The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-05
Short Stories of His Life

1SUO anu WAS sent 10 SlDefld IUo government.
The MensheViks, who did not come to the Lon
don convention but held their own conference in
Geneva, adopted a resolution in their own
spirit Lenin wrote about them, that these Gt
rondists Of the Russian revolution pretended to
be independent Of the bourgeoisie, but were ac-
tually supporting the liberals, who wanted to
put aside czarism in polite way, with gloYed
hands. But the modern Jacobins, the Bolsheviks,
would carry the revolutionary ELECTROMAGNETIC,
especially the peasants away with them; they
want the people to make the revolution in pleb-
ian manner, mercilessly crushing the enemies of
liberty.
The Bolsheviks now started their organ, '.Pro-
letar" which was published until November, while
legal papers could be published in Russia
Events showed how correct the Bolsheviks had
been in their estimation of the revolution.
The Revolution Draws Nearer.
In Russia, events develop rapidly. Military
revolts, naval mutinies, strikes growing into
revolutionary general strikes, peasants rebel
lions and revolutionary demonstrations of
workers. Lenin follows the development of
events closely, and evaluates their significance.
He criticizeS ''the poor arguments of certain in
tellectuals' and prizes 'the good demonstra-
tons of the workers." He shows how daring
deeds, such as the attempt to free the prison
ers in Riga, the fights against the Cossacks,
etc., develop fighting energy and ability and
encourage the masses He shows how the
bourgeois enjoy the fruits of the fight and the
masses bear the burden. In August the car
tries to stop the movement with petty conces-
sions; committee with Bulygin as its head is
appointed in order to work out some kind of
fake scheme of parliamentary government.
The Mensheviks are ready to participate in the
elections, but the revolutionary events wipe
the elections off the order of the day. In Oc-
tober, the movement grows into a general rev.
CTR 1cror1a Ill
Lenin leaves for Russia. He passes thru
Finland when the general strike there ends.
In Petersburg, he starts to edit the paper "No-
vaya Zhisn' (The New Lne) and participates
IN revolutionary activities On November IS,
he writes how some people call the situation
prevailing anarchy; but it only means that
there is not an established order in the coun-
try. Absolutism is unable to subdue the revo-
lutionary movement, which in turn is not yet
able to overthrow absolutism. Such situation
cannot last long, but it is the period when
the masses prepare themselves for the decisive
time. With particular interest Lenin follows
the activity of the Petersburg Soviet whose
sessions he often attends in disguise because
he cannot appear openly To the comrades
he explains how necessary it is to work in
the non-partisan organizations. "The Soviets
are our class organs" he says, ''but in them,
as IN workers meetings, you must always
remember that you are party members. Don't
ever shrink from raising the banner of the
party"
In December, an armed revolt breaks out in
Moscow, which-altho lost-shows how err
roneous the opinion at that time prevailing in
the Second International was that the time
of barricade fighting was past A few hundred
active fighters, backed by the sympathizing
masses, defended themselves almost week
against the cars troops, who far outnumber-
ed the strikers and were armed with artillery
At the same time the question comes up in
Petersburg how to help the comrades in Mos
cow The first plan, to prevent the troops be-
ing sent to Moscow, fails and some comrades
propose to start open fighting in Petersburg
But as the masses are not prepared, this would
mean desperate fight, and Lenin opposed it
as an adventure. But when the fight in Mos
COW was lost, he did not, like Plechanov wall
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