V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v26;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

[May 4 (April 21), 1905]

On the speech by Velsky on the Party Rules.¹

The French Socialists, in their latest draft Party Rules (the unification draft adopted jointly by the Jaurèsists and Guesdists), have laid down the following on the question of “freedom” of the Party press. Section Eight of their draft Rules is headed: “Control over the Press.” Article 51 of the Rules (the first in this section) reads: “Full freedom of discussion in the press is permitted (est entière) on all questions of theory (doctrine) and method; but as regards the action of the Party (l’action = activity, i.e., political activity, the struggle of the Party), all socialist newspapers and periodicals must conform to the decisions of the national and international congresses, as interpreted by the National Council of the Party.” (See L’Humanité of April 12, 1905.)