Volume Six contains works by V. I. Lenin written between January 1902 and August 1903.
The volume includes Material for the Preparation of the Programme of the RSDLP, which reflects the struggle waged by Lenin in the Editorial Board of Iskra for the working out of a revolutionary programme for the party of the working class.
A considerable part of the volume consists of works dealing with the question of agrarian relations and the peasantry, the theory of the alliance of the working class with the peasantry: âThe Agrarian Programme of Russian Social Democracy,"the pamphlet, To the Rural Poor, and other works.
The national question and the struggle against bourgeois and petty-bourgeois nationalism are dealt with in the articles, âThe National Question in Our Programme," âDoes the Jewish Proletariat Need an 'Independent Political Party'?", and other writings.
The present volume contains the following works directed against the Socialist-Revolutionaries: âRevolutionary Adventurism," âThe Basic Thesis Against the Socialist-Revolutionaries," âWhy the Social-Democrats Must Declare a Determined and Relentless War on the Socialist-Revolutionaries," and others.
Lenin's struggle against bourgeois liberalism is reflected in the articles, âThe Autocracy is Wavering...", âMr. Struve Exposed by His Colleague," and âPolitical Struggle and Political Chicanery."
"A Letter to a Comrade on Our Organisational Tasks," and âDraft Rules of the RSDLP" are devoted to an elaboration of the organisational principles of a Marxist party.
The volume includes âOn the Subject of Reports by Committees and Groups of the RSDLP to the General Party Congress," as well as draft resolutions and speeches at the Second 'Congress of the RSDLP which give an idea of Lenin's work in preparation for and during the Party Congress.
The present volume includes the following works by V. I. Lenin published for the first time in his Collected Works:
"Concerning Demonstrations," âOn the Tasks of the Social-Democratic Movement," âThe Basic Thesis Against the Socialist-Revolutionaries," âTo Secondary School Students," âExtract from an Article Against the Socialist-Revolutionaries," âDraft Appeal of the Russian Organising Committee to the League of Russian Revolutionary Social-Democracy, the Union of Russian Social-Democrats Abroad, and the Foreign Committee of the Bund," âMarxist Views on the Agrarian Question in Europe and in Russia," âOutline of an Article Against the Socialist-Revolutionaries," âFirst Speech in the Discussion on the Party Rules," âSpeech on the Attitude Towards the Student Youth," and âThe Latest Word in Bundist Nationalism."