Date: 1917-02
Source: ru:LS/v14

3 6 8
I Precisely the spe- ,|
;cificities of the | political revo- | lution of the pro-
|
letariat
;
are glossed over.
Result: all the time about "revol[ution]", especially about "political revo- I lution", and n i l about the concretization of it by
M[arx] and E[ngels] in 1852, 1871,
| 1891. Nil about "Zerschlagen", about the "para-
| site-state", about replac[ing
parl[iamentary] institutions] with wor-
! king ones.
* KAUTSKY'S POLEMIC WITH PANNEKOEK*
Thus K[autsky] prepared loopholes for himself.
In 1910 (2nd half) he already turned (by 1/2): "Ermat- tungsstrategie"!! Neue Z[eit] XXVIII, 2 (1910
IV — IX) and ... descended to reformism against Pannekoek: Neue Z[eit], XXX, 2 (1912
IV — IX) (N[eue] Z[eit], XXX, 2).
K[autsky] against P[anne]koek: P[anne]koek's articles are titled:
"Massenaktion u[nd]
Revolution" (NB;.
P[anne]koek in the first lines points to the "Lehren der russ[ischen] R[e]v[olu]tion"
(S. 541)... Imp[erial]ism: arm[aments], ex- p[en]s[ive]ness etc. ((^ie politische Herrschaft,
die Eroberung der Staatsgewalt...* Ziel jed|er!
rev[o]l[u]t[ionSren] Klasse.. .Die Eroberung der polit[ischen]
Gewalt». N. B.
«Die Bedingun- gen u[nd] Methoden dieser politischen B[e]v[olui-
tion gilt es naher zu betrachten» (542). What is the strength of the b[ourgeois]ie?
(1^ Geistig iiberlegen...
(2) Org[aniza]tion: «Diese Org[anisa]tion der herr- schenden Klassen ist die Staatsgewalt» (italicized by
P[annekoek]) (#43). «Sie tritt als die Gesamtheit der Beamten auf»... «Sie bildet gleichsam einen
riesigen Polypen»... Dann «noch starkere Macht- mittel» (des Staates): «Polizei u[nd] Armee»...
(italics everywhere by P[annekoek]\

KAUTSKY'S POLEMIC WITH PANNEKOEK
Result: all the time about "revolution", especially about "political revolution",
and
nothing about the concretization of it by
Marx and Engels in
1852, 1871,

Nil about "smashing", about the
| "parasite-state", about replacing par-
liamentary institutions with working | ones.
I
Precisely the specificities of the political revolution of the proletariat
are glossed over.
* KAUTSKY'S POLEMIC WITH PANNEKOEK.
Thus Kautsky prepared loopholes for himself.
In 1910 (2nd half) he already turned (by half): "Strategy aimed at exhausting the opponent"!! "Neue Zeit", XXVIII, 2 (1910 IV — IX) and ... descended to reformism
against
Pannekoek:
"Neue Zeit",
XXX,
(1912 IV — IX)" ("Neue Zeit". XXX, 2).
Kautsky against Pannekoek:
||||
Pannekoek's articles are titled: "Mass
||||
Action and Revolution" (NB). Pannekoek in the first lines points to the
"Lessons of the Russian Revolution" (p. 541) ...Imperialism:
armaments, expensiveness, etc. "Political domination, conquest of state
power... The goal of every revolutionary class...
Conquest of political power." N. B. "It is necessary to examine in more detail the conditions and
methods of this political revolution" (542).
What is the strength of the bourgeoisie? (1) Intellectual superiority... (2) Organization: "This organi
zation of the ruling class is state power" (italicized by Pannekoek) (543).
"It acts as a totality of officials"... "It is something like a huge
polyp"... Then "even stronger instruments of power" (of the state): "police and army"...
(italics everywhere by Pannekoek).

