Stalin 1937 The Road To Power PDF
Stalin 1937 The Road To Power PDF
Stalin 1937 The Road To Power PDF
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By JOSEPH ST-
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ImTElLNATIONAL BUllLlSHERl
881 F O U R T H A V B H U P
HEW T O I S
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Joseph Stalin
THE ROAD
TO POWER
INERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK
CONTENTS
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~PO~C~~LSITUATKON
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RephtoQ.dom
S p d in Reply to Debate
Reply to Preobdmaky on Point 9 of the RemIution "On
the Political Stnation"
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C o w & 1937. by
TEE U . S . k
whenLmiuarrmed,St&~wmdeepbl
awmlidatiq dm b M 1m-p
onthefun~qtw&uoftbe~al~
whensomerlding~oftheJEn~partp
it into a pro^^
:tr&Ij
'a=m
p w
tioni
nie
held J
&
hm
and a
of dm
~ ~ ~ a r r & d ~ o f ~ r o v o
saajeckddaor~,&m&~pp
~~madshh~inthsparsonofPyatatov,whot
~ P l r i t h S f a l j P o ~ t h e ~ 1 1 d t b a ~ i g h t
TlpsApailChhrmmretedonttbaBo~~dLin
The Sirth Congrem of ths Party, held ii
d m hh's
Augm,te&edthisline&laewconditione,whanamwatageh
the zevolutiou bad h g m The Sizth Cangram met just a h the
"Jdy Daysy'-wh qmntamous nmm p r o m and d a m o d d o m
of workers and mldicrs were held against the dewhe. which
h e n s k y ordered at the beheet of the Allies and which proved a
&backWhenthe -grad
m a a e e e p o d i n t o t b e ~ t o&
nonnct the imperialist policy of the Proviaiind Govmmm4 tha
B o M Party joined the mowmen% " ,-'g to give it rn
organized char-.
h d h t e l y the Prwiaiond Gmmmmt and &I all& the leaden
of the Menduwh and Socialist-Revolutionaries,orgadad a savage
attack upon the B o b h i k Party. The o f f i of the P d and atheE
IBOIshevik papwe were demolished and their printhg plant d&royd
A campaign of vi&tion w a ~
against LRnin, and hh
am^ was ordered by the C ; O v ~ t H
. e wau forced to go h t a
hidkg.'llwBolshevh,howwer,wemnotpanic~Thapcop
h u e d their work among the
fighhg d e m o r ~ t i o nand
cnlling u p n them to lm on guard, to o r g m h , to cave the moIutim
and p d it forwrard.
TheSMCon~hMatatimGwhRMwrasatthe
crossroad~: either counter.reoolution, w k h w a ~pining pmd,
was to lm allowed to develo-e
policy which the zuIing elsmsn&
h dm % e ~ s wwe eupporting+r h h h and the Boldmik I
b oi
lLLrmcommatae,~w.sconstantmnt.brilhhim,andhLyid;
hghandwasdwayapresent.TheCo~~metunderd
legal conditionq hut ~ o m a d ~b
d , t hin arqing thmcyh
Svardlou, preparad
IqhisreportonthepoWsi~ation,Stalinanmmar;snd~*~
; --andhi~o~~~-~oa~e~~ofthereuoltrti~f
i h g d d clearly betraeen two cowmu Tka M e t d m h d the
i' ~ - R e v o l u t i do ~e d t h d v a t o conwIid&q the
of the bongmia revolution and thedore adopted the road of
: .mqmmisewith the bowgmhie, h m h g its dIi. Ths BoMmh,
d h i n g that the molation wmi mamring into ita nex&atage, mxag&d the neceseity "of etqping over from tHe LmurgeoL revolution
' bta tbs Socialist revaIuti011P
&din's & w o n of the dogan, "MI Powat to the Sod&,"
by the Bolshevh at the b q i d n g of the revoIrdion, &mm-
;:
~ttsedialectic0ui~ofhthe1Iin&Attbe~of
l%m raoolntion, M bin pinted out, thera was dud p o w e r 4
i bw@s Provisional Government and the Soviet& But andcr the
'
opposing Preobr-B
amennot precluded that Rnseia w i l l h the
ocialiam.. We must cast mi& the obmop can ahow nar the way. Them is dogmatic
..
M&I~don~bdtaofhlaw~f.~
~ ~ 0 f ~ ~ ~ . J n h i e r e p I Y ~ d e C l a r e d t h
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quation here its the alliance-ofthe proIetariat with the
mp1oit3d d o n of &a pmumtry. %a idea, aa he pointed oat, had
Inm introduced into Marxist literattm by Zenin in 19% SEalin
~ t h a t t h e p m m m t r y m n l d n o t l mlumpdhgedheraea&gle
who4 tbst it wm n
m to diffemdate between the upper and
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strata. Only &e upper ~trat8were tied up with the W W RawIutionA and through them with the bourgeoisie; bat the poorwrt
was not, and it waa the taak of tlzt BolAwih to in&
gate their aims in the revolrrtim wid^ the aims oi the proletariat.
