Theses of the CC Report "Etats-majors sans armée"[88]

1. Acknowledgment of Vandervelde (arrival. Publication and collection of objective data).

2. "Points litigieux"[89].

3. The source of the struggle and its essence:

(A)

the defection of the liquidators from the party (1908–1911) and (B)

their expulsion (1912).

(A)

4. Resolutions of 1908 and 1910. The struggle of the CC.

5. The reconstruction of the party in 1912 against the liquidators.

(B)

6. Theoretical evaluation of the essence of liquidationism:

the Being of the party (illegal) and its renunciation.

7. The verification of this theory and these party decisions by experience (αα) of our party and (ββ) of our opponents…

2 perspectives: (α) chaos; (β) workers' party against the liquidators.

Definition of liquidationism in 1908. Cf. 1910.

Its essence: defection from the party.

The significance of underground work.

Connection with tactics.

The revolutionary struggle of the working class:

The January Conference of 1912 and the reconstruction of the party.

Written June 23–30 (July 6–13), 1914.

Published for the first time from the manuscript.