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

220THE TASKS OF OUR PARTY IN THE INTERNATIONALAPROPOS OF THE THIRD ZIMMERWALD CONFERENCE 88Rabochy Put No. 22 of September 28 published the manifestoof the Third Zimmerwald Conference. If we are notmistaken, the only other newspaper that published this manifestowas the Menshevik, internationalist Iskra 89 No. 1of September 26, which added a very brief note referringto the composition of the Third Zimmerwald Conferenceand the date on which it was held (August 20 to 27, N. S.).No other newspaper published either the manifesto orany detailed information about the Conference.We are now in possession of certain materials on thisConference consisting of an article published in Politiken,the organ of the Swedish Left Social-Democrats (a translationof which appeared in Työmies, the organ of the Social-Democratic Party of Finland) 90 and two written communications,one from a Polish and one from a Russian comradewho took part in the Conference. On the basis of this informationwe will first of all say something about the Conferencein general and then make our appraisal of it and of thetasks of our Party.IThe representatives of the following parties and groupswere present at the Conference: (1) the German “Independent”Social-Democratic Party (the Kautskyites); (2) the Swissparty; (3) the Swedish Left party (which, you will remember,has broken off all connection with the opportunist Brantingparty); (4) the Norwegians and (5) the Danes (there is nothingin our material to indicate whether this refers to the official,