Lenin CW-Vol. 23.pdf - From Marx to Mao

424OctoberEnd of OctoberbeginningofNovemberTHE LIFE AND WORK OF V. I. LENINPublication of Sbornik Sotsial-Demokrata No. 1,with Lenin’s articles “The Discussion on Self-DeterminationSummed Up”, “The Junius Pamphlet”and the theses “The Socialist Revolution andthe Right of Nations to Self-Determination”.Lenin writes the theses “Tasks of the Left Zimmerwaldistsin the Swiss Social-Democratic Party”and arranges for their circulation and translationinto French. The French translation was publishedas a separate pamphlet in 1918.November 7 (20)November 17 (30November 1916-February 1917Lenin discusses these theses with a group of LeftZimmerwaldists.Second discussion of the theses and of the SwissSocial-Democratic Party’s attitude towards thewar with a group of Left Zimmerwald supporters.In Letters to Inessa Armand, Lenin substantiatesand amplifies the principal Marxist propositionson the war and fatherland defence.Lenin trenchantly criticises the views and factionalactivity of the Pyatakov-Bosh-Bukharingroup, exposes the political intrigue of Radek andZinoviev’s unprincipled, conciliatory attitude,discloses and criticises the errors and inconsistencyof the Left Social-Democrats.Beginning ofDecemberDecember 19(January 1,1917)Second half ofDecemberBefore December25 (January 7,1917)December 26-27(January 8-9,1917)End of DecemberLenin works on his “Theses on the Attitude of theSwiss Social-Democratic Party Towards the War”.Lenin writes “Bourgeois Pacifism and SocialistPacifism”.Lenin writes “An Open Letter to Boris Souvarine”published, in abridged form, in La Vérité No. 48,January 27, 1918.Lenin draws up rough draft of “Theses for anAppeal to the International Socialist Committeeand All Socialist Parties”.Lenin writes “An Open Letter to Charles Naine,Member of the International Socialist Committeein Berne”.Lenin writes his appeal “To the Workers WhoSupport the Struggle Against the War and Againstthe Socialists Who Have Sided with TheirGovernments”.