V. I. LENIN

"LEFT-WING"
COMMUNISM,
  AN INFANTILE  
DISORDER



FOREIGN LANGUAGES PRESS
PEKING 1970

First Edition 1965
Second Printing 1970



Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo, [email protected] (June 1997)


PUBLISHER'S NOTE


 
C O N T E N T S

I.
 

IN WHAT SENSE CAN WE SPEAK OF THE INTERNATIONAL
  SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION?


1

II.
 

ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR THE BOL-
  SHEVIKS' SUCCESS


5

III.

THE PRINCIPAL STAGES IN THE HISTORY OF BOLSHEVISM

9

IV.
 
 

IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST WHAT ENEMIES WITHIN THE
  WORKING-CLASS MOVEMENT DID BOLSHEVISM GROW UP
  AND BECOME STRONG AND STEELED?


 
16

V.
 

"LEFT-WING" COMMMUNISM IN GERMANY: LEADERS --
  PARTY -- CLASS -- MASSES


26

VI.
 

SHOULD REVOLUTIONARIES WORK IN REACTIONARY TRADE
  UNIONS?


36

VII.

SHOULD WE PARTICIPATE IN BOURGEOIS PARLIAMENTS?

49

VIII.

NO COMPROMISES?

62

IX.

"LEFT-WING" COMMUNISM IN GREAT BRITAIN

77

X.

SOME CONCLUSIONS

93


APPENDIX:

I.

THE SPLIT AMONG THE GERMAN COMMUNISTS

112

II.

THE COMMUNISTS AND THE INDEPENDENTS IN GERMANY

115

III.

TURATI AND CO. IN ITALY

118

IV.

INCORRECT CONCLUSIONS FROM CORRECT PREMISES

119

V.


125

LETTER FROM WYNKOOP

126

NOTES

127





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