Still mother controvemy amae at tba Cunwhich nmds the
continuo^ anti-bmi& line of &OM who were later to &ow theh
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trae -ter-moIutionary
color& The qwdon at
whether L d n should surrender himseIf to the go-t.
a;8Patt
wam
OrjonikiaXemade&e~rtfortheCentraIMtteemthie~at
tlre Coqms, in which be held that it would ke suicidal for XRnin
to give b l f up. Objactione were r a i d by Rykov and Kamenev,
and they were s u p p o d by TI+-who
mde hiQ fimt a p p m m ~
among tbe B o l a b i b , having been admitted by the Congnw togab with a namber of " I n t m d ~ n a b ~who
" had juat declared
their a c q h m e e of the B o b b i k program. Jn the debate, Stalin
demmded to know what
could be sapplied by th- who
favored bin's surrender that he m d d not be h p r b n e d and
Uld Here again, the C o n p s i aoceptad S t a l i p i t i o n .
of the ~ F U ~ G
-1utim
O L Kmnmm and
At & very
P y a E a l t o v ~ e e d p p i t h X s ~ a n d S t a l i n ~ t h e i r dfua~
yais of the reoo~ntionand its d w d o p m t . At the sixth Congresst
Btlkharin i n i r d a d a concept w W was later to b~ b r e d by th4
"&@tn and Trotskyite o p p d o n a . h b r itltduoed ona
of the cornex-stomxt of Trorskyite ideolagy. Thom who insist thrtt kha
&mggle against Tmt&y aad hie a h arow only in aba midh ~ e n t hafaer
,
bin's death, evidently for* that not only had L d n
and tbe B o l i h d fot&
~
Trot&y for 14
Mom &a m o ~ o n ,
h d m t a t i h e S i r t h ~ ~ ~ m t h s O e t o b
~ l ~ ~ m a d a t o ~ b ~ i d a a a
t b e p r o g r a m d ~ l u t i ~ S t a l l n , a l ~ o a ~
idhrntion of dim i6eoIo~9hito
%~OU&
aocident, but
a I f o f t h e ( h k a l G m d t b ~ h t t b ahow
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the siizlm of power.
de&idybeaten,dac~offive,headdby~,w
~totaEsclmr~aftheupriaing.
[)n Novembef 6, on the eve of the ap-,
in his Ieadiag
'What Do We Need?" Stalin i
d the clarion c d for the organid o n of the w h of power. 'What waa not done in March," bt
wrote, 5 u m t be done now.. .Power must p m into the b a d of
ths SoviGes of Workern' Soldim and Peasants' lhpuh.''
];enin had corns to Petmgrad in disguiee to dimct the a
d up
M g . When the C o q m a of So*
b l e d on No7,
fianin appeared before the delegatas and announced the victory of
the p r o h a r h mvo1ution. The C o v r e e d the d l h h m a t
of the So* powur.
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T H E ROAD TO POWER
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THE P O ~ C A LSlTUATION
~ o f t h e f o r o e s w h i c h a r e ~ i t .
What did the revolution spring h m ? Fmm a d o n of four
h:
the proletariat, the peemntry, the liberaI bwxg&6~ and
hllid capital. Why did the proletariat go into ths revolution? Baaarmeitie~mortdenemyoftaariam.Whydidths~go
bto the moIution? h u s a it had c d k in the proletariat and
,,lomged for land. Why did the liberal bourgeoisie go into the m l a '&P Became during the progmm of the war it bcmw disap
to
n u d i n g t&,
the four fonxs of tbc Fcbraarp
on purwPed Went aim& The k a l bourgeoisie and AIcapM wmkd a Iittle xevolution for the p q w e of waging a
p d r s p o r t a t t b s S i r t h ~ ~ o f t b s ~ ~
P m (Boldmh) A
&U, 1917.-Ed
big war. &d the mmm of the w o r k and pasant5 did nat go into
the rewrlFaio11 for thia p~
They had other aims: (I) to put
an end to the war, and (2) to conquer the landlad and the boar.
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israisedinallm~aaan~qmxtion+InGermany&is
@on
waa raiaed and m#Ied withont the direct d active par-
ofthe~InRraseiaittdiff~Rareaeonamtc
t w u d more menacing dimandona- On the other hand,
beexreuchfmedbmintimeofwar~m~eJ
in the w i M e wganisatirm of the w o k :
the w o r k s d v e l y i n m n e in the 7 of
lutiaarh; it had
w n d factor is tho advanhlte undertakm under tha policy
at the front, and a number of b
&s
of the lime
&mhe
thatw~iPlteadradto~tths~ofthsmol&nintheq
o f $ ? 8 b r o a d ~ o f t h s ~ b o ~ ~ *
T h e h athird factor whi& w d t o & x m g t h the a o
mludonary f o m h R d ; AUied capital. If Allied apib
~Isingthet~wasgoiqtowardna~~bet
Niiolae' govsrament, there is nothing to pmmtt it hb r d i
" "
withtbe~govgmrleartifitpm~~pabhof
the%dd'hmt.Milpkoveaidata~thaththeino
national maxket R z d a is regarded as the source of m a f l y , a
dint dm gets money for &a. And if it-rt
that the new pow
in the &p of tb Rovbhd Gmenmmb is hapable of m=
~thbmitcdfr&iatheoEmsi~~sgainst~~
not k worth d e d i such a v
t
. And with<
money, without med& tbe government muat c o l l a p lbia rcw
thesecretoftheeno~~~Iayedbythe~d
the mi&. Kemwky and all hie MWtm p r o d to be puppets
dm han& of ths
Wherein lay the m g t h of the Cadet
In the sapport which they r e m i d fmm Allied capifal.
Two ptha l
i
e before Rmsia:
E i t b r t b e w a r ~ t o a n ~ all
d,f i n a n c i a l t k w i ~
are brobm, the revolutin merches on, h
a f d o n s of t
boqeoh mrId me ghalLeSt and the era of the worlmm' mluti
om in;
Or tbe ohex path: the whtlation of the war, &a cmhuati
of the offed- wmpI& dodimtion to ths o h of Alli
capital and the cdebl-md then o o m p h finazpcial dependex
upon AUied capital (&we Wrn debit47
in the T a d
Palace' that America will provide $8,000,~000,
will povi
fanda for restoring industry), and the triumph of the comb
revolution.
Thsx%canbeno third path, no thfrdpeth
'Ilm m p t of the S o c i a l i s t - R e v o I d d and M d m i h
chim that the d e m o ~ o n
of July 3 and M e dmmmtmd
of the workern who mdd no longer tolerate the policy of tbs cap3
-wauananned~0n,ia*1yxidicnlouifweaxstoape
of thornwho mto b b w e r r m s t bear in mind the objectives
&as: ( 1 ) the h1opmwt of the mioldon into a midst m
&.
