Building the Party · Lenin 1893-1914 by Cliff, Tony -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Lenin Volume 1: Building the Party 1. Lenin becomes a Marxist

Introduction The Narodniks The Narodniks “Adapt” Marxism The Heroism of the Narodniks Plekhanov Breaks with Zemlya i Volya Turning to the Working Class Plekhanov, Marxist Pioneer Still Inclined Towards Narodism The “Strength” of the Emancipation of Labour Group The Same, Yet Different In Anticipation Footnotes Notes

2. From the Marxist study circle to industrial action

Introduction Towards Agitation Plekhanov Fails the Test Lenin as a Factory Agitator Defeat in Victory Bending the Stick Notes

3. Towards the building of the party

Introduction The Need to Generalise the Struggle How Iskra Was Nearly Extinguished Exceptional Single-Mindedness Footnote Notes

4. What is to be done?

Introduction The Difference Between Trade Union Consciousness and Socialist Consciousness The Struggle for Democracy and Socialism The Need for a Highly Centralised Organisation of Professional Revolutionaries Iskra as a Tool of Organisation The Newspaper as Organiser of Leaders for a Future Armed Uprising The Party Structure Lenin’s Distaste for Red Tape and Rule-Mongering “Hero” and “Crowd” The Rising Revolutionary Movement Footnote Notes

5. The 1903 Congress: Bolshevism Is Born

Preparing the Congress The 1903 Congress Lenin’s Attitude to the Comrades The Madness of the Split Anticipation Bolshevik Leaders Refuse to Split with the Mensheviks Setbacks in Russia Lack of Centralised Leadership Priority for the Organisation Question Footnote Notes

6. Fighting the Liberals

Introduction Liberalism shows its true colours In conclusion Footnotes Notes

7. The 1905 Revolution

The Rise of Police Trade Unionism Bloody Sunday Lenin and Gapon Fighting the Bolsheviks’ Sectarian Attitude Toward the Trade Unions and the Soviet Footnote Notes

8. “Open the Gates of the Party”

Lenin Relies on the Committee-Man Opening up the Party But Nevertheless it Moves ... In conclusion Footnotes Notes

9. Lenin on Armed Insurrection

Introduction Insurrection as an Art An Uprising Can and Should Be Timed Lenin’s Remarkable Creative Imagination In Conclusion Notes

10. The Argument for a Revolutionary Provisional Government

Bolsheviks and Mensheviks on the Nature of Government Born out of Revolution Bolsheviks and Mensheviks in Agreement on the Bourgeois Nature of the Revolution Trotsky Footnote Notes

11. The Muzhik in Rebellion

The Peasants Enter the Arena Marxism and the Peasantry Lenin Learns from Gapon For Nationalisation of the Land Learn from the Dark Muzhik Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, and the Peasantry Nationalisation of the Land: The First Step Toward Socialism? The Proletariat Versus the Peasantry So Wrong and So Right Footnote Notes

12. The Great Dress Rehearsal

Introduction Lenin’s Stress on the Initiative of the Masses Learn from the Masses 1905 – School for Bolsheviks Notes

13. Dark Reaction Victorious

The Revolution Still Advancing Wrong perspective Reaction Victorious Disintegration of the Labour Movement Life in exile is unbearable Bad communications with Russia Lenin teaches how to retreat The Attitude to the Duma Elections Notes

14. Strategy and Tactics (Lenin Learns from Clausewitz)

Introduction Marxism – Science and Art “Seizing the key link” Intuition and Courage The Dream and the Reality The Party as a School of Strategy and Tactics Clausewitz on the Art of War Footnote Notes

15. Semi-Unity with the Mensheviks

Introduction The contemporary situation and the possible future Notes

16. Lenin Expels the Ultra-Leftists

Introduction Bogdanov expelled A Philosophical Stick Used Against Bogdanov The Bogdanovists Fight On Footnote Notes

17. The Final Split with Menshevism

The Mensheviks Swing to the Right The Labour Congress The Issue of “Expropriations” Split, Split, Split Lenin Proposes a Rapprochement with Plekhanov Lenin Fights Against the Conciliators Lenin’s Victory Over the Conciliators Footnotes Notes

18. The Rising Revolutionary Wave

Economic Prosperity Student unrest Workers awake Bolsheviks Take Advantage of the Parliamentary Situation Raising the Bolshevik Banner Mass Activity in the Elections Bolsheviks Implant Themselves in the Trade Unions Social Insurance Footnotes Notes

19. Pravda

The Legal Newspaper A real workers’ paper Pravda as an organiser Footnotes Notes

20. The Bolshevik Party Becomes a Mass Party

Introduction The “Instability” and Stability of Bolshevism St. Petersburg, the Vanguard Revolutionary High Tide on the Eve of War Footnote Notes