Once Again on the Trade Unions, on the Present Moment, and on the Error of Comrade Trotsky α Theoretical Disagreements.

* Versus – against. Editor's note.

δ Renunciation of the Ninth Congress of the RCP

Appointment, yes or no?

Zinoviev's "double-dealing" (Trotsky, 27).

ε One should not exaggerate.

ζ Every cloud has a silver lining.

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The "themes" (not chapters) are as follows:

Our disagreements (α)

Factionalism and Trotsky's factional enthusiasms (β + γ)

Renunciation of the Ninth Congress of the RCP (δ)

Danger of exaggerating the divergence (ε)

Every cloud has a silver lining (ζ)

* Points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 12 bis, 15, and 16 are crossed out in the manuscript by V. I. Lenin. Editor's note.

3. Source of this double danger: 8. XL Plenum{148} and the breakdown of the commission.

[ + 3 bis buffer?

4. Can the depth and seriousness of the disagreements justify this? The essence of the divergence – theoretical analysis of theses, etc.

7. "Production democracy"?

8. "Soviet trade-unionism"? "Defense of material and spiritual interests"? advocates?

9. Party program and its implementation or coarsening?

10. Shock work and egalitarianism?

11. "Merger" [of state and unions]. Why be silent about it?

"not a word from Zinoviev and Lenin"?

** See the present volume, pp. 204–216. Editor's note.

13. "Renunciation" of the Ninth Congress of the RCP

Zinoviev's "double-dealing."

Appointment, yes or no?

14. Direction, tempo, situation in Trotsky

propagandistic and administrative approach.

15. Should the trade unions resolve conflicts? Syndicalist enthusiasm.

16. Back from practical and businesslike work to theses (wasting time on politics) approach and situation

α Theoretical Disagreements

2. eclecticism or dialectics?

3. "Production democracy." Formal democratism vs Glavpolitput (thesis 23)… Trotsky, 67, Bukharin

4. Soviet trade-unionism or incorrect assessment of "tempo" and situation

5. Party program and its simplification and deterioration by Trotsky. "Defense of material and spiritual interests" and "funeral rites." Bukharin and Trotsky, p. 48.

Faction (founded by Trotsky, 25. XII. 1920). Short-lived (8 factional outbursts).

"Two tendencies" arising from production role or from approach to the masses?

* The text from the word "Faction" to the word "dialectics" is crossed out in the manuscript by V. I. Lenin. Editor's note.

** This phrase is crossed out in the manuscript by V. I. Lenin. Editor's note.

Approach of the propagandist and administrator

Will the trade unions resolve conflicts (thesis 33)?