1st quo- tation]
by K[aut- sky] (S. 724)
№ 1
№2
2nd quo- tation]
by K[aut-
sky] is incorrect:
strayed into ref[orm-
! ?
ism] : :
Incorrect ! !
a XII. 1905?
"л? ;г
3rd quo- tation] by K[autsky]
Das Pr[o]l[etaria]t muss «die Staatsgewalt...
besiegen»... «D[er] K[amp]f des Pr[oletaria]ts
IST NICHT E1NFACII EIN K[amp]f GEGEN DIE BjjOUR-
GEOl]siE UM DIE StAATSG[e]w[a]lT ALS ObJEKT, SON-
DERN EInK[aMPJF GEGEN DIE StAATSg[e]w[a]lT.(544)
Das Problem der soz[ial]cn R[e]v[olujtion lautet in kurzer
Zusam[m]enfassung: die Macht des
Pro[oletaria]ts so hoch steigern, dass sie der
Macht des Staates iiberlegen ist; u[nd] d e r
I n h a l t d i e s s e r
R [ e | v [ o l u ] t i o n i s t
DIE
V e RNICIITUNG
U [ N D j
AuFLOSUNg
DER M aCHT MITT EL DFS STAATES DURCIt d i e M a c h t m i t t e l
d e s
P r o l e t a r i a t s .» (5 4 4 ). (Following this is 1½ pages of rubbish
about the importance of knowledge and org[aniza]tion!! Horses eat oats!!). Further about the "Illusion dcr parla-
mentarischen Eroberung der Herrschaft"... "Nach der formellen Seite hin" the conquest of
pol[itical] pow[er] consists of 2 parts:
1) «Gewinnung politischcr Rechtc fur die Mas
se»... 2) «Gewinnung der Yolksmehrheit fur den
Soz[ialism]us» (5 4 5 )...
The pr[o]l[etaria]t will resort to Massenaktionen from the simplest
f[or]m (dem[onstra]tions) to "zu der machtig- sten (!???) Form des Massenstreiks" (5 4 6 )...
... as was in X. 1905 in Russia (o 4 7 j...
D e r
K [ a m p ] f i i o r t e r s t a u f , w e n n a l s
E n d r e s u l t a t d i e v o l l i g I']
Z e r - s t o r u n g d e r s t a a t l i c h e n
O r g a n i s a t i o n
E I N G E T R E T E N
I S T.
l ) l E
О R G [ a N*I-
S A] T I О N
D E R M E II R II E I T H A T D A N N I H R E
II E В E R L E G E N II E I T
D A D U R С H
E R W I E S E N,
D A S S S I E D I E О R G [A N I S Aj T I О N D E R II E R R-
S С H K N D E N
M 1 N D E R II E I T
V E H N 1 С II T E T
H a t.»
;548).
...«Die Org[aniza]tion des Pr[oletaria]ts, die wir als sein wichtigstes Machtmittel bezeichnen,

KAUTSKY'S POLEMIC WITH PANNEKOEK
The proletariat must... "defeat state power"... "THE STRUGGLE OF THE PROLETARIAT IS
NOT SIMPLY A STRUGGLE AGAINST THE BOURGEOISIE FOR
STATE
POWER, BUT A STRUGGLE
AGAINST
state power. [448]. The problem of social revolution can be briefly For
mulated as follows: to raise the power of the proletariat to such a height that it exceeds the power of the
state; and the content of this revolution is the destruction of the instruments of power
of the state and the displacement of them by the instruments of power of the proletariat." (544) [448]
(Following this is 1½ pages of rubbish about the importance of knowledge and organization!! Horses eat oats!!).
Further about the "illusion of parliamentary conquest of power"... "From the formal side" the
conquest of political power consists of 2 parts:
1) "Conquest of political rights for the popular
masses"... 2) "Conquest of the majority of the people to the side of socialism" (545)... The proletariat will resort to
mass actions from the simplest
form (demonstrations) "to the most powerful (!???)
form—mass strike" (516)... as was in X.
1905 in Russia (547)...
"The struggle ceases only WHEN, as a FINAL
RESULT OF IT, THE COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION of the state organi ZATION OCCURS. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MAJORITY
PROVES
ITS
SUPERIORITY
BY DESTROYING THE ORGANIZATION
OF THE RULING
MINORITY."
(548). [448]
№1
1st quo tation
by Kautsky (p. 724)
|_^_2 ! 2nd quo
tation
by Kautsky is incorrect:
strayed into reformIncorrect!!
a XII. 1905?
_Л*3
3rd quotation by Kautsky
. . .«The organization of the proletariat, which we consider its most important instrument of power,

