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    20th Century · English

    Open Letter to Comrade Lenin

    Herman Gorter

    Open Letter to Comrade Lenin (1920), by Herman Gorter. From the Marxists Internet Archive.

    Chapters
    48
    Variants
    48
    Genre
    Political Theory
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Introductionprose
    2. 02Basis Mistaken.prose
    3. 03Two Arguments Refuted.prose
    4. 04Difference Between Russia and W. Europe.prose
    5. 05Poor Peasants Decisive Factor.prose
    6. 06Nothing to Offer Peasants.prose
    7. 07Industrial Workers Stand Alone.prose
    8. 08The proletariat in Western Europe stands alone.prose
    9. 09II. The Question of the Trade Unionsprose
    10. 10Waning of TU Influenceprose
    11. 11The Harder Task of Europe.prose
    12. 12Build on New Foundations.prose
    13. 13The Worker has Power.prose
    14. 14Industrial Workers Decide.prose
    15. 15Struggle in England Essential.prose
    16. 16Executive Committee’s Opportunism.prose
    17. 17Hail the Rank and File Movement.prose
    18. 18Failure of Second International.prose
    19. 19Counter-revolutionary Trade Unions.prose
    20. 20Russian Tactics Useless in Western Europe.prose
    21. 21III. Parliamentarismprose
    22. 22Subjects of Bourgeois Democracy.prose
    23. 23Workers Win Rights for Possessing Class.prose
    24. 24An Example Needed.prose
    25. 25Big Numbers of no Avail.prose
    26. 26A Great Day.prose
    27. 27Amongst the Social Patriots.prose
    28. 28Lenin’s Three Arguments.prose
    29. 29Action Speaks Louder than Words.prose
    30. 30An Uncongenial Task.prose
    31. 31What does this prove, Comrade?prose
    32. 32Cause of Revolution’s Delay.prose
    33. 33All Classes Fight the Proletariat.prose
    34. 34Opposing Capitalist Forces Unite to Defeat Revolution.prose
    35. 35Workshop, not Parliament, the Battle-ground.prose
    36. 36A United Proletariat Necessary.prose
    37. 37Menshevist Tactics would Ruin Proletariat.prose
    38. 38The Left Wing Tactics.prose
    39. 39Lenin’s Third Argument.prose
    40. 40Labour Movement in False Grooves.prose
    41. 41IV. Opportunism in the Third Internationalprose
    42. 42Feeble Criticism.prose
    43. 43V. Conclusionprose
    44. 44Still Need for Propaganda.prose
    45. 45Character of Western European Revolution.prose
    46. 46Why German Workers must not be Defeated.prose
    47. 47Crisis is Nearing.prose
    48. 48Left-Winger to Free Workers’ Minds.prose