-.
capital&
threa props of the counter-molntioa Were it nat for;
b USocidist" p
b
m in the gavsrmrtwt the ~ r e v o ~ u t i o n
ariw might have bean overthrown by now. But tbe charfeatare of the p-t
'moment k that the oounter-revolntionarg
mearauee are hing carried out with the hanh of the U S o c ~ n
It ier only b e c a w this screea e x k that the counter-rewlution can
hold on for a month or two. But insofar as the f o m d the revolution are &eloping there wiII be olrtbreaks, and the tima d l come
whep the workem will roum and r d y around themselves the poor
strata of ?he paaantr-, will x a h the h e r of tha w o k ' m l u tion and d e r in the era of the midist revoltrcio~.in tIpe Weat.
[ R e d reso&bm]
I would l h to explain one p a a q e in the reso1uti011: nntil Jnly 3
a p a d l ~ c t o r ytha
, @l
t n d m of power to ttte SmieEe, nnre
p i b l e . Had tbe Congrim of Soviets decided to take poww I tbd I
the Cadera would not have dared to come out openly a g a b t the ,
Soviets, fox such a saep would have been doomd to failure from 4
the very outset. But now that the ~ t e r - x ~ v o 1 & hae orffanissd
and consoIidated &If it i~ utter nomeme to say that dm S d e b
can take over power peacefnlly. The @I
period of the m l u don has come to an end; the non-pea&
period, the Per;& of
clad& gnd o
m haa & in,...
Ow Poiat I. "What forma of 6#ting orgaddon% does tba reporter propose in place of dm Soviara of Works' Dquh?"
My reply ia that the qmsth is not prwrena properly. I did
not oppose the Swiets as a form of working cbm organisation;
a d q p M not demmbd by the form of organidion of t
b
mlntionarg body, but by the content which ie the fle$l a d b l d
of dmt bdy. If tha Cadets were members of the hh wa would
of
&a
tbe
revolution.
1 our attitude t a b
SovietEi?TberepIytothisiaqaitecIear.As
the
Sovietsn
does not
muntsrarad
latter that actpired tbe fom of law. b l l the
1. NOW,horn, the Proviaiorral
~~88.Thsdeeisionthatfbs
So*bsrcrprswnasdontl!m~~~for~tbc
of July 3.5 wm never whhdram by dm Sovh; but it waa not
It ie not now a
majorityintheSovidn,oPbichinitwlfis
v i n g a n y tlse c o ~ - m I u t i o m
On Point d About a more concrete ddnihn of the
Upaor pasantry,'' and what are the form of its orgadmion
mpIy ie that the tsrm "poor p"anty" is not a mew one. It w
trodwed into Marxian litmatare by Gmade Laain in I=;
then it has been a d in nearIy every h e of Pndb and
splaceintberao1uti~oftheApd~*
Tbe p r etrata ot the psaeaney are thaee Mwhieb
with tht ripper stratum of the p c a a q . The Soviet of
Deputies, which " . e p m n 3Ut000,000 pmttu (w
womm) ia the organbation of the uppr strats of the
The lower eats of the pmmtry are w
e a hrce
agaimt the USwiet" policy. While the haad of the h i d i s t .
tiwarg Party, Chemov, and also A v b m t p and oSherq am ur
out an k a d f ~orders
thepeaaantrgnottOwktbe1
won
ia e l a d bg the
lana
etc Newa of
a n
i h and
ima
Thh alone clearly reveala the W o n of dm raral populatkon
lower and apper strata, meals that the p=aamm no longer
rn a d whok The apper strata d
y fonow
RevoIutionaries; the lower atrate, howwer, cannot
land, and they stand in oppition to the Provisional
b a r e thepuantswhohave little land,horw,ornoho
& . h a r e joMbytHeatratawhichhamalmastnolend,
semi-proletarian&&I
- i s ~ t o s a y w h a t f o n n t h ofe thga
~
haea
ofthapwauby~*
or are trPing b Eaphlre tha
@g,thequeetionofformiunotttw~qass-
be^?
putb
fatewithtbebourgeo%andtheideaofah
~ - R e P o l u t toi the
~ Bolshevh h a
i n ~ w i t h t h e p r s t x a t a o thfe-,
of theSovi&s, aadto BWE%P away themmter-
S
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IN INREPLP
MD ~ T E
q u i t e w r m g i n ~ h t I ~ t h s
I7
~whichmttehik?Therearedifierentkindsofmn%hihiaonr
country, A bloc has h formed with the Rights; but we have
lowet-ch muzhb who represent the poor atrata of the psantrp.
Now with these, no bLoc could be formed, These have not formed
a bloc with the b'i bourgeoisie; they foiIow the latter h n s e of
thtir ignorance, they are aimply bing d-ived, they are Wig led
Against wbom is the bEoc dkcted?
Comrade B u k h h has not told m. This b k con& of Allied
md Ruaaian capital, the High Command and the nppr stratum
of the pasantry represented by Socialist-Revolutionarim of the
Cbmov type. Thia bbc has been formed against the lower peaand agaimt the w o r k s .
What is Comrade Bukharin's persptive? Bk analpis & fundam
mentally wrong. In hia opinion, in the kst stage we march towarda
a peasant revolution. But this revo1ution cannot but meet, cannot
but coincide with the workers' revolntioa It is h@le
for tb4
mrkhg clam, a c h is the vanguard of the moIntion, to refrain
from fi#ting for its own demands; therefore, I thinlr Comrada
Bnkldn'a scheme ia not thought out.
