Theses, Resolutions and Manifestos of the First Four Congresses of the Third International

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Contents Letter of Invitation to the Congress I. Aims and tactics—1; II. relations with the ‘Socialist’ parties —2; Resolution of Greeting to the Red Army Theses and Report on Bourgeois Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat Proposal to Constitute the Third International The Constitution of the Third International Congress Greetings to the Ukrainian Workers Declaration of the Participants in the Zimmerwald Conference made at the Congress of the Communist International in Moscow Resolution on the Zimmerwald Conference The Attitude to the Socialist Currents and to the Berne Conference Manifesto of the Communist International to the Workers of the World On the White Terror The Platform of the Communist International The conquest of political power-40; democracy and dictatorship- 41; the expropriation of the bourgeoise and the socialization of production-42; the road to victory-44 Resolution of the Japanese Socialists Resolution on the Role of Working Women Memorandum to the Workersof all Countries The Organization of the Communist International The International Situation and the Policy of the Entente The Brest-Lit ovsk peace and the unmasking of German imperialism-51; the victory of the Entente and the alignment of states—51; Entente imperialism's 'peace policy'; imperialism reveals its true nature—52; contradictions among the Entente Powers-53; groups and currents in the ranks of the Entente-55; the 'League of Nations'-55; foreign and domestic policy in the defeated states-56; the vassal states of the Entente-56; the neutral states-57; the Entente and Soviet Russia-57 The Second Congress To the Workersof Piter Appeal to the Second World Congress of the Communist International to the Red Army To the Red Army White Terror in Hungary The Soviet-Polish War The Role of the Communist Party in the Proletarian Revolution Preliminary Draft Theses on the National and the Colonial Questions To All Members of the French Socialist Party; to All Class-Conscious Proletarians of France Theses on the Conditions of Admission to the Communist International The Communist Party and Parliament 1 The new epoch and the new parliamentarianism-97; 2 Communism, the struggle for the Dictatorship of the proletariat and the utilization of bourgeois parliaments-99; 3 Revolutionary parliamentarianism—103 Reply to the Telegram of Greetings from the Revolutionary Social- Democratic Association (Arbeitgemeinschaft) of Austria The Trade-Union Movement, Factory Committees and the Third International Preliminary Draft Theses on the Agrarian Question Statutes of the Communist International When and Under What Conditions Soviets of Workers’Deputies Should be Formed Theses on the Fundamental Tasks of the Communist International I. The meaning of the dictatorship of the proletariat and of the Soviet system-130; IL what work should be carries out at once to prepare for the dictatorship of the proletariat?- 133; III. correction of the policy and partly also of the personnel of the Parties adhering or willing to adhere to the Communistinternational- 139 Resolution on the Location of ECCI Resolution by Comrade Pestaiia on Esperanto Manifesto of the Second World Congress I. International relations after Versailles- 143; II. the economic situation—148; III. the bourgeois regime after the war- 154; IV. Soviet Russia- 159; V. the proletarian revolution and the Communist International-161 From the Third International to the Trade Unions of All Countries Theses for the Communist Women’s Movement and Theses on Youth Movement The Third Congress Appeal to the German Proletariat about M. Hoeltz Resolution on the Executive Committee Report Theses of the Third World Congress on the International Situation and the Tasks of the Comintern I. The crux of the question—184; II. the war, speculative prosperity, the crisis and the countries of Europe- 185; III. the United States, Japan, Soviet Russia and the colonial countries —189; IV. the aggravation of social contradictions-192; V. international relations-194; VI. the working class after the war- 198; VII. perspectives and tasks- Theses for a Report on the Tactics of the RCP I. The international position of the RSFSR-203; II. the international alignment of class forces-204; III. the alignment of class forces in Russia-205; IV. the proletariat and the peasantry in Russia-205; V. the military alliance between the proletariat and the peasantry in the RSFSR-206; VI. the transition to proper economic relations between the proletariat and the peasantry-206; VII. the conditions under which the Soviet Government can permit capitalism and concessions, and the significance thereof—207; VIII. the success of our food policy -207; IX. the material basis of socialism and the plan for the electrification of Russia-208; X. the role of ‘pure democracy*, the Second and Two-and-a-Half Internationals, the Socialist- Revolutionaries and the Mensheviks as the allies of capital—209 Resolution on Strengthening International Contact and on the Tasks of the Comintern’s International Secretariat on Work among Women Forms and Methods of Communist Workamong Women Methods and Forms of Workamong Communist Party Women: Theses Basic principles-212; methods and forms of work among women -217; Party work among women in the Soviet countries-219; in bourgeois-capitalist countries-221; in the economically backward countries (the East)-223; methods of agitation and propaganda-224; the structure of the departments- 22 7; on International Work- The MarchEvents and the United Communist Party of Germany Resolution on Work in the Co-operatives The Communist Internationaland the Communist Youth Movement The OrganizationalStructure of the Communist Parties, the Methods and Content of Their Work:Theses I. General principles-234; II. on democratic centralism-235; III. on the Communists9 obligation to work-236; IV. On Propaganda and Agitation- 240; V. On the Organization of Political Struggles-246; VI. On the Party Press-251; VII. On the General Structure of the Party Organization- 254; VIII. On the Combination of Legal and Illegal Work-258 The Communist Internationaland the Red International of Trade Unions: The Struggle Against the Amsterdam(scab) Trade-Union International Programme of action On Tactics I. Definition of the question-274; II. on the eve of new battles -274; III. the most important tasks of the day -277; IV. the situation in the Communist International- 2 79; V. single-issue struggles and single-issue demands-284; VI. preparing the offensive -2 88; VII. the lessons of the March Events-290; VIII. forms and methods of direct action-291; IX. our attitude to the semi-proletarian strata-293; X. international co-ordination of action-294; XI. the decline of the Second and Two-and-a- Half Internationals- ECCIAppeal to the Proletariat of all Countries To the working men and women of all countries—299; forward to new, momentous battles-300; build the universal militant proletarian front-301; counterpose the strategy of the proletariat to the strategy of capital-303; maintain a militant discipline -305; Executive of the Communist International-3 The Fourth Congress Greetings to the Prisoners of Capitalism To the Workersand Peasants of Italy To All the Toilers of Russia To the Army and Fleet of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic To the Workersof Petrograd Resolution on E.C. Report Resolution of Protest to the Polish Government for Arrest of Communists To the Communists and Working Masses of Turkey Telegram to the Factory Councils Congress, Berlin Resolution on the Norwegian Question Resolution on the Executions in Ireland On the Repression in South Africa Resolution on the Workof the International Communist Women’s Secretariat Telegram to the All-Indian Trade Union Congress, Lahore Against White Terror in Yugoslavia The Egyptian Commission’s Resolution on the Question of the Egyptian Socialist Party The Black Question Draft AgrarianProgramme Theses on the Economic Situation of Soviet Russia from the Standpoint of the Socialist Revolution Resolution of the Fourth World Congress on the French Question The crisis in the Party and the role of factions—346; the extreme left wing—348; the trade-union question- 348; the lessons of the Havre strike- 349; freemasonry, the League of Rights of Man and Citizen and the bourgeois press-351; Party candidates—353; work in the colonies- Resolution of the French Commission Resolution on the Spanish Communist Party Resolution on the Danish Communist Party Theses on the Reorganization of the Executive Resolution on the Communist Youth International The Italian Question The Czechoslovak Question I. The opposition- 37 3; II. the press-375; III. the shortcomings of the Party—375 Proletarian Aid to Soviet Russia The Yugoslav Question The Versailles Peace Treaty France- 384; Britain- 385; Central Europe and Germany-3 85; the United States of America-386; Japan and the colonies -386; towards a new World War-387; the tasks of the Communist Parties-387 Theses on Comintern Tactics 1. Endorsement of the resolutions of the Third Congress-388; 2. the period of capitalist decline- 388; 3. the international political situation-389; 4. the capitalist offensive- 391; 5. international fascism-392; 6. the possibility of new pacifist illusions -393; 7. the situation within the labour movement-394; 8. the trade-union split and the preparations for White Terror against the Communists-394; 9. the task of winning the majority-395; 10. the united front tactic- 395; 11. ‘the workers' government -397; 12. the factory committee movement-399; 13. international discipline-399 Appendix to the Theses on Cominern Tactics: Theses on the United Front Theses on the Eastern Question I. The growth of the revolutionary movement in the East-409; II. the conditions of struggle-410; III. the agrarian question -411; IV. the workers' movement in the East-412; V. the general tasks of Communist Parties in the East-413; VI. the antiimperialist united front-415; VII. the tasks of the proletariat in the Pacific-417; VIII. the tasks of the metropolitan Parties regarding the colonies-418 Communist Party Activity in the Sphere of Education I. Educational work in the ideas of Marxism-419; II. agitational work-420; III. informing the membership of the most important decisions of the Parties and of the Communist International-421 A Militant Programme of Action for the French Communist Party On the Russian Revolution Theses on Communist Work in the Trade Unions I. The state of the trade-union movement-42 9; II. the Amsterdam International's attack on the revolutionary trade unions -429; III. Anarchism and Communism-431; IV. neutrality and independence—431; V. Syndicalism and Communism—432; VI. the struggle for trade-union unity -43 3; VII. the fight against the expulsion of Communists- 434; VIII. conclusion—436 Biographical and Historical Glossary 240.tif