《V.I.LENIN COLLECTED WORKS VOLUME 24 APRIL-JUNE 1917》

Preface17

April-June 191719

THE TASKS OF THE PROLETARIAT IN THE PRESENT REVOLUTION19

Theses21

HOW WE ARRIVED27

TWO WORLDS30

NOTES FOR AN ARTICLE OR SPEECH IN DEFENCE OF THE APRIL THESES32

BLANCISM34

THE DUAL POWER38

LETTERS ON TACTICS42

Foreword42

First Letter．Assessment of the Present Situation43

THE TASKS OF THE PROLETARIAT IN OUR REVOLUTION．Draft Platform for the Proletarian Party55

The Class Character of the Revolution That Has Taken Place57

The Foreign Policy of the New Government58

The Peculiar Nature of the Dual Power and Its Class Significance60

The Peculiar Nature of the Tactics Which Follow from the Above62

Revolutionary Defencism and Its Class Significance64

How Can the War Be Ended?66

A New Type of State Emerging from Our Revolution67

The Agrarian and National Programmes71

Nationalisation of the Banks and Capitalist Syndicates73

The Situation Within the Socialist International74

The Collapse of the Zimmerwald International．-The Need for Founding a Third International80

What Should Be the Name of Our Party-One That Will Be Correct Scientifically and Help to Clarify the Mind of the Proletariat Politically?84

Postscript89

POLITICAL PARTIES IN RUSSIA AND THE TASKS OF THE PROLETARIAT93

Preface to the Second Edition95

SPEECH DELIVERED AT A MEETING OF SOLDIERS OF THE IZMAILOVSKY REGIMENT．APRIL 10(23),1917107

A SHAMELESS LIE OF THE CAPITALISTS110

THE WAR AND THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT112

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF RUSSKAYA VOLYA115

A PARTNERSHIP OF LIES118

BANKS AND MINISTERS122

AN IMPORTANT EXPOSURE123

TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS124

AGAINST THE RIOT-MONGERS．To the Workers,Soldiers,and the Whole Population of Petrograd127

CITIZENS!SEE WHAT METHODS THE CAPITALISTS OF ALL COUNTRIES ARE USING!131

A＂VOLUNTARY AGREEMENT＂BETWEEN LANDOWNERS AND PEASANTS?134

AN HONEST VOICE IN A CHORUS OF SLANDERERS135

THE SOLDIERS AND THE LAND137

THE PETROGRAD CITY CONFERENCE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(BOLSHEVIKS)April 14-22(April 27-May 5),1917139

1．REPORT ON THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT．APRIL 14(27)141

2．CONCLUDING REMARKS IN THE DEBATE CONCERNING THE REPORT ON THE PRESENT SITUATION．APRIL 14(27)148

3．TWO REMARKS DURING THE DEBATE ON THE RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT．APRIL 15(28)152

4．RESOLUTION ON THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT154

5．TWO REMARKS DURING THE DEBATE ON THE QUESTION OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS．APRIL 22(MAY 5)156

6．RESOLUTION ON THE MUNICIPAL QUESTION158

7．DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PARTIES OF THE SOCIALIST-REVOLUTIONARIES,THE MENSHEVIK SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS,THE＂NON-FACTIONAL＂SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS AND OTHER KINDRED POLITICAL TRENDS159

8．DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE WAR161

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CONGRESS OF PEASANTS＇DEPUTIES167

ON THE RETURN OF THE EMIGRANTS171

OUR VIEWS．A Reply to the Resolution of the Executive Commission of the Soviet of Soldiers＇Deputies172

HOW THEY TIED THEMSELVES TO THE CAPITALISTS176

A PROLETARIAN MILITIA179

BANKRUPTCY?183

RESOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(BOLSHEVIKS)OF APRIL 20(MAY 3),1917 ON THE CRISIS CAUSED BY THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT＇S NOTE OF APRIL 18(MAY 1),1917184

APPEAL TO THE SOLDIERS OF ALL THE BELLIGERENT COUNTRIES186

THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT＇S NOTE189

A BASIC QUESTION．A Line of Argument Used by Socialists Who Have Gone Over to the Bourgeoisie192

ICONS VERSUS CANNONS,PHRASES VERSUS CAPITAL196

THE LOGIC OF CITIZEN V．CHERNOV198

MR．PLEKHANOV＇S FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF199

RESOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(BOLSHEVIKS)ADOPTED APRIL 21(MAY 4),1917201