The second atage, according to Comrade Bukharin, is the prob
tarian revolntion supported by W e r n Europe, without the p
antry, who will have received Iand and therefore will have besa
satisfied But again& whom will this revolution be directed? In hia
toy acheme Comrade Bultharin givea no reply to tbis question. Na
other approach to the analysis ~f what is happening baa lxm
And yet the h a t i o n is quite cham. Nobody now talkn about dad
pawer. W h e r e ~in the earlier stage the SOViBb repreemted a 4
force, now they are merely organa for uniting tbe masses, with
any porn. Tbia h p c b e 1 y why it ia impomible "a
ixanefer power to them. Comrade Lsnin in hiir pamphlet goee
and definiteIy
&at them ~EI no dual power, for all po
has pawed into the hands of the c a p h k s ; m d to advance
aEagan '*All POW to th Sovietsn now would be Qukotic.
Whemmiotheearlierstagmno Jamddve withoxit
l0
M) the
we said that
"On th Present
three months W d the times. What has hapdmxt month? The pttpbonrgdsie has aplit
& 8 p r 0 ~ h o r g d h & h ~ ~ d
t i d y rakm dm qw&n of htdmbg wortem' cmtrol (for a
a m p l e , i a ~ , t l l e D o n a t a ~ w , ~ ) * A U t b
ttbepro~o~mdopwdasfarbackasApril,bat~
are dragging ua back.
Now &at the So&
Tha fact that we am whhdrnwiug t
old slogan about Saviet power does not meam that nre am oppcmb
tHaSoviete.Onthem~ary,mcanaodmuat~~~rkithe
even m the Central b n t i v s Commithe, that organ of comia
revolationay c a m o d a p . Although the Soviets are now mere1
organa for orgmisiq the mamw, we, always being with the maaes
will not Ieave them until we are driven out. Do we not stay in tt
f - r ~ m m d t m and in the municiplik, emm thou& they hnt
nopower? IfwerwnainintbeSovietsweoancontinueiosxpoa
the mtia of the m - R e v o l u t i o m and MenahaPika
Now that tha coantw-mlntion has fully revealed the c o d a
that exists between our bmgeuiaie and Allied capital it has bacon
more obviotm than ever that in our mlutionary
ws mu
dyupon three factom: the R
e p r o l a , the
and the htmdonal proletariat, for t l fate
~ ~of our revoldon :
cloaeIy bound up with the Weat European movemat. (Appkarw.
9. T b s d o f t h w a d n h a r g c ~ w i l l t h e n k t o m m t a s s r g & o 1
~ a p t n npolitical pPwar aad to d k m it, In aIlianw 6 the
proladat of the d
4 w d m towardo parpes and t o d &a d
o
n
of society.
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to
pddity%notpracltl&dthatR~wiUbethe~tol
\d
rairwiderthsnthatof W~Errrope,whefetheprorstariet
&OMS
tbs bonrgmiaie a b w l d y d o n b e !he w o k s am
p r b d by the poor mata of the pawanby, M y , in Gmmmp,
~
~ofoarbo~iaie,arhichis~Ha~toEnropean
@d.We muet cast aside d~ obsolete idea that only Emope can
mnnthe way. There iedogmetic M a d m and matha h r x k .
68adonihebasiaofthelatter.
I f 3 h CEAIRUH: I shall put Corn& Preobmhtdfa 4
m# to rl$ vde. R e j d . ]
-ON
DAY
are to
a@
howevsr, it in oppoad to
for it
in deeds, however* it
it hae e n t d into an
p d m and prisons
Bat whaever enters into an alliaace with the h f e d s b help
counter-molutiw, and in fact, 6ghm against the revolntion~
their words l
Learn to appraim parties and group by their aetiona sad
by their promise81
If the New Lile p u p , wMe proto fight fox p c q at
same time calla for support for the L i h k y Loan, then lmow
it is bringing grbt to dm mill of the i m p e r i h If tha N m
group, while iMq with the B o l d m h m n d m s , at the
tim% 8upports the Defencista, then h o w it h hhghg gr& to
mill of the mnnter-ravolution.
To vote for thia doublpfaud group, to v m for &t No.
entering the d c e of the &fancis& who in their tarn ate
the counter-molntion.
Becalm:
Our Party alone Btands for tb d d o agttinst
landlords and capitaliata.
~ansbsfof &a
Our Party alone stmd~for tbe
lords' Iaad to the Peaarult C
w
Our P a q alone stands for u p o r b ' control of induutry
all the c a p i t a h
Otu Party done atands for the ibmcmth o r g d a t h n
&go
BenPsgl town and coantry q P h the pf-m
m a r h
hb and the
I a n d I d haDe
Qw Party
4 1917.
dthePsdBional
f~ that ths - 1 ~ ~ ) I d o n
n d e d tha " I B o M pId'
p ~ ~ p h g r b d t w a y f o r b d ~ * ~
%5
parpoae of %
gthe Bol- /
hvih.''
i
It h a j& that the bourgeois press, from Russbya Volya ( R w s h i
Will) and Birphaob t o Novoyc Vremya (New Times) and Ryech
(Speech),helped Kornilov by wlously spreading d
e
days
the ntmours about the "Bolshevik plot."
It is u jact that Komilov's present action ia merely the continuation
of the machinations of the c o ~ - r e w l l u t High
i ~ Commarrd,
which surrendered TamopoI in July and Riga in Auguet in order
to utilim the "
~at the hont
" as a means of d h b g the
"complete" triumph of the connter-mlution.
It is a fat Chat the Cadet Paxty 51now, as it was in July, to b
found in the camp of the fraitora at the h n t and of the moat itmagant counter-revoIutionarimia the rear.
Our Party was right in denouncing the Cadets ae the -rs
of
the b o a p i s counter-revoIntion.
Our Party was right in d i n g fw a rasolute struggIe a g d
the comter-revolution and for the arrest of the ";mPlicatedn v n a
(Kaledin ** and othere) as early as the beginning of June.
