Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 16 - From Marx to Mao

266V. I. LENINTherefore the Congress calls on the workers of allcountries:a) to join the proletarian co-operative societies and promotetheir development in every way, directing their organisationalong strictly democratic lines (a low entrancefee, one share per person, etc.);b) by untiring socialist propaganda and agitation withinthe societies to help to spread the ideas of class struggleand socialism among the mass of the workers;c) with the growth of socialist understanding in the cooperativesocieties, to develop and strengthen organic tiesbetween the co-operative societies and the socialist party,and also with the trade unions;d) at the same time the Congress points out that producerco-operatives can contribute to the struggle of the workingclass only if they are component parts of consumer co-operatives.Written August 16-17 (29-30), 1910First published in 1929in the second and thirdeditions of Lenin’sCollected Works, Vol. XIVPublished according tothe manuscript