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Preface by Progress Publishers

Volume 15 contains works written by V. I. Lenin during the period from March 1908 to August 1909.

The volume contains articles and other items by Lenin published in the newspapers Proletary and Sotsial-Demokrat; documents of the Fifth (All-Russian) Conference of the RSDLP and the conference of the extended editorial board of Proletary.

In his writings: “On to the Straight Road”, “The Assessment of the Russian Revolution”, “On the 'Nature' of the Russian Revolution”, “The Assessment of the Present Situation”, “On the Road”, Lenin gives an analysis of the coup d'état of June 3,1907, outlines the tasks and tactics of the Party during the period of the Stolypin reaction, and exposes the liquidationism of the Mensheviks.

His articles “Two Letters”, “On t lie Article 'Questions of the Day"', “A Caricature of Bolshevism”, “The Liquidation of Liquidationism” and the documents of the conference of the extended editorial board of Proletary are direct ed against “liquidationism from the left"—otzovism, ultimatumism and god-building.

In his works: “The Agrarian Question in Russia Towards the Close of the Nineteenth Century”, “The Agrarian Programme of Social-Democracy in the Russian Revolution. Autoabstract”, “P. Maslov in Hysterics”, “Some Remarks on the 'Reply' by P. Maslov”, “From the Editorial Board” and “How Plekhanov and Co. Defend Revisionism”, Lenin defends and develops Marxist theory on the agrarian question.

In the articles “Inflammable Material in World Politics”, “Bellicose Militarism and the Anti-Militarist Tactics of Social-Democracy”, “Events in the Balkans and in Persia” and “Meeting of the International Socialist Bureau”, Lenin discusses the most important international events and defines the tactics of revolutionary Social-Democracy in the struggle against militarism.

This volume includes six documents printed for the first time in Lenin's Works. In the article, “British and German Workers Demonstrate for Peace” Lenin exposed the predatory aspirations of the capitalists and their war preparations, and showed the rise of the revolutionary working-class movement. Two documents, “Statement by the Bolsheviks” and “To the Executive Committee of the German Social-Democratic Labour Party” are devoted to the struggle of the Bolsheviks against the Menshevik liquidators at the Fifth (All-Russian) Conference of the RSDLP Two speeches at the conference of the extended editorial board of Proletary and the “Draft Letter of the Bolshevik Centre to the Council of the School on Capri” are directed against the otzovists, ultimatumists and god-builders.

 

1908

On to the Straight Road	15
On the “Nature” of the Russian Revolution	22
Marxism and Revisionism	29
On the Beaten Track!	40
A Bloc of the Cadets and the Octobrists?	48
The Assessment of the Russian Revolution	50
Cadets of the Second Generation	63
The Agrarian Question in Russia Towards the Close of the Nineteenth Century	69
Some Features of the Present Collapse	148
The Agrarian Programme of Social-Democracy in the Russian Revolution Autoabstract	158
Inflammable Material in World Politics	182
From the Editorial Board of the Proletary	189
Bellicose Militarism and the Anti-Militarist Tactics of Social-Democracy	191
Leo Tolstoy as the Mirror of the Russian Revolution	202
British and German Workers Demonstrate for Peace	210
The Student Movement and the Present Political Situation	213
Events in the Balkans and in Persia	220
Meeting of the International Socialist Bureau	231
P. Maslov in Hysterics	247
Some Remarks on the “Reply” by P. Maslov	255
The Assessment of the Present Situation	267
How Plekhanov and Co. Defend Revisionism	281
Two Letters	286
The Agrarian Debates in the Third Duma	303
The Fifth (All-Russian) Conference of the RSDLP December 21-27, 1908 (January 3-9, 1909) Draft Resolution on the Present Moment and the Tasks of the Party Directives for the Committee on Questions of Organisation Practical Instructions on Voting for the Budget by the Social-Democratic Group in the Duma Addendum to the Resolution on “The Social-Democratic Group in the Duma” Statement by the Bolsheviks. Statement of Facts	319

1909

How the Socialist-Revolutionaries Sum Up the Revolution and How the Revolution has Summed Them Up	330
On the Road	345
On the Article “Questions of the Day”	356
The Aim of the Proletarian Struggle in Our Revolution	360
To the Executive Committee of the German Social-Democratic Labour Party	380
A Caricature of Bolshevism	383
The “Leftward Swing” of the Bourgeoisie and the Tasks of the Proletariat	395
The Attitude of the Workers' Party to Religion	402
Classes and Parties in Their Attitude to Religion and the Church	414
Conference of the Extended Editorial Board of Proletary (June 8-17 (21-30), 1909) Report on the Conference of the Extended Editorial Board of Proletary Speech on the Question of the Tasks of the Bolsheviks in the Party, June 11 (24) Speech and Draft Resolution on the Tasks of the Bolsheviks in Relation to Duma Activity Resolutions of the Conference of the Extended Editorial Board of Proletary On Otzovism and Ultimatumism The Tasks of the Bolsheviks in the Party Agitation for a Bolshevik Congress or Bolshevik Conference Separate from the Party The Party School Being Set Up Abroad at X— The Breakaway of Comrade Maximov	425
The Liquidation of Liquidationism	452
The Tsar Visits Europe and Members of the Black-Hundred Duma Visit England	461
M. Lyadov's Letter to Proletary	467
A Letter to the Organisers of the Party School on Capri	468
Draft Letter of the Bolshevik Centre to the Council of the School on Capri	470
A Letter to Comrades Julius, Vanya, Savely, Ivan, Vladimir, Stanislav and Foma, Students at the Capri Party School	472