The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-05
1ENIN, FOUNDER OF
BOLSHEVIK PRESS

the Mensheviks in 1908, the Bolshe-
viks had no organ for a whole year,
until "Vperiod" (Forward) was
started in Geneva at the end of 1904.
The editors were Lenin, Lunachar-
sky, Vorovski (who was murdered
by white guard in Lausanne), Oh
minski and Bogdanov. Only eighteen
numbers of this paper appeared, and
it was replaced by the illegal paper
"Proletarian" in Geneva, in May,
1905. In October of that year, it
made way for the first legal BoIshe-
vik paper published in Russia, "No-
vaya Zhizn" New Life). Although
the paper was supposed to be edited
by non-Party writer's, the real editor
was Lenin. 1t did not live long
either; bourgeois freedom of press
saw to that. In December it was
suppressed for publishing revolu-
tionary statement.
After the 1905 revolution, the rev.
dictionary press was again illegal.
In the years of reaction, a tendency
arose among some of the social DEM
ocrats to liquidate the illegal work
of the Party. To fight these iqui-
datory tendencies the Bolsheviks
and a section of the Mensheviks
started the legal "Svesda" (The
Starr, which appeared in Peters
burg from 1910 to 1912. Though a
daily at the beginning, this paper
appeared later only two or three
times a week.
Appearance of Pravda.
With the upward swing of the
working class movement after the
Lena gold fields massacre-the mass
strikes, etc.-this paper was con-
sidered insufficient, especially be-
cause of the participation of the
On April %, 1912, ap-
peared in Petersburg the legal Boil
shevik daily, "Pravda" (Truth), sup
ported by money collected among the
workers. It was prosecuted ruth
lessly by the government, fines and
following with such reg
ularity that in the course of two
name nine times. In the summer of
years the paper had to change its
1914, "Pravda" was suppressed.
Although Lenin was abroad at
this time, he was the guiding spirit
of "Pravda," sending exhaustive
political directives from Crackow.
Alongside of the illegal" Prayda,
there appeared from 1909 till 1917
the "Social Democrat" published
abroad and illegally circulated in
Russia. Under Lenin's leadership the
paper carried on a steady campaign,
first against liquidatory tendencies,
and then during the war with in
creased energy against the chauvin-
ism of the Majority social demo-
Gratis. The early issues of this period
contained the slogan Of the trans
formation of the imperialist war in
to civil war, and the necessity Of
founding third international.
Lenin's Return
On March 5, 1917, "Pravda" began
again after an almost
three years suspension. On April 6,
Lenin returned from abroad to the
editorial board Of "Pravda." During
the next 25 days there appeared in
the paper 80 editorials from his pen,
and similar number in May. After
the July uprising, Lenin was forced
into hiding by the chief liberal ex-
ponent of "freedm," Kerensky. AZ
ter the editorial office Of the paper
was raided and smashed up, the Gen.
