*Proletarsky Golos*? Or is there no “ferment in the masses” in Russia?

The lefts in Germany will make a historical mistake if, under the pretext that “they are the product of the ferment in the masses” (they = Zetkin, Laufenberg, Borchardt, Thalheimer, Duncker!!! Ha-ha!) — they refuse to come out (anonymously, from the “Stern” group, etc. Then the workers will join and ponder over it) with a Prinzipienerklarung.

For the development of the “ferment in the masses,” a left declaration and programme are needed. In view of such ferment, it is needed. For transforming “ferment” into “movement,” it is needed.

For the development of “ferment” in the rotten International, it is needed.

And immediately!!!

You are 1000 times wrong!

P.S. You wrote unclearly in the letter to Wijnkoop: is it scheduled for August 20 or proposed? Drop a couple of words about this to me and Grigory (if urgent).

Rakovsky (see his brochure) is for the defence of the fatherland. In my opinion, we are not on the same path with such people.

in Bern

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Written prior to August 4, 1915.

Sent from Sörenberg (Switzerland)

First published in 1930 in Lenin Miscellany XIV

Printed from the manuscript.