Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 13 - From Marx to Mao

INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST CONGRESS IN STUTTGART81(strikes, uprisings) the resolution should cite historicalexamples of proletarian action against war, from the demonstrationsin Europe to the revolution in Russia. Theresult of all this redrafting was a resolution which, it istrue, is unduly long, but is rich in thought and preciselyformulates the tasks of the proletariat. It combines thestringency of orthodox—i.e., the only scientific Marxistanalysis with recommendations for the most resoluteand revolutionary action by the workers’ parties. Thisresolution cannot be interpreted à la Vollmar, nor canit be fitted into the narrow framework of naïve Hervéism.On the whole, the Stuttgart Congress brought into sharpcontrast the opportunist and revolutionary wings of the internationalSocial-Democratic movement on a number ofcardinal issues and decided these issues in the spirit of revolutionaryMarxism. Its resolutions and the report of thedebates should become a handbook for every propagandist.The work done at Stuttgart will greatly promote the unityof tactics and unity of revolutionary struggle of the proletariansof all countries.Written at the end of Augustand beginning of September 1907Published in Proletary, No. 17,October 20, 1907Published accordingto the newspaper text