Unsuccessful word, to which the vile K[arl]
K[autsky] clung ist nicht zu verwechseln mit der Form der heu-
tigen Org[aniza]tionen u[nd] Yerbande... Das
Wesen dieser Orgjanisajtion ist etwas Geistiges» (548)... «dieser Geist wird sich neue Formen
der BetStigung scbaffen» (549) (and a few lines below a ref[erence]
to the
«Sozialistengesetz»)
(549)
This is all «in revolutionaren Zeiten» (549) (NB).
Das
Militar? — S(jhne des Yolkes (519), an unreliable weapon for the b[ourgeois]ie...
«Am Schlusse des Bev[olu]tionsprozesses ist yon dieser Macht (materielie Macht der B[our-
geoijsie u[nd] des Staates'l nichts mehr iibrig» (550)....
Further arg[uments] about «Aktion der Masse».
K[arl] K[autsky] de distinguishes from this «street» (586). But they did not understand this under «Aktion
Incorrect!
Ill
ZU» (586). But they did not understand this under «Aktion
-------------------—
der Masse», but «eine bestim[m]te neue Form der Betdtigung der orgfanisierjten ((NB)) Arbeiter» (586)
(italicized by P[annekoek]). «Massenaktionen»=«aus- serparlamentarische politische BetStigung der or-
g[anisier]ten (NB) Arb[eiter]klasse» «meinen wir» (ibfidem]).
definition
M[assen] aktfionen]
Incorrect!
this is not enough.
What is revo- lution?
very correct!!
But, de, «es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass ^ich in Zukunft plotzliche gewaltige Erhebungen der
milHonenkftpfigen unorg[anisier]ten Massen gegen efine] Regierung losbrechen ktinnen» (587).
On p.
594 P[annekoek] corrects himself, say[ing] that the actions of org[anized]
ones «attract quickly» «non-org[anized]», turning
the str[uggle] into actions «der ganzen proletarischen Klasse». K[arl]
K[autsky] only concludes that: the actions of the masses
«unberechenbar», which means «es geht alles in der alten Weise in allmdhlich
steigendem Umfang weiter»... «die Theorie des aktionslosen Abwartens» (591)... we have the doctrine
«der reyolutionSren Aktivitat», K[arl] K[aut-

KAUTSKY'S POLEMIC WITH PANNEKOEK
should not be confused with the form of current organizations and unions... The essence of this organi
zation is something spiritual" (548)... "this spirit will create new forms of activity" (549)
(and a few lines below a reference to the "law on socialists") (549)... This is all "in revolutionary
times" (549) (NB\
Unsuccessful word, to which the vile Karl
Kautsky clung ((The army? — Sons of the people (549), an unreliable weapon for the bourgeoisie...
"At the end of the revolutionary process, nothing more will remain of this power (the material power of the bourgeoisie and the state)" (550)— Further arguments about "mass action".
Karl Kautsky de distinguishes from this "the street" (586). But they did not understand this under "mass
action", but "a certain new form of activity of organized ((NB)) workers"
(586) (italicized by
Pannekoek).
"Mass actions" — "by this we mean" "extra-
parliamentary political activity of the organized (NB) working class" (ibid.).
But, de, "it is not excluded that in the future sudden strong uprisings of the million-headed unorganized masses against the government may break out" (587).
On p. 594 Pannekoek corrects himself, saying that the actions of the organized "attract quickly" the "unorganized", turning the struggle into the actions of "the entire proletarian class". Karl Kautsky only concludes that the actions of the masses "are difficult to account for",
which means "everything goes on as before, gradually increasing in volume"...
"the theory of inactive waiting" (5 9 1 )... we have the doctrine
"revolutionary activity", Karl Kaut-
||
Incorrect!
definition
|
of mass
|
actions
Incorrect!
this is not enough.
What is revolution?
very correct!!

