To the Masses

Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921
Herausgeber: Riddell, John

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Produktbeschreibung

The proceedings and resolutions of the third congress of the Communist International available in translation for the first time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 1299
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 60mm
• Gewicht: 1394g
• ISBN-13: 9781608466351
• ISBN-10: 1608466353
• Artikelnr.: 43748725

Autorenporträt

John Riddell has translated and edited eight volumes of documents of the Communist movement in the era of the Russian revolution, such as Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, 1922 (Haymarket, 2013). A further volume now in preparation will complete this ambitious project.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Speakers
Editorial Introduction
Background to the Congress
The Third Congress
School of Strategy
About This Edition
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Preliminary Statements
Provisional Congress Agenda
Call for the Third World Congress
Invitation to the Third Congress of the Communist International
Proceedings
Session 1. Opening Session (22 June)
Session 2. World Economy - Report (23 June)
Session 3. World Economy - Discussion (24 June)
Session 4. Executive Committee Report (25 June)
Session 5. Executive Committee Report - Discussion (26 June)
Session 6. Executive Committee Report - Discussion (27 June)
Session 7. Executive Committee Report - Discussion (27 June)
Session 8. The KAPD; the Italian Question (28 June)
Session 9. Italian Question; Executive Report (29 June)
Session 10. Tactics and Strategy - Report (30 June)
Session 11. Tactics and Strategy - Discussion (1 July)
Session 12. Tactics and Strategy - Discussion (1 July)
Session 13. Tactics and Strategy - Discussion (2 July)
Session 14. Tactics and Strategy - Discussion (2 July)
Session 15. Trade Unions - Reports (3 July)
Session 16. World Economy; Trade Union Discussion (4 July)
Session 17. Russian Communist Party (5 July)
Session 18. Trade Unions - Discussion (6 July)
Session 19. Trade Unions - Discussion (7 July)
Session 20. Youth and Women's Movements (8 July)
Session 21. Tactics and Strategy, Germany, Cooperatives (9 July)
Session 22. Cooperatives, Organisation (10 July)
Session 23. Eastern Question (12 July)
Session 24. Closing Session (12 July)
List of Delegations
Theses, Resolutions, and Appeals
Theses on the World Situation and the Tasks of the Communist International
Resolution on the Report by the Executive Committee of the Communist
International
Theses on Tactics and Strategy
The March Action and the Situation in the VKPD
Appeal for Max Hoelz
Theses on the Communist International and the Red International of Labour
Unions
Resolution on Work in the Cooperative Movement
Theses on the Work of Communists in the Cooperatives
Theses on the Report Concerning the Policies of the Communist Party of
Russia
Resolution on the Policies of the Communist Party of Russia
Theses on the Organisational Structure of the Communist Parties and the
Methods and Content of their Work
Resolution on Organising the Communist International
Theses on Methods and Forms of Work of the Communist Parties among Women
Resolution on International Ties between Communist Women and the
International Communist Women's Secretariat
Resolution on Forms and Methods of Communist Work among Women
The Communist International and the Communist Youth Movement
Forward to New Work and New Struggles (ECCI Appeal)
Addendum: Amendments to the Theses on Tactics and Strategy (Not Approved)
Appendices
1. Before the Congress: The Open Letter
1a. Open Letter to German Workers' Organisations, 8 January 1921
1b. ECCI Debate on Open Letter, 22 February
2. Before the Congress: The March Action
2a. Radek to VKPD Leaders in Berlin, 14 March
2b. VKPD Theses on March Action, 7 April
2c. Resolution by Clara Zetkin on March Action, 7 April
2d. Lenin to Zetkin and Levi on Open Letter, Livorno, and VKPD Leadership,
16 April
2e. Béla Kun Defends March Action to Lenin, 6 May
2f. Paul Levi Appeals to Third Congress, 31 May
3. The Political Struggle at the Congress: June 1921
3a. Lenin to Zinoviev on Tasks at Congress, 10 June
3b. Lenin on the Theses on Organisation, 10-11June, 9 July
3c. German Delegation to ECCI on Zetkin's Role, 10 June
3d. German Delegation Gives Conditional Support to Draft Theses, 16 June
3e. Lenin Withdraws Harsh Language, 16 June
3f. ECCI Debate on French Communist Party and Leftism, 16-17 June
3g. Zetkin on March Action Resolution, 18 June
3h. Radek on Differences among Bolshevik Leaders, 21 June
3i. Zetkin on Discussions with Lenin
3j. Zetkin Sends Levi a Congress Update, 22 June
3k. Zetkin to Lenin on Personal Attacks, 28 June
4. The Political Struggle at the Congress: July 1921
4a. Trotsky Reports to Lenin on Congress Debate, 3 July
4b. Lenin on meral and Czechoslovak Party, 6 July
4c. Lenin Reassures Hungarian Delegates, 7 July
4d. German Delegation Meets with Bolshevik Leaders, 9 July
4e. Lenin Speaks to Central European Delegates, 11 July
4f. Zetkin on Taking Leave from Lenin
4g. Lenin on His Final Meeting with Zetkin, 28 July
4h. Lenin on the Outcome of the Levi Initiative, 14 August
5. The Colonial Question 000
5a. M.N. Roy: Theses on the Eastern Question
5b. Ahmed Sultanzade: Theses on the Eastern Question
5c. Zhang Tailei: Theses on the Colonial Question
5d. Ivon Jones: The Black Question
5e. Against Repression in Palestine
Chronology
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index