The counter-mlution did not start yesterday, and did not start
with the KorniIov plot. It shuhd, at any rate, ln June, when the
g
o
~ starting
~
fthe offensive at the front, began to pursue a
policy of e o n ; when the munhz-molution. gene&
after
surrendering Tarnopol and throwing the blame npon the ~ I d i e r s ,
mured the re-introduction of the death penalty at the front; when
the Cadets, sabotaging the Cabinet as far back M July and re1yiug
for support upon allied capital, emb1ished their hegemony in the
Provisional Government; and l a d y , when the Wmd~evik and
Socialist-holutionary leaders of the W a l Executive Comm b e , instead of brmking with the Cadets and unitiag with the.
July demonstratom, turned their =pons a g h the workers and
soldiers.
This is a fact which it would be ridiculous to deny.
The fight now going on between the- malition gonmmmt and tEme
K o d o v party is not a fight hehvwn molntion and camitex-mfution, ba &ween two diffemnt lmethoda of ~ m l u t i
w Oetrograd amaibly for
* Abhmiation for -r
VedwRarri -1
8N-1 .-Ed
* * ~ . r r h n , d m i n g t b s ~ d g ~ t o ~ h
a n ~ t n t h s D o n b t r t ~ r w h 4 W
for
restoration
revolotionary Pemgmd
and mIdierrr will not permit tke capital of Rnmk
p the dirty hands of the @ee
of dm revolution.
desob
on PeErogrrpd -1y
for the p
q of " s q p r d n g the Sol*
dmib."
It is a fbd that the boorgeois p m ~from
,
RuJshyu Vuiya (Russiaa
WiI.2) and Birhh 'to Nowye Vremp (New Times) and Ryech
(Sped), helped Kornilov by tgea1ondy spreading during hoe days
the rumom about the 'Bolshevik plot."
Ir tcr fmt that Kornilov's p r e e action is merely the continuation
of the machhtions of the counter-mvolutionary H
i
g
h Commatld,
WE&wrrendered Tarnopol in July and Riga in A u g w h order
to d b e the "
*
at tbe front as a maaru, of ag
the
'%omple&' triumph of tbe counter-revolution.
Jb isafac&thattHeCadetPartpienow,as it wmia July, to h
found in the camp of the traitor8 at the front and of the most arm$ant cbtmw-evolntiwarics in h a rear.
Our Party was right in denouncing the Cad& ae the instigatom of
the bougeoie cottoter-repolt&m.
Our Party was right in calling for a reecrfttte struggle agairrp#
the counter-revolution and for the a r m t of the "implicated" pmwar
(Kd& ** and others) as early MI the h g b i n g of June.
The counter~revoIutiondid not aEart -day,
and did not start
with dm Kornilov plot. Tt -4
at any rate, in Jtme, when the
gowmmm& starting the o E d w at the front, began to pmue a
policy of repmion; when the oouoter-rewr1utionay generals, after
surrendering Tarnopol and throwing the b b upon the aoldiera,
secured the reintroduction of tbe death penalty at the front; when
the&*
SabOtaghgtheGtbineta~farbackaa JuIyaudmlp;.%
for impport upon allied capital, established their b e p o n y in the
Awiarional Government; and I d y , when the l b h h d k and
Socidbt-Revolutionary leadera of the Central E x a d v e Cummittee, inatead of breaking wjth the Cadeta and d t i n g with the
July demonatratom, turned i e i r weapons against ths w o r h and
soldiem,
This ie a fact which it would be. rididam to b y .
TIXIfight now going on h w e m tha ~
~ gmemmat
t
m
and the
K o d w party is not a fight betwen revolution and t ~ ~ m m - m I n
tion, bat htwo different methoda of c--mlotionary
A b b v b t h for -a
F'dmwd ( S h k E x c k Mum)-Ed.
w h ~ ,d h g ths M o v m d k atWmptsd to
hh
mnpihgkthsDom,btunartooLaw.-Ed
,a
~~~
*.
d y , the d m
of oapital md
a d tha
h a t i o n of the m d a l o u n war p r o k
7. TBe o r g ~ o nof pmpr e x c h g e betwean tom
pliesandtb4nual~znceivingthemceasargmaa
g
8. ?%a'mmPdiateprocIamationoftherigbrtofthepp~
R d to dfd&mhtion.
9. The rmtoration of M a , dm dmmehg of a &
republic and the h i n d a t e c o r n d o n of the Cm&tmt
10. The muha of the secret
with dm Mi
pnmntation of twms for a n h r s a l democratic paace,
Om Party declarae that d e 8 8 t h e d
d are eonoeded it wilt'
b hpodbb to save the revo~utionwhich for six months baa!
lxmgaapinginthec1~ofwarandgtntd~aoe.
I
Our party d d that ths only @lo
mean. of a s d q tho;
d s f d o of
~ these &mends h a rupture with the capitalis4 tha
q l e t e liqaidation of dm b m m p i s counter-mvolution, d th4
t m d w of popper in the country to the molutionarg workere, peassntsandsoldisra
~ i s ~ w t y w a y t o m ~ ~ ~ ~ e n d t h s r
collap.
thewfo~pnmutd~ydasremtaima~the
and dm A n g l o - F d q b l b t a d y wanted to & a
Thbexpmmionofthiseo~~~.~dlthe~golarn
a ~ s n t & t b s t h a v a d , ~ 1 n d i n g ~ l a s t , ~ ~
' ( 8
A n d i f i a t h e ~ o f ~ c r h ~ a l ~ p r o m d t a
b on dm d e of tha bprhliat bomgeoieia and aftw d W u don" of a midm the m b and soldim b o d t h d v a u
und the coaMon p a w m a d in o m form or another, it WM nwt d y
h w m the hphlii bourgeoitzie ia h
wy orgazdeba d
w i t h f 8 e ~ 0 f t . b E K d o v ~ 0 ~ t b a ~
Itwas~y~atthsM~wCo~thsttheallia
lohh ths ads wa8 h e a t d u g to become an t l b n c a wfth the
Kmdow and K d d n a not only again&. ..the Bolshevits, bat
agnbt tbs sntirs R d a n Bewrluhn, agalnea the very b c a
of dm gaiua of the m1ution. The boycott of the MOBBOW
Conference and the p x o ~
of the Mmww worksIs, wbich tore ahs
d from this munkr-mlntiomry A l p and whioh & w d
t h e p b o f thepIo#ere,not o d y d M a warniuginthia sunb t l a a I a o a e a d l ~ b e ~ . I t i e d h m t b a t h
&d not remajn a voice crying in the wildemw~:a rmmber of towns
q n d e d to it immediately with p r o t ~
...
