V. I. Lenin

THESES ON
THE FUNDAMENTAL TASKS OF
THE SECOND CONGRESS OF
THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL


Published in July, 1920



From V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, 4th English Edition,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1966

Vol. 31, pp. 184-201.

Translated from the Russian
Edited by Julius Katzer


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


THESES ON THE FUNDAMENTAL TASKS OF THE SECOND CONGRESS
OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


184


I.

II.

III.

 

The Essence of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat and of
Soviet Power .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
What Immediate and Universal Preparation for the
Dictatorship of the Proletariat Should Consist In .   .   .
Rectification of the Political Line -- Partly Also the
Composition -- of Parties Affiliated or Desiring to
Affiliate to the Communist International   .   .   .   .   .


185

188

 
197

NOTES





From Marx
to Mao

Lenin
Collection

Reading
Guide

Notes on
the Text
Below




From Marx to Mao

Lenin Collection

Reading Guide