Participation in the second ballot is essential. The demand for the immediate cessation of the war should be given due attention. The revolution cannot be victorious in Russia unless it overthrows the monarchy and the feudal-minded landowners, and these cannot be overthrown unless the proletariat is supported by the peasantry. The latter task now stands very close to the former, yet it remains a special and second task, for it is a ques- page 403 tion of the different classes which are collaborating with the proletariat of Russia. By revolutionary chauvinists we mean those who want a victory over tsarism so as to achieve victory over Germany, plunder other countries, consolidate Great-Russian rule over the other peoples of Russia, etc.
Revolutionary chauvinism is based on the class position of the petty bourgeoisie.
The latter always vacillates between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Under the present governments, neither Germany, nor Britain and France would accept this condition. There is no doubt that a victory of the proletariat in Russia would create extraordinarily favourable conditions for the development of the revolution in both Asia and Europe. Even 1905 proved that. We now present these theses for discussion among the comrades, and shall develop our views in the next issues of the Central Organ.