TheCadaesd~fromtbe~thns@y~atbg
b i r mlidarity with the Komilmim All the i m p h k t a of d
coloura and
the bakere snd mgnnhumm, the factoryownsra and p r o k m , the hdIords and genera4 the pen pirates
on N o w y e Vryemyu and the a o d y provocateurs on dm JXdwb
-all th-,
headed by the Cadet Party and in allianrn with tha
A n g b F d imperialist cliques, an fwnd in the same cemp ae
tha o o r m t e r - m l u t i d a , against the molution a d its g a k
Ith~~kthatthe8Ilianc%wlthtIl8~h
allialheapsiththaIandlordsagainstb~with&ca~
~ ~ ~ w h h t I f e ~ a l ~ ~ t
1
clear that d m m r
with Mil+ov
Kornilov and mu& come out
&a nvcrlnov and Kornilw &am one."
The vague understanding of this truth liw at the base of the
at the h of d~ mmmd wave
;ssrr m revolutionary
lati~whichhsp~toaawrtownssndregiona,tb
which only yaetsrday WM afraid of waging
mined struggle against the counter-mvolution, is t d a y mi
K a d o v and the KorniloW in tlza mmr and at dm
at the eame tinm itie "orderin$ the k l u t i o n of the
revolution, the 'bnalahorkdn commitkxs of w o r k wldiera
g,t-
.,
hwem the first, departed wave, and the mad, rising wave of dm
b 6 i a n Revolution.
AndwedIIaarnthat:
T h e n , ~ & r t h e h t d & g h t a g & s t ~ a a d h
t mmipala Now, under the -d
d fight qpht thb land.
" b d and
~ the capitaTh-dliancs with *a Odeta. Nm--mpms rith them.
e Bolahepika were iaoletd Now--the Cadets are hlatad
1 W
1. Wm-allianct with Anglo-French capital and war. N o w ma[ tdngrupturewithit and-,
a justandunhwdpam
~IIUO,
and only t h , wiIl the ~eaondwave of the m I h
p m d , no ma#ea what the c
o d d h~
+
EtrPsoens&
s-a
1911.
Uburid''
at the Moacow
83
l h m d y ~ % i m b k e n n m n b e r o f ~ n h i c
Mug kept mx& fox ths tim bhg, but which Aould have a very
s o ~ & e c t n p o n t b ~ m e m b e m o f t h e
of W b ' and Soldiere' Depuh" (Rtrsskk V & m d [ h u h
Chronkh])
The Sovieis dsmand a mtrict and &OXOW& hmdgation of the caee
of K o d m and his ~
l
iBut in
~ Feply, to thie tHpr bmuuky
B
O
t in %armwing down tbs h d g a t i o n to an bignificaut circle of pemna, and is ignoring certain very important aoarces
nhich wouId help to qaalify Komifode mime. as maem and not
only ae d15on'' (Shttbnikods
in N o w p Z b ) .
The Soview demand a raptaxe taith the bourgeoieie and primarily
w;th the Cadet& But in reply to this the b m d y government cond m negotiations
tka Kiablcinn and Konovalova,* inviting
them mto tha Cabinet and proclaiming the g o v e m m d ~%&
pdence" of the Sovie&
AU power to the h
a
w b o w g a W u e h is the d o p of
the^^.
There b no room for do& We have fmo powam before m: the
p o w r e r o f ~ a n d h i a g ~ d t h e p w e r ths!hie&
of
and the C o m t n h ~ ,
'Ihe fight ln%immlt b w two powem is
of the pmsent moment.
ha cham
"
h m e
aarrenderedpo~t0thsbo~isie.Btlt~~
timnha~comewhenit brio 1onprpdb1e to wriggle.
'lbstraight~whichlifuraim~achran
dehib amwarn
m t
h Ssp-
30,1917.
a number of a& of t m d q on
a 'hew" (brand mi)
hm st h been
-,
h-,
36
.i
-.
37
t i O M y ~ o f ~ ~ a n d ~ t s i 8 b s i
lutlm6ghtagain&theco~andinspiboftbem,~
h t ia growing and b m i n g &onga.
Tbe ravolation is - b u g its form and e@hg from ita
mi& the M d k a d S o d b b R e w , l w
'
At the mum tima the o o ~ m O 1 n t i a n afen a h mobilieiag its
forceem
T h Cadet Party, this neet and hotbed of counter-mlution, is
tbe b
t to &ert the smqgle by carrying on agitatioa in favour
of Komilov. Ha*
taben power in ita hands and unchained &a
watchdogs in the Srmorin backp.ard, doaking h I f in the SmiaIi&Ravoldonary.mePiL K o d o v "Preliminary Parliamentn a d
stcurhg for i t d f the mpport of the count~rcrevolutionarygenera4
dm Cadet Parky is preparing for an&
K o d o v outbrak, thrtat
eniag to maah tbe revolution.
Tbe Wnion of Public Men" of M-w,
this d o n of the locko & m and the ugaunt hand of %''
tha wry emm m i o n which
helped Kornilov to ntrangIe the m l d h and w o h m and to di+
perse dm Soviets in the rear and
-c
at the front, this
very union, in two day7 tims, is comdng a " S e c d YO^ CO~G
ferena'' to which it is urgently inviting the mpremhof the
"Union of C
d Troops."
At the front, -19
in the d and
a
leagae
of Kornilovite generahi is M & I y o q d h g a he& attack qmn
the revoI~tion,and is gathering amand itself aU the forcee dabb
for this "dirty workn..
