《V.I.LENIN COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 25 JUNE -SEPTEMBER 1917》

Preface13

June-September 191715

FIRST ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF SOVIETS OF WORKERS＇AND SOLDIERS＇DEPUTIES．June 3-24(June 16-July 7),191715

1．SPEECH ON THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT,June 4(17)17

2．SPEECH ON THE WAR,June 9(22)29

ECONOMIC DISLOCATION AND THE PROLETARIAT＇S STRUGGLE AGAINST IT43

THE THOUSAND AND FIRST LIE OF THE CAPITALISTS46

THE DIEHARDS OF JUNE3 FAVOUR AN IMMEDIATE OFFENSIVE48

AN ALLIANCE TO STOP THE REVOLUTION51

GRATITUDE54

IS THERE A WAY TO A JUST PEACE?55

THE ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE57

NOTE59

＂THE GREAT WITHDRAWAL＂60

THE USE OF STICKING TO THE POINT IN POLEMICS63

AN EPIDEMIC OF CREDULITY65

A BIRD IN THE HAND OR TWO IN THE BUSH67

INTRODUCTION OF SOCIALISM OR EXPOSURE OF PLUNDER OF THE STATE?68

CONFUSED AND FRIGHTENED70

INSINUATIONS73

＂RUMOURS AGITATING THE POPULATION＂75

A RIDDLE76

DRAFT STATEMENT BY THE C．C．R．S．D．L．P．(B．)AND THE BUREAU OF THE BOLSHEVIK GROUP TO THE ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF SOVIETS REGARDING THE BAN ON THE DEMONSTRATION77

SPEECH ON THE CANCELLATION OF THE DEMONSTRATION,DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(B．),June 11(24),191779

THE TURNING-POINT82

LETTER TO THE EDITOR84

THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION85

A CONTRADICTORY STAND88

THE UKRAINE91

THE CLASS ORIGINS OF PRESENT-DAY AND＂FUTURE＂CAVAIGNACS93

HOW TO FIGHT COUNTER-REVOLUTION97

THE UKRAINE AND THE DEFEAT OF THE RULING PARTIES OF RUSSIA99

PROSECUTE RODZYANKO AND JUNKOVSKY FOR CONCEALING AN AGENT PROVOCATEUR!102

STRANGE MISQUOTATIONS103

RULING AND RESPONSIBLE PARTIES104

ANOTHER COMMISSION107

THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE109

THE REVOLUTION,THE OFFENSIVE,AND OUR PARTY112

IN WHAT WAY DO YOU SOCIALIST-REVOLUTIONARY AND MENSHEVIK GENTLEMEN DIFFER FROM PLEKHANOV?115

HOW RODZYANKO IS TRYING TO JUSTIFY HIMSELF116

TO WHAT STATE HAVE THE SOCIALIST-REVOLUTIONARIES AND THE MENSHEVIKS BROUGHT THE REVOLUTION?117

CAN＂JACOBINISM＂FRIGHTEN THE WORKING CLASS?120

THE NEED FOR AN AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS＇UNION IN RUSSIA122

Article One122

Article Two124

A DISORDERLY REVOLUTION127

A CLASS SHIFT130

MIRACLES OF REVOLUTIONARY-ENERGY133

PHRASES AND FACTS136

HOW THE CAPITALISTS CONCEAL THEIR PROFITS．Concerning the Issue of Control139

CRISIS IS APPROACHING,DISLOCATION IS INCREASING141

JUST HOW IS IT TO BE DONE?144

HOW AND WHY THE PEASANTS WERE DECEIVED146

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?149

WHAT COULD THE CADETS HAVE COUNTED ON WHEN THEY WITHDREW FROM THE CABINET?151

ALL POWER TO THE SOVIETS!153

WHERE IS STATE POWER AND WHERE IS COUNTER-REVOLUTION?155

FOUL SLANDER BY ULTRA-REACTIONARY NEWSPAPERS AND ALEXINSKY160

SLANDER AND FACTS161

CLOSE TO THE TRUTH163

A NEW DREYFUS CASE?164

APPEAL OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION OF THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(B．)165

