ................ 435 TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COMMITTEE OF ARMENIA ............ 437 SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF ACTIVISTS OF THE MOSCOW ORGANISATION OF THE R.C.P.(B.), DECEMBER 6, 1920 .. 438 MESSAGE OF GREETINGS TO THE ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF GUBERNIA DEPARTMENTS FOR WORK AMONG WOMEN. Tele- phone Message..................... 460 THE EIGHTH ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF SOVIETS, Decem- ber 22-29, 1920..................... 461 1. REPORT ON CONCESSIONS DELIVERED TO THE R.C.P.(B.) GROUP AT THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS, DECEM- BER 21 ...................... 463 2. REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS, DECEMBER 22.............. 487 3. REPLY TO THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS, DECEMBER 23 519 4. SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF THE R.C.P.(B.) GROUP OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS, DECEM- BER 24 ...................... 525 5. DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS ON THE REPORT ON ELECTRIFICATION ......... 532 6. DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THE R.C.P.(B.) GROUP OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS OF SOVIETS ............ 534 LETTER TO THE WORKERS OF RED PRESNYA DISTRICT OF MOS- COW, DECEMBER 25, 1920 ................ 535 Notes ........................ 537 The Life and Work of V. I. Lenin. Outstanding Dates .... 587 ILLUSTRATIONS V. I. Lenin, May 1920 .................16-17 The first page of V. I. Lenin’s manuscript “Left-Wing” Communism—An Infantile Disorder, April-May 1920 ..... 19 13 PREFACE Volume 31 contains Lenin’s writings of the period between April and December 1920, during the conclusive defeat of the interventionists’ basic forces in the war against the White Poles and Wrangel, the Entente’s last puppets. The bulk of the volume is made up of writings dealing with the defence of the Soviet Republic, the tasks of social- ist construction, and problems of the international com- munist movement.