-0-q
..
h d t b e ~ g o v e ~ t b e v e r g s a m
m conjunction with Kornilov organieed the plot again& tha m h tion, is prepariag to ilea to Maeoow in order, after
Patregrad to t
b GLmmuq to o
m in conjun&w with dm
R y a b d m and Bmishkh, the Kdedias a d A
-*
an& and more nxmaciq plot against the mollaim.
~~nopo~b~omfordo&hagainett6e~of
moldon thers in forming and becoming etrong tEtb
of
~ m l a t i a n the
, front of ths cnpitaliata and landlo& of ths
Ormatdtbarwc~a~dmasc~dpmprbsforsttm
W &
9 * I B n f i m t r r o w m b i g ~ ~ t b I s # s r ~ ~
--Nowe Y
~ ~ a n d t h e p r s ~ P a f ~ T h a
mlufion ik Prcperiner for lmotber K o d o v &Iion.
Ths h
t JGmilw plat was thwarted; but the ~d~
hid b c b d dm badr of the
WM mot brohn; it mmcly
~
~
d
m
~
e
h
c
d
~
' I h e ~ d K o r n i l l w p ~ a t ~ c h L n w r ~ ~
l~~therooteinordertoproosettharasol~from~
-for a long time.
T h a 6 r s t d ~ o f t h e ~ r e v o l u t h n ~ ~ b p t h
i forcis of the workem and 8oIdhm, by the forom of tb W i n
:themarandtheCo~atiheftont.
The Swieta and Cob must take all
to enmm
&st ths =nd
offe3lsne of the e~lnntsx-xev01danL swept away
by the w h b might of oar great mid.
and Milors
Zct the w o r k and soldiere kmw, let the
know that it iu now a kht for pewe and b d , for h
i and b r b y ,
egainst dm
and landlorda, agsinst the p r o h and
m u & q agdnut bham and tragainst dl h e s d m
donot~~patanend~~afldfwdtotheKd&~
am now organking.
The -&&I
are om
to &f
~~
sum POWER
In tha 6mt days of the rwolntioa the brogan KAll Pcnm to
the soviet^'' wm a noveIty. 'Mpown wtm oppwsd to the
pwerOfthbRo~onaIGmwnmentforthe~timsh~
Themajwitpinthscapital were aa y e t h favour of a R&od
Plritholrt MilpnLov-Gu&.*
In Jtme, thie dogan ob
Eainad tbe demonstrative feeognitiw of the &eMng
majority
oftbsworbmandm~digaThePro~anaI~~ar,d~hMinthe~~tal.InJnly,s~learoandthe
"All P o w to the Smh'' bred up h e m the ~
0 ma1
jarftyintbedtheLv~~***Ths
rrnttbfrontand~f~~~mthethe~~laatad
Augwst, At the end of Aagust th6 ecsna changcpd very r a d i d y . The
Komilw M o n called forth the emdm of d ths swengh of
the revolution. The Sovisiintherem andhe Commbm at dm
front, which were in a moribund state in July-'hdddy"
&wed and took power in &air hands in Siberia and the Cancams,
in Fdand and the ZTrala, in Odesea and K b k o v . Had they not
dam t I k had they not taken power, tke revoldon would ham h m
c d d Thw USoviet powerH prochimed in April by a
group of B o l s h v h in Petrogradn obtains the alms u n i d m
@on
of the molntiomq c
h in Rrrssia at tbb end of A
It in now clear to all: ?I
"Soviet
@
p o d k not only a popular
dogan, bat the d y m r e ~ i a t h e ~ l e f the*&
o x
the molntios; it provides the ody way out of the- present
T h e h a hascame for the eleganUAUpowwtotheS h W to bs
pat into practice at la&
Bntwhath~power";dhowdoee~diff~fromever
other p o w ?
hissaidthattraderring powerto the ~ m p n n p f ao
"homageneoue" democratic Minietrg, orgmkhg a new "Gabinetn
consisting of 'SociaWn
and, gemmdy s p k h g , making
"important changes" in the comp&w of the h v i d d Governmeta But thie is not true. Here, it L not a matter of d d u t h g
twm
for othenr in the Rovia'i Gmmmnt. The thing
ietomabtheaewrevolntionarychwsthsmautersofthe~
in the coantrg. The thing is to trader power to the h&of the
and revolutionary pamnby. For thh patpons a mers
dmqp ia the compo&ion of the govemmmt is hdqwta For this
purpaeeitiafirstdaUneceasargtbom~ytop~alltbegav
to expel the K o r n i l a and to
rmmtisafortrew~by&e.hmxmm~ofthebarhpsriod
who b d o d the good intentione of the M i n b m into "hollow
wmrkr,'' and who are ready to d m t a p every z e o o l a t i ~m s m m
ado@
by the g m ~ In order
.
that power may p to dae
S o ~ e t s , n o t i n w o r d s b u t i n d m b ,t h a e e f ~ m u e t b s c a p
tud, the mrvanta of the Cadet-~earistd g h c must
ex&d
The dictatorehip of the proletariat and the m01ntimay peasantry, h.,opm, ma^ dictatomhip, e x e t c i d in &a eyes of a&
d o a t plate and ~d~
work; for 4 a
has no remion to hide the fact that no mercy will ba ahown to the
Iock-out caphlhta who have inteadied nnemployment by mesae
of various "unloadings," ox to the p u g bmkeTa who have
m m w d up the price of food and c a d etarvation.
The dictatorship of the proIetariat and the paantry, t,a dietatomhip without violmc8 againat the
a dictatorship whi&
expmmw the will of the
a dhtorsbip for the p
m of
curbing the will of the e m d w of t h e numws.
' M a is the claw nature of the dogan UAll Power to the Soviek"
E m in home and fopolitice, the p r o b a d war and tha
lwging for pam, defeat at the h u t and defmce of the capital, tha
rottennaar, of ihe Proviional Gmmmmt and ib ''remod" to
M w m , cham aad
mmplopment d erhau&io&
this
is M a t i b l y drawing the revoldonmy c h m s of R d to power.