correct!
This is correct!
Kaut[sky] answers
P[anne]koek evades the qu[esti]on of illeg[al] org[aniza]- tions
(crook)!
about the "testament" |i
by E[ngels] crook and scoundrel!!
,
they themselves forged the Ver- mJichtnis ch[apter] IY, § 1 the nail of vulgarization of Marxism sky] «passiver Radikalismus» (592)... in prac- tice «nur allzuoft» «approaching] to rev[ision]ist tactic».
§4: «str[uggle] against w[ar]» (609—616).
K[autsky] paints the fear of the population before «invasion»... W[orking] cl[ass] «muss» speak out and will speak out against w[ar] in order to prevent it. K[arl] K[autsky] «übersieht den
Prozess der Revolution» (616).
K[arl]' K[autsky] in response to P[anne]koek says platitudes about
«instinct of the masses» (as if that's the point!)
about
«vulgar Marxism», nitpicks at «spiritual» («alchemy» (688), de, at P[anne]koek') [fraudulently bypassing the uk[az] on Sozfialislenjgesetz]. Under the excl[usive] l[aw] there were de «secret» org[a- niza]tions (690): «Aber eine Steigerung u[nd]
Vervollkom[m]nung der Org[anisa]tion des Pr[o- letaria]ts iiber das unter freiheitlicheren ZustSn-
den erlangte
Mass hinaus hat bisher noch niemand in solchen ZustSnden entdeckt» ^690).
...«Die Klugheit, die wir empfehlen, ist jene, die uns Friedrich] Engels in seiner letz-
ten Veroffentlichung, seinem polilischen
Ver- mSchtnis, empfahl» (692). ICp. Bernstein: «V|o|- r]au]ss[e]tz[ungen]», 1899, S. 26: «Testament»
political Engels!!! (And further just as fraudulently, about «Spiritualisierung» (692)
der
Org[anisa]tion at P[annekoek], that «unclear», what he wants, that he wants «veranstalten»
die Revolution (697) etc.)
Then § IV: «Die Eroberun^ der Staatsge walt», 1. «Die Z e r s t o r u n g des S t a a t e s ».
Here is the main thing. K[arl] K[autsky] «quotes»
№ 1, № 2 and № 3 (here 45—46) * — S. 724 — and «concludes»:
See this collection, p. 370. Ed.

KAUTSKY'S POLEMIC WITH PANNEKOEK
sky "passiver Radikalismus" (592)... in practice "nur allzuoft" "approaching" to rev[ision]ist tactics.
§ 4: "struggle against war" (609 — 616).
Kautsky paints the fear of the population before "invasion"... The working class "must" speak
out and will speak out against war in order to prevent it. Karl Kautsky "does not want to see
the process of revolution" (616).
Karl Kautsky in response to Pannekoek says platitudes about "the instinct of the masses" (as if
that's the point!) about "vulgar Marxism", nitpicks at "spiritual" ("alchemy" (688) de
at Pannekoek).
Under the exceptional law there were de "secret" organizations (690): "But
no one has yet discovered that the growth and improvement of the organization of the proletariat
can, under similar conditions, exceed the measure that can be achieved under more free conditions" (690).
.. .«We advise adhering to the same wisdom that Engels recommended to us
in his last work, his political testament" (692).
Cf. Bernstein:
"Preconditions", 1899, p. 26: "testament" political Engels!!!15 j (And further just as fraudulently, about "spiritualization" of the organization at Pannekoek, that "it is unclear",
what he wants, that he wants to "produce" the revolution (697)
etc.)
Then § IV: "Conquest of state power", 1. "Destruction of the state".
Here is the main thing. Karl Kautsky "quotes" No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 (here 45 — 46)*— p. 724 — and "con-
cludes":
correct!
this is correct!
Kautsky answers
Pannekoek evades the question of illegal organizations (crook ) ! I
about the "testament"
Engels crook and scoundrel!!
they themselves forged the testament chapter IV, § 1 the nail of vulgarization
of Marxism
* See this collection, p. 371. Ed.

