V. I. Lenin

1. International capital, its international organisation, international
character of the working-class movement.

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[ “Proletarians of all countries, unite” ]

2. First International

1864-1872.

3. Second International

1889—First Congress in
Paris {1}

1910—Eighth Congress in
Copenhagen {2}

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[33 nations; almost 1,000 delegates].

4. Importance of international congresses in rallying the
working class and determining its line: Amsterdam.

5. The Copenhagen Congress: Czechs and Austrians [[ nationalism and
internationalism, bourgeois and proletarian policy. ]]

6. C o- operatives

(Weapon in the proletarian struggle: standpoint (A) proletarian and bourgeois (B) importance of co-operatives in implementing socialism:
expropriation (C) behaviour of socialists in co-operatives).

7.
Supportoftherevolutionarya movement in Persia —protest against the
Finnish campaign.

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Notes:
{1}
The First World Socialist Congress of the Second International
was held in Paris in July 1889. Ideological guidance was provided by
Frederick Engels. There was acute political struggle between the Marxists and the anarchists, who repudiated political struggle. The
Congress decided on the need to strengthen the mass working-class movement
and set up socialist parties for political struggle and the winning of
power by the proletariat. The Congress said that the ultimate aim of the
labour movement was socialism and, despite anarchist protests, resolved to
struggle for an eight hour working day, higher wages, abolition of payments
in kind, etc. It also adopted the historic decision of celebrating May Day
by staging demonstrations as a mark of proletarian solidarity.

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{2}
The International Socialist Congress In Copenhagen (Eighth
Congress of the Second International) was held from August 28 to
September 3, 1910. It was attended by 896 delegates representing countries
in Europe, North and South America, South Africa and Australia. Russia,
like Austria, Britain, France and Germany, had 20 votes, of which the
Social-Democrats (including the Lithuanian and Armenian Social-Democrats)
had 10; the S.R.s—7; the trade unions—3. Among those who represented
the R.S.D.L.P. were V. I. Lenin, G. V. Plekhanov, A. M. Kollontai and
A. V. Lunacharsky.

Fivecommittees were set up for preliminary discussion and drafting of
resolutions on various questions: co-operatives, trade unions,
international solidarity, and unity of the trade union movement in Austria;
the struggle against war; labour legislation and unemployment;
miscellaneous, including socialist unity, capital punishment, Finland,
Argentina, Persia, etc.

Leninwas on the co-operative committee, one of the most important
ones.

Theresolution on the struggle against war—“Arbitration Courts and
Disarmament”—confirmed the resolution of the Stuttgart Congress of 1907
on “Militarism and International Conflicts”, which included the
amendments motioned by Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg, calling on the socialists
of all countries to make use of the economic and political crisis caused by
war to overthrow the bourgeoisie. The resolution of the Copenhagen Congress
also bound the socialist parties and their representatives in parliaments
to demand that their governments reduce armaments, and settle conflicts
between states through arbitration courts, and urged the workers of all
countries to stage protests against the threat of war.

Leninheld a conference of Left-wing Social-Democrats attending the
Congress to rally the revolutionary Marxists in the inter national arena.

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