Thh~&atthecotmtryis~ripeforthe~rsbipo
the proletariat and the revolutionarp peasantrp.
Power to
Tbe time baa ooma for the mvo1utionary dogan
S o v ~ " t 0 ~ p a t i n t O ~
AN EXAMINATION IN INSOLENCE
F o r d to the wall by ahe onslaught of the revolution, the govemof bourgeois Corn favotuite8 k mhhg to Plrriggls gtft of ite
position by flinging around Mae aaaffvancee that it did not M
to fIm horn Petrograd and did not want to m n d e r the capital.
Only yatenhy it waa aonoand h m the botw-tops ( I d ? )
that the gwemmmt w w Umov;.%n to Moacow am it coneidend abs
-t
~ O n ~ f t h e ~ p i t a l ~ ~ O n l y ~ y t b a r e W
the ~efena&&an!) &af the dof P-d,
andthago~~&dtberemovalofthegrmsfrom&e
' a p p h to the capital. M y m
y , Squira b d q d o , b
(w
..
~~
..
63
fntstmsdisrl-
d ~ d t h e ~ a n d b y ~ o f & m p t i o n d r e w t h
...
~ d e D o ~ n ~ h g t h e ' ~ ~ f ~ ~
~ w h o b y r a i a i n g ~ p r i w o f ~ ~ ~ t h s
tri& to pogronH and j n c e n a i Rend the
Rsvolation~mmpapx V l w Narodo (Peopk's Rule), a d judge
~~
for yo~uwlVeB!
Some of om
d
t
s that tho
d i m d m d d d bs a. 1
~ t o t h a ~ o b t h s ~ p r i ~ . T h s n e w p r i c w
a p a r a l r i e e i a t h o ~ o f l i ~ T b i s c a d ~ ~ ~ a o d r m Y a
~~hB4rwtlltof*thomobiamwspro~than~to&art
(No. 140.1
PO-
lEerenskp h o +
' L ~ p t i oon
f thb -"
the vtry hisr- 'I
ensky who defiled the revolaaion and c o r n itit para morals by
mvivingthsl~~~~tpoLiCDand~~haddbythr.o
Vonlyarlymkya and S h c h h l
~
"
"
omy
I~
I
~~
June!
w-
44
bsfmtherew,~*tbsg-~bsaral,b**tHsy
w i I l fail to deEema.
SPEBX AT THE m
WHAT DO WE WEED?
I
a t t h e ~ m d d u s ~ a n d p e a s l m t s i n t h t t r w u a r e n o p :p
paping dserly for
mist&&
Ih omduowing the Tsar the w o r k s thought that t h y would
ohah b d and work. But inmad of of b y "got" high prim
a d -tion,
l d - o m and ~ 1 0 p Why?
m ~
~inthegmemmmttberaaretheplacen&eaof&ecapi~ a n d p r o ~ w h o w a n t f g ~ ~ w o r k e m ~
In overbowing the Tsar the pmumb thought that they would ,
obtaiu land. But instead of thh they "got" the arrest of fheir
t;ee and punitive @ t i ~ =
Why?
Becam in the govemma there are t&e pof the land.
lor& who wiviI1 not yield an inch to tb pemmtz~
In avdlrowing tba Tsar the sol^ thought that they WOnId
ontain peaoa Bnt h k a d of ot they &got" the pr0Iongatim of
&war; andeffortsambejngmadetoprolong it still more, until
elm auhnm. Why?
bummthego~tbatethephcmenoftheAagl0F d h h r s for whom a "&y"
d o n of the war f rmprofitable, for whom the war is a eource of ilI-gotten richm.
In ovdmwing t h ~
Tsar the people thou& that a Codwent
A m d d y -Id
be c o d within two or three months. But the
+-
'
~ o n o f t h e c o n a t f t c s e m t ~ l y h a s ~ y h ~ n!
omm, and now it is obvious that the e n d m are pmparhg to wreck
it altqpbr. Why?
~ t m i n t h e g o ~ b a r e t h s ~ o f t h e p o p l e
for whom the timeIy -tiom
of the Constifflent i b m b I y b
unproibble.
After the victwp of the revolution, power r e m a i d in ths hands
of ta.landlorda and capiulla, the bsnlran and p r o k the fore4tde.n and m a r a d m d was the fatal mis&ah &a w o r k and
~lkco~thieiatheca~ofths~diseatere
rear andatthe froat.
T h i s m b t a k e m u s t b e ~ e d a tonce. Fmtbsr&laynowwilI be
fatal for the whole cam of the moluhn.
T h e p n r r e n t g ~ o f ~ d l d e n d ~ m ~ b e r
p l d by a new gowmmmt of w o r h and
Thepmmtimpoetor~awhkhwaansvsr~bythe
paopb and ill not +le
to the pup& m t be
~ r e p l a d by a
I m - - = & = d b Y ~ P w l a , - b Y ~ ~
46
dths~~dieraandpsasantsad~totbeeerep
mtativm
The ~ R o n o v a l-g" ~
m m t be r e p M by a go+
mmmnt of the Swiee of W o r h ' , Soldhm' and Paasantd Dapatiea
Whatw~noddowinMarchmustktdonsnow.
b r d , land and
Zn this way, and only in this way, can
liberty be won.
W
O 80- ~ 7 %
&ma&
all toifsret
Do you w a n t a n e w p m m m t d worker sand^ to oome
'" into power in place of the preeent gowmmmt of W o d a and
'
~~?
rn N
h & 1911.
47
L I T T L E LENIN L I B R A R Y
These wbmes contain Lenin's and Stslin's shorter writings which have
b
e classiw of She fheory and pradce of Leninism, as well as
selections from heir writings dealing wi+h s f a c i d topics.
I,
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
f 0.
I I,
12.
13.
14,
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