V. I.

Lenin

Plan of a Speech at the Trade Union Congress [3]

1. Passing examination from 3rd to 4th course.

2. From Narodnaya

Volya [4] to Social-Democracy in Russia, from the Second to the Third
International in the world.

3. 1 st course: 1886-1903. ((17))

4. 2 nd course: 1903-1917. ((14))

5. 3 rd course: 1917-1921. ((4))

6. 4 th course: 19214 (1931)

7. “ Not” our last and decisive fight. But ... near
(years).

8. Victory on world scale difficult (bis. ter), but a dead
certainty.

9. For capitalism, the capitalists—checkmate.

10.

Alias [1]

:

the cause of communism in Russia will be secure .

11. Discord arising from private property. Labour
united against property.

12. India “does not count” Doch!

13. “ Treaty of

Versailles,”? [5]

13. bis . International trade.

14. Difficulties on economic front .

15. Proletariat becoming declassed? Yes! Inferences?
Ideology of small property owners.

16. Large-scale production and machines—proletariat’s
material and psychological base.

Inde [2] declassing .

17. Politics plus, economics minus.

18. Self-discipline, partyism.

19. Economic front.

Passing examinations: grain, fuel. 1917 (tax in kind) 1918 }

1919 }

1920

versus 1921

20. We already have economic experience-go on building
systematically, steadily, firmly.

21. Work discipline, higher labour productivity, work
organisation, increased output, relentless fight against slipshod work and
red tape.

22. By this sign shall ye conquer.

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Notes:
[1]

— Otherwise.— Ed .

[2]

— Hence.— Ed .

[3]
Lenin prepared this plan of a speech for the Fourth All-Russia Trade
Union Congress held from May 17 to 25, 1921. The Institute of
Marxism-Leninism, of the C.C. of the C.P.S.U. however, has no information
of Lenin having delivered this speech at the congress.

[4]
Narodnayn Volya-a secret political organisation of Narodnik terrorists,
came into being in August 1879. While subscribing to views of the Narocinik
utopian socialism, its members engaged in political struggle, and
considered the most important goal to be the overthrow of the autocracy and
the winning of political freedom. They figured on achieving a
reorganisation of society without the participation of the people, by means
of individual terrorism. “llio Narodiiaya Volya members,” wrote Lenin,
“made a step forward when they took up the political struggle but they
failed to connect it with socialism.” (see present edition, Vol. 8,
p. 72). The organisation was smashed up by the tsarist govern-ment after
the assassination of Alexander if on March 1, 1881.

[5]
The Peace Treaty of Versailles was drawn up at the Paris Con-ference in
1919 at the end of the imperialist world war of 1914-8. between Germany and
her adversaries-the U.S.A., the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan and
other Allied powers.

Describing this treaty in a speech on October 15,.1920,
Lenin said, “It is an unparalleled and predatory peace, which has made
slaves of tens of millions of people, including the most civilised” (see
present edition, Vol. 31, p. 326). The Versailles Peace Treaty was designed
to perpetuate the repartition of the capitalist world in favour of the
victor countries, and to establish a system of relationships between
countries aimed at strangling Soviet Russia and suppressing the
revolutionary movement throughout the world.