V. I.

Lenin

The Third Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

April 12 (25)-April 27 (May 10), 1905

Speech on the Procedure of the Discussion of the
Resolutions on the Relations Between Workers and Intellectuals within the
Social-Democratic Organisations

April 22 (May 5) [1]

I am not of accord with Comrade Sergeyev in this; it is precisely such congress
resolutions that do not exist. The wishes of the publicists are not
enough. Besides, the resolutions were not rejected, but merely shifted to
another item of the agenda. Some point to the fact that the workers have the
right, with the consent of the Central Committee, to cashier the
committees. That is not enough; we want a directive, not demagogy. Comrade
Sergeyev misinterprets Vperyod when he talks about “fine words
buttering no pars nips”.

It is the brevity of the Rules clause that makes us adopt a resolution containing a certain directive. I am against Comrade
Andreyev’s proposal. It is not true that it was neither the
“Economists” nor the “Mensheviks” who started the demagogy. On the contrary, it was they who were the demagogues. Precisely this
is what the resolution is—a warning against demagogy. For this reason I
insist upon the resolution.

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Notes:
[1]
The document has no heading. The title has been provided by
the
Institute of Marxism-Leninism.