V. I. Lenin

THIRD CONGRESS OF
THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL

JUNE 22-JULY 12, 1921



From V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, 4th English Edition,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1965

Vol. 32, pp. 451-96.

Translated from the Russian
Edited by Yuri Sdobnikov


Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo, djr@cruzio.com (July 1997)


THIRD CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL,[121]
June 22-July 12, 1921

  1.

THESES FOR A REPORT ON THE TACTICS OF THE R.C.P.   .   .

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The International Position of R.S.F.S.R. .  .   .   .   .   .
The International Alignment of Class Forces .   .   .   .
The Alignment of Class Forces in Russia  .   .   .   .   .
The Proletariat and the Peasantry in Russia  .   .   .   .
The Military Alliance Between the Proletariat and the Peasantry in the R.S.F.S.R. .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
The Transition to Proper Economic Relations Between
the Proletariat and the Peasantry   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
The Conditions Under Which the Soviet Government Can Permit Capitalism and Concessions, and the Signifi-
cance Thereof .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
The Success of Our Food Policy  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
The Material Basis of Socialism and the Plan for the
Electrification of Russia  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
The Role of "Pure Democracy", the Second and Two-
and-a-Half Internationals, the Socialist-Revolution-
aries and the Menshevicks as the Allies of Capital .   .

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SPEECH ON THE ITALIAN QUESTION, JUNE 28  .   .   .   .   .

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SPEECH IN DEFENSE OF THE TACTICS OF THE COMMUNIST
INTERNATIONAL, JULY 1 .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


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REPORT ON THE TACTICS OF THE TACTICS OF THE R.C.P.,
JULY 5 .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


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