DREYFUSIAD166

IN REFUTATION OF SINISTER RUMOURS168

THREE CRISES169

THE QUESTION OF THE BOLSHEVIK LEADERS APPEARING IN COURT174

THE POLITICAL SITUATION176

LETTER TO THE EDITORS OF NOVAYA ZHIZN179

LETTER TO THE EDITORS OF PROLETARSKOYE DYELO181

ON SLOGANS183

OUR THANKS TO PRINCE G．Y．LVOV191

CONSTITUTIONAL ILLUSIONS194

Ⅰ195

Ⅱ198

Ⅲ202

AN ANSWER208

Ⅰ208

Ⅱ216

Ⅲ218

THE BEGINNING OF BONAPARTISM219

LESSONS OF THE REVOLUTION223

Ⅰ225

Ⅱ227

Ⅲ228

Ⅳ230

Ⅴ230

Ⅵ232

Ⅶ235

Ⅷ237

Ⅸ238

Afterword239

KAMENEV＇S SPEECH IN THE C．E．C．ON THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE240

RUMOURS OF A CONSPIRACY243

THEY DO NOT SEE THE WOOD FOR THE TREES251

POLITICAL BLACKMAIL257

PAPER RESOLUTIONS261

THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE265

FROM A PUBLICIST＇S DIARY．Peasants and Workers274

SLANDERERS283

TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．285

FROM A PUBLICIST＇S DIARY290

1．The Root of the Evil290

2．Corvée and Socialism298

CONCERNING THE PARTY PROGRAMME301

ON ZIMMERWALD303

VIOLATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN MASS ORGANISATIONS304

ON COMPROMISES305

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE PRESENT POLITICAL SITUATION311

THE IMPENDING CATASTROPHE AND HOW TO COMBAT IT319

Famine Is Approaching323

Complete Government Inactivity325

Control Measures Are Known to All and Easy to Take327

Nationalisation of the Banks329

Nationalisation of the Syndicates335

Abolition of Commercial Secrecy338

Compulsory Association342

Regulation of Consumption346

Government Disruption of the Work of the Democratic Organisations349

Financial Collapse and Measures to Combat,It353

Can We Go Forward If We Fear to Advance Towards Socialism?356

The Struggle Against Economic Chaos-and the War360

The Revolutionary Democrats and the Revolutionary Proletariat363

ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF THE REVOLUTION366

HOW TO GUARANTEE THE SUCCESS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY．On Freedom of the Press374

THE STATE AND REVOLUTION．The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution381

Preface to the First Edition383

Preface to the Second Edition384

Chapter Ⅰ．Class Society and the State385

1．The State-a Product of the Irreconci-lability of Class Antagonisms385

2．Special Bodies of Armed Men,Prisons,etc．388

3．The State-an Instrument for the Exploitation of the Oppressed Class391

4．The＂Withering Away＂of the State,and Violent Revolution395

Chapter Ⅱ．The State and Revolution．The Experience of 1848-51401

1．The Eve of the Revolution401

2．The Revolution Summed Up405

3．The Presentation of the Question by Marx in 1852411

Chapter Ⅲ．The State and Revolution．Experience of the Paris Commune of 1871．Marx＇s Analysis413

1．What Made the Communards＇Attempt Heroic?413

2．What Is to Replace the Smashed State Machine?417

3．Abolition of Parliamentarism422

4．Organisation of National Unity427

5．Abolition of the Parasite State430

Chapter Ⅳ．Continuation．Supplementary Explanations by Engels432

1．The Housing Question433

2．Controversy with the Anarchists435

3．Letter to Bebel439

4．Criticism of the Draft of the Erfurt Programme442

5．The 1891 Preface to Marx＇s The Civil War in France449

6．Engels on the Overcoming of Democracy454

Chapter Ⅴ．The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State456

1．Presentation of the Question by Marx457

2．The Transition from Capitalism to Communism459

3．The First Phase of Communist Society464

4．The Higher Phase of Communist Society468

Chapter Ⅵ．The Vulgarisation of Marxism by the Opportunists475

1．Plekhanov＇s Controversy with the Anarchists475

2．Kautsky＇s Controversy with the Opportunists476

3．Kautsky＇s Controversy with Pannekoek483

Postscript to the First Edition492

Notes493

The Life and Work of V．I．Lenin．Outstanding Dates533

ILLUSTRATIONS245

First page of the manuscript Rumours of a Conspiracy,August 1917245

First page of the letter to the Central Committee of the R．S．D．L．P．,August 30(September 12),1917287

First page of the manuscript The Impending Catastrophe and How to Combat It,September 10-14(23-27),1917321

First page of the manuscript The State and Revolution,August-September 1917384