«quotation» from
M[arx]!! Just not what he quotes!!
crook, because
P[anne]k[oe]k says precisely about «rev o. 1Ю]tion» I
The word aooch»
. ..«Bisher bestand der G[elg[en]satz zw[i- schen] S[ozial]d[emokraten]
u[nd] Anarchisten darin, dass jene die Staatsgewalt erobern, diese
sie zerstoren wollten. P[anne]k[oe |k will beides»...
...«Was an der so gekennzeichneten Org[a- nisajtion will P[anneJk[oejk zerstoren? Den Zen-
tralismus?... (quotation] from Mfapkjca, «Enthjul- lungen iiber der Kommunistenprozess in Koln»5,
S. 81, 4850: «enfschiedenste Zentralisation der
Gewalt in die Hande der Staatsmacht»). «ist
P[anne]k|oe]k derselben Meinung, was will er dann mit der «volligen ZerstOrung der staatli-
chen Org[anisa]tion» sagen? (724) Will (725)
er vielleicht die staatlichen Funktionen der Beam- ten aufheben? Aber wir kom[m]en in Partei
u[nd] G[e]w[er]ksch[a]ft nicht ohne Beamte aus, geschweige denn in der Staatsverwaltung. Unser
Programm fordert denn auch nicht Abschaffung der staatlichen Beamten, sondern die Erwahlung
der Behttrden durch das Y olk... Nicht darum handelt es sich bei unserer jetzigen Erorterung,
wie sich der Yerwaltungsapparat des «Zukunfts- staates» gestalten wird, sondern darum, oh un
ser politischer K[am]f die Staatsgewalt auflOsI, ehe wir sie noch * jerobert haben (kurs[iv] K. K[aut-
skog]). Welches Ministerium mit seinen Beam- ten ktinnte aufgehol>en werden?» (Prosveshche
niya)? Yush[itsi]? Finansov]? Voen[noe}?)
«Nein, keines der heutigen
Ministerien wird durch unsern politischen
K[amp]f gegen die
Begierungen beseitigt werden...
Ich wieder-:
hole es, um
MissverstSndnissen vorzubeugen hier ist nicht die Bede von der Gestaltung des
Zukunftsstaats durch die siegreiche S[ozial]d[e- mokratie], sondern von der des Gegenwartstaa-
tes durch unsere Opposition.» (725)
........«Seine (des Massenstreiks) Aufgabe kann nicht die sein, die Staatsgewalt zu zerstoren,
Lenin missed. Ed.

KAUTSKY'S POLEMIC WITH PANNEKOEK
.. .«Until now, the opposition between social democrats and anarchists consisted
in the fact that the former wanted to conquer state power, the latter — to destroy it. Pan-
nekoek wants both»... [448]
. .. «What does Pannekoek want to destroy in this organization, characterized in this way?
Centralism?... (quote from Marx, "Disclosures about the Cologne Communist Trial", p. 81, 4 8 5 0 : "the most decisive centralization of power in the
hands of state power"). "If Pannekoek is of the same opinion, then
what does he then want to say with his phrase:
"complete destruction of the state organization"? Maybe he wants to destroy the
state functions of officials? But we do not do without officials either in the party or
in the professional organization, not to mention state administration. Our program
does not require the destruction of state officials, but the election of officials by the people.*.. We are not talking now about what kind of
form the administrative apparatus will take in the "future state", but about whether our political struggle destroys state power before
we have conquered it (italicized by K. Kautsky.) Which ministry with its officials could be
abolished?" (Education? Justice? Finance? Military?) "No, none of the current
ministries will be eliminated by our political struggle against the government...
I repeat, in order to avoid misunderstandings:
we are not talking about what form the victorious social democracy will give to the state of the future, but about how our
opposition changes the present state." (7 2 i— 725)
[4501
........ "The task of the mass strike can never consist in destroying the state-
"quotation" from
Marx!! Just not what he quotes! !
crook, because
Pannekoek speaks precisely about "revolution" /

LENINIST COLLECTION pearl of reformism!
(kurs[iv] K. K[autsky]), sondern nur die, eine Regierung zur Nachgiebigkeit in einer be-
stim[m]ten Frage zu bringen, od[er] eine dem
Pr[oletaria]t feindselige Regierung durch eine ihm entgegenkom[m]ende zu ersetzen» (726)...
Nail and result:
N. B.
here already about rev[olution] says!!
2 2 = socialism without rev[olu]- tion
Or rev[olution] without des truction of pol[itical] power, «st[ate] machine» of the b[ourgeois]ie!!
pearl of idiocy!!
....... «Aber nie u[nd] nimmer kann dies» (wenn «das
Pr[oletaria]t» «feindliche
Regie- rung» «matt setzt») «zu einer Zerstorung (ku[r- siv] K. K[autsky]) der Slaatsgewalt, sondern
stets nur zu einer
Verschiebung der
Machl- verhaltnisse innerhalb der Staatsgewalt fiihren»
(727)...
. . .«Und das Ziel unseres (732) politischen
K[amp]fes bleibt dabei das gleiche, das es bisher ge- wesen: Eroberung der Staatsgewalt durch Ge-
win[n]ung der Mehrheit im Parlament u[nd]
Erhebung des Parlaments zum Herrn der Regie- rung. Nicht aber Zerstttrung der Staatsgewalt.
Auf welchem Wege will denn P[anne]k[oe]k die sozialistischc
Produktionsweise einfiihren, als mit Hilfe gesetzlicher Massnahmen iiber...
Verstaatlichung... yon Industriezweigen... (etc.)?
Durch welche Mittel will P[anne[k[oe]k diese
Verhaltnisse regeln, wenn nicht durch eine proletarische
Staatsgewalt? Und wo soil die herkommen, wenn jegliche Staatsgewalt durch
die
Aktion der
Masse zerstOrt worden?...
Ich bleibe bei der Auffassung, mit deren For- mul

LENINIST COLLECTION pearl of reformism!
(italicized by K. Kautsky), but only to bring a government to concessions in a certain question, or to replace a government hostile to the proletariat with one that is accommodating to it" (726)...
Nail and result:
N. B.
here already about rev[olution] says!!
2 2 = socialism without revolution
Or revolution without destruction of political power, the "state machine" of the bourgeoisie!!
pearl of idiocy!!
....... "But never and never can this" (when "the
Proletariat" "hostile
Government" "exhausts") "lead to a destruction (italicized by K. Kautsky) of state power, but
always only to a
Shift of
Power relations within state power"
(727)...
. . .«And the goal of our (732) political
Struggle remains the same as it has been: Conquest of state power by
winning a majority in Parliament and
Elevation of Parliament to the master of the Government. But not Destruction of state power.
By what means will P[anne]k[oe]k introduce the socialist
Mode of production, than with the help of legal measures over...
Nationalization... of branches of industry... (etc.)?
By what means will P[anne[k[oe]k regulate these
Relations, if not by a proletarian
State power? And where should it come from, if any state power has been destroyed by
the
Action of the
Mass?...
I remain with the view, with whose For- mul