Volume 9 contains works written by V. I. Lenin in the second half (June-November) of 1905.
The volume includes the historic Two Tactics ol Social-Democracy in the Democratic Revolution in which Lenin gave a classical criticism of the Mensheviks' tactics and a masterly exposition of the Bolsheviks' tactics, and enriched Marxism with a new theory of revolution. Chapter II of the epilogue to the book is published in toto for the first time after the manuscript, part of which was found in 1940.
The volume includes the following articles: âWhile the Proletariat Is Doing the Fighting the Bourgeoisie Is Stealing Towards Powerâ, âThe Boycott of the Bulygin Duma, and Insurrectionâ, âIn the Wake of the Monarchist Bourgeoisie, or in the Van of the Revolutionary Proletariat and Peasantry?", âPlaying at Parliamentarianismâ, âFrom the Defensive to the Offensiveâ. In these articles Lenin defends the revolutionary tactics of the working class, gives advice on preparations for an insurrection, and exposes the false âdemocratismâ of the liberal bourgeoisie and the conciliatory tactics of the Mensheviks.
In the articles âSocial-Democracy's Attitude Towards the Peasant Movementâ, âSocialism and the Peasantryâ, and âPetty-Bourgeois and Proletarian Socialismâ, Lenin sets forth and explains the Bolsheviks' strategic plan of struggle to make the bourgeois-democratic revolution develop into a socialist, revolution.
The articles âThe Political Strike and the Street Fighting in Moscowâ, âThe Lessons of the Moscow Eventsâ, âThe All-Russia Political Strikeâ, and âThe First Victory of the Revolutionâ, all deal with the October political general strike.
Lenin's âPreface to the Pamphlet Workers on the Split in the Partyâ, âOn the Question of Party Unityâ, and several others are directed against the Mensheviks' acts of schism.
The following works, included in the Collected Works for the first time, are published in this volume: âConcluding Paragraph to the Article 'The Paris Commune and the Tasks of the Democratic Dictatorship'", âOriginal Variant of the Preface to the Pamphlet Workers on the Split in the Partyâ, âNote on a Resolution of the Conference of RSDLP Organisations Abroadâ, âEditorial Epilogue to the Article 'The Third Congress on Trial Before the Caucasian Mensheviks"', âNote on P. Nikolayev's Pamphlet The Revolution in Russiaâ, âOn the Current Momentâ, âOn the So-Called Armenian Social-Democratic Workers' Organisationâ, âThe Struggle of the Proletariatâ, âThe Youth Abroad and the Russian Revolutionâ, âNotes on 'The British Labour Movement and the Trade Union Congress'", âInsert to V. Kalinin's Article 'The Peasant Congress'", and the article âBetween Two Battlesâ. In the last-named article Lenin sums up the results of the political general strike of October 1905 and calls upon the Russian proletariat to rally its forces for the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy by means of an insurrection of the whole people.