HONEST DEFENCISM REVEALS ITSELF204

MAD CAPITALISTS OR WEAK-MINDED SOCIAL-DEMOCRATS?207

THE ADVICE OR ORDER OF SHINGARYOV,AND THE ADVICE OF A LOCAL SOVIET209

RESOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(BOLSHEVIKS)ADOPTED IN THE MORNING OF APRIL 22(MAY 5),1917210

LESSONS OF THE CRISIS213

HOW A SIMPLE QUESTION CAN BE CONFUSED217

＂DISGRACE＂AS THE CAPITALISTS AND THE PROLETARIANS UNDERSTAND IT220

INTERVIEW GIVEN TO E．TORNIAINEN．APRIL 23(MAY 6),1917222

FOOLISH GLOATING223

THE SEVENTH(APRIL)ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(B．)April 24-29(May 7-12),1917225

1．SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE APRIL 24(MAY 7)227

2．REPORT ON THE CURRENT SITUATION．APRIL 24(MAY 7)228

3．SPEECH WINDING UP THE DEBATE ON THE REPORT ON THE CURRENT SITUATION．APRIL 24(MAY 7)244

4．SPEECH ON THE PROPOSAL TO CALL AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE．APRIL 25(MAY 8)247

5．RESOLUTION ON BORGBJERG＇S PROPOSAL251

6．SPEECH ON THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE SOVIETS．APRIL 25(MAY 8)．Brief Press Report254

7．DRAFT THESES TO THE RESOLUTION ON THE SOVIETS255

8．SPEECH IN FAVOUR OF THE RESOLUTION ON THE WAR．APRIL 27(MAY 10)257

9．RESOLUTION ON THE WAR270

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10．RESOLUTION ON THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT274

11．REPORT ON THE QUESTION OF REVISING THE PARTY PROGRAMME．APRIL 28(MAY 11)277

12．RESOLUTION ON THE QUESTION OF REVISING THE PARTY PROGRAMME280

13．REPORT ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION．APRIL 28(MAY 11)282

14．REJOINDER TO N．S．ANGARSKY DURING THE DEBATE ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION．APRIL 28(MAY 11)288

15．RESOLUTION ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION290

16．RESOLUTION ON UNITING THE INTERNATIONALISTS AGA1NST THE PETTY-BOURGEOIS DEFENCIST BLOC294

17．RESOLUTION ON THE SOVIETS OF WORKERS＇AND SOLDIERS＇DEPUTIES295

18．SPEECH ON THE NATIONAL QUESTION．APRIL 29(MAY 12)297

19．RESOLUTION ON THE NATIONAL QUESTION302

20．SPEECH ON THE SITUATION WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL AND THE TASKS OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(B．)．APRIL 29(MAY 12)304

21．SPEECH IN FAVOUR OF THE RESOLUTION ON THE CURRENT SITUATION．APRIL 29(MAY 12)305

22．RESOLUTION ON THE CURRENT SITUATION309

23．CONCLUDING SPEECH AT THE CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE．APRIL 29(MAY 12)313

INTRODUCTION TO THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE SEVENTH(APRIL)ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(B．)314

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FRATERNISATION318

WHAT THE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY STEPS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT LEAD TO321

SOCIAL-CHAUVINISTS AND INTERNATIONALISTS324

I．G．TSERETELI AND THE CLASS STRUGGLE326

ANXIETY330

THE＂CRISIS OF POWER＂332

FINLAND AND RUSSIA335

A LETTER TO THE EDITORS339

DEFENCE OF IMPERIALISM CLOAKED WITH SPECIOUS PHRASES340

AN UNFORTUNATE DOCUMENT343

FRIGHTENING THE PEOPLE WITH BOURGEOIS TERRORS346

ON THE EVE349

THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN THE MAIN THING．The Municipal Platform of the Proletarian Party350

MANDATE TO DEPUTIES OF THE SOVIET ELECTED AT FACTORIES AND REGIMENTS354

CLASS COLLABORATION WITH CAPITAL,OR CLASS STRUGGLE AGAINST CAPITAL?357

A STRONG REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT360

TITBITS FOR THE＂NEWBORN＂GOVERNMENT362

ALREADY THE＂NEW＂GOVERNMENT IS LAGGING BEHIND EVEN THE PEASANT MASS,LEAVE ALONE THE REVOLUTIONARY WORKERS365

STEALING A MARCH ON THE WORKERS367

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DELEGATES TO THE ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF PEASANTS＇DEPUTIES370

THE＂VIRTUAL ARMISTICE＂375

SECRETS OF FOREIGN POLICY378

ONE OF THE SECRET TREATIES380

MINISTERIAL TONE382

IN SEARCH OF A NAPOLEON383

NOTHING HAS CHANGED384

A REGRETTABLE DEVIATION FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY385

ON THE QUESTION OF CONVENING AN INTERNATIONAL,SOCALLED SOCIALIST CONFERENCE JOINTLY WITH THE SOCIAL-CHAUVINISTS388

SPEECH AT A MEETING AT THE PUTILOV WORKS．MAY 12(25),1917．Brief Newspaper Report389

THE PROLETARIAN PARTY AT THE DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS390

STATEMENTS ABOUT THE WAR MADE BY OUR PARTY BEFORE THE REVOLUTION393

IMPENDING DEBACLE395

WAR AND REVOLUTION．A Lecture Delivered May 14(27),1917 398 DESPICABLE METHODS422

INEVITABLE CATASTROPHE AND EXTRAVAGANT PROMISES424

(Article One)424

(Article Two)427

THE QUESTION OF UNITING THE INTERNATIONALISTS431

MUDDLEHEADEDNESS．More on the Subject of Annexations433

COMBATING ECONOMIC CHAOS BY A SPATE OF COMMISSIONS436

ONE MORE DEPARTURE FROM DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES437

HOW THE CAPITALISTS ARE TRYING TO SCARE THE PEOPLE439

ONE MORE CRIME OF THE CAPITALISTS441

STILL MORE LIES443

A LETTER TO THE EDITORS444

HAS DUAL POWER DISAPPEARED?445

ON THE＂UNAUTHORISED SEIZURE＂OF LAND．Flimsy Arguments of the Socialist-Revolutionaries449

MATERIALS RELATING TO THE REVISION OF THE PARTY PROGRAMME455

1．PREFACE TO THE PAMPHLET MATERIALS RELATING TO THE REVISION OF THE PARTY PROGRAMME457

2．PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE DOCTRINAL,POLITICAL AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE PROGRAMME459

3．COMMENTS ON THE REMARKS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE APRIL ALL-RUSSIA CONFERENCE464

4．DRAFT OF REVISED PROGRAMME466

FIRST ALL-RUSSIA CONGRESS OF PEASANTS＇DEPUTIES,May 4-28(May 17-June 10),1917481

1．DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION483

2．SPEECH ON THE AGRARIAN QUESTION．MAY 22(JUNE 4),1917486

PARTIES IN THE PETROGRAD DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS506

TWO SHORTCOMINGS512

RESOLUTION ON MEASURES TO COPE WITH ECONOMIC DISORGANISATION513

A DEAL WITH THE CAPITALISTS OR OVERTHROW OF THE CAPITALISTS?How to End the War516

THE CHAIN IS NO STRONGER THAN ITS WEAKEST LINK519

THE CAPITALISTS MUST BE EXPOSED521

REPORTS ON THE ECONOMIC DEBACLE523

＂SLEIGHT OF HAND＂AND UNPRINCIPLED POLITICIANS527

THE DARK FORCES ARE FOR THE CADETS,THE MENSHEVIKS AND NARODNIKS ARE IN ONE GOVERNMENT WITH THE CADETS529

THE SHAMEFUL MENSHEVIK-NARODNIK BLOC WITH YEDIN-STVO531

COUNTER-REVOLUTION TAKES THE OFFENSIVE．＂Jacobins Without the People＂533

A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE．＂Forgotten Words＂of Democracy536

FOR LACK OF A CLEAN PRINCIPLED WEAPON THEY SNATCH AT A DIRTY ONE539

MEETING OF THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(BOLSHEVIKS)．May 30(June 12),1917541

1．SPEECH CONCERNING AN ORGAN OF THE PRESS FOR THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE543

2．DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED AT THE MEETING OF THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE545

THE HARM OF PHRASE-MONGERING546

CAPITALIST MOCKERY OF THE PEOPLE549

LETTER TO THE DISTRICT COMMITTEES OF THE PETROGRAD ORGANISATION OF THE R．S．D．L．P．(BOLSHEVIKS)552

SPEECH MADE AT THE FIRST PETROGRAD CONFERENCE OF SHOP COMMITTEES．MAY 31(JUNE 13),1917．Brief Newspaper Report556

INFAMY JUSTIFIED558

THE PETTY-BOURGEOIS STAND ON THE QUESTION OF ECONOMIC DISORGANISATION562

A MOTE IN THE EYE565

IT IS UNDEMOCRATIC,CITIZEN KERENSKY!568

BOLSHEVISM AND＂DEMORALISATION＂OF THE ARMY570

THE LAUGH IS ON YOU!573

Notes575

The Life and Work of V．I．Lenin．Outstanding Dates609

ILLUSTRATIONS56

The cover of Lenin＇s pamphlet The Tasks of the Proletariat in Our Revolution．191756

The first page of Lenin＇s manuscript＂Draft Resolution on the Agrarian Question＂．May 1917482

The front page of Pravda No．64,for June 6(May 24),1917 featuring Lenin＇s article＂Parties in the Petrograd District Council Elections＂507