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NOTES3852526era, were inconsistent on the question of turning the imperialistwar into a civil war, underestimated the vanguard role of theproletarian party, and did not work for a decisive break with theopportunists.In April 1917 the group joined the Centrist Independent Social-Democratic Party of Germany as an organisationally autonomousunit, but broke with the Independents following the November 1918Revolution in Germany and organised the Spartacus League. Itpublished its programme on December 14, 1918 and at its inauguralCongress (December 30, 1918-January 1, 1919) founded the CommunistParty of Germany. Lenin repeatedly criticised the errors andinconsistency of the German Left Social-Democrats, but had a highregard for their revolutionary activity. p. 37Sbornik Sotsial-Demokrata was founded by Lenin and published bythe newspaper Sotsial-Demokrat. Two issues appeared, in Octoberand December 1916 (see also Note 17). p. 37The quotation is from Engels’s The Origin of the Family, PrivateProperty and the State (see Marx and Engels, Selected Works,Vol. II, Moscow, 1962, p. 321). p. 4627This is from Engels’s Anti-Dühring, Moscow, 1959, pp. 63-64.p. 552829Fracy (“Revolutionary Faction”)—the Right wing of the PolishSocialist Party (P.S.P.), a reformist nationalist party founded in1892 and led by Pilsudski. While advocating independence forPoland, the P.S.P. conducted separatist nationalist propagandaamong the Polish workers, endeavouring to discourage them fromjoint struggle with the Russian workers against the autocracy andcapitalism.In 1906 the party split into the Left P.S.P. and Right P.S.P. orFracy. The latter continued the P.S.P. nationalist and chauvinistpolicy before, during and after the First World War. p. 57Reference is to Engels’s letter to Kautsky of September 12, 1882.Lenin cites it in his article “The Discussion on Self-DeterminationSummed Up” (see present edition, Vol. 22, pp. 352-53). p. 5930Junius was the pen-name of Rosa Luxemburg. p. 6231Golos (The Voice)—a Menshevik daily paper published in Parisfrom September 1914 to January 1915, with Trotsky playing aleading part in its editorship. The first five issues appeared underthe title Nash Golos (Our Voice). Followed a Centrist policy and inthe early days of the First World War published L. Martov’sarticles against the social-chauvinists. Subsequently Martovshifted to the right and the paper’s policy changed in favour of thesocial-chauvinists. In January 1915 it was replaced by Nashe Slovo(Our Word).