Draft Leaflet (July 1905)

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It has not been established whether Lenin did write and publish the leaflet (proclamation). p. 171

To All Citizens!

To the Russian People

and to All the Peoples of Russia

1. 1. Full-scale war—bloodshed—fusillade of January 9—barricades in Riga—Caucasus, Poland—Odessa, etc., etc.—Peasant revolts.
2. 2. Over what? Constituent assembly. F r e e d o m s for the people. [BOX:] Trade
3. 3. Government’s response. Fraud of the Zemstvo people. The government issues the challenge. The Army and the Navy vacillate.
4. 4. What is to be done? Revolutionary army and revolutionary government.
5. 5. All class-conscious workers, all honest democrats, all peasants prepared for the struggle must rally together and organise in groups and detachments of the revolutionary army, obtaining arms, electing their commanders, and keeping themselves prepared to do everything to help the uprising.
6. 6. Establishment of a revolutionary government should be stated as the aim. Consolidation of the uprising. Concentration of people’s forces. Organisation of freedom and struggle for freedom.
7. 7. The slogans and aims of the revolutionary government

Five principal—central—foundation of people’s form of government	{{	(1) Constituent assembly.
		[BOX ENDS:] and elections
		(2) Arming of the people.
		(3) Freedom.
		(4) Peasant committees.
		(5) Liberation of oppresed nationalities.
		(6) 8-hour working day.

8. 8. Revolutionary army and revolutionary government. Workers, organise! Try to direct the crowd! Draw in the peasants!