Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 26 - From Marx to Mao

156V. I. LENINcombines on a world scale; i.e., another bit of the definitionof imperialism is inserted.)3. The growth of capitalism. The crowding out of the smallproducers.4. The growth of exploitation (female labour, the reservelabour army, foreign workers, etc.).5. Crises and wars. Still another bit of the definition ofimperialism is inserted: “attempts to partition the globe”;monopoly associations and the export of capital are repeatedonce more; the term “finance capital” is explained parentheticallyas meaning “the product of a merger of industrialand banking capital”.6. The progress of technology; the growth of inequality.Yet another bit of the definition of imperialism is put in:high cost of living, militarism. Monopoly associations arementioned again.7. Growing struggle on the part of the proletariat. Materialconditions for the replacement of capitalism by socialism.In the middle there is an interpolation, again reiterating:“monopoly capitalism”, and pointing out how the banks andthe syndicates have prepared the apparatus for social regulation,etc.8. The proletarian social revolution. (A note that it willput an end to the rule of finance capital.)9. Its premise—the dictatorship of the proletariat.10. The task of the Party—to lead the struggle of the proletariatfor the social revolution. (In the middle there is aninterpolation that the latter is now on the order of theday.)I believe that this comparative study clearly shows thatComrade Sokolnikov’s draft suffers from the “mechanical”additions some comrades were so afraid of. Without anylogical sequence, various bits of the definition of imperialismhave been scattered throughout the draft in the form of amosaic. There is no general and integral characterisation ofimperialism. There are too many repetitions. The old canvasis preserved. Preserved also is the general plan of the oldprogramme which points out that the “ultimate goal” ofthe movement is “determined” by the nature of contemporarybourgeois society and the course of its development. But it isjust this “course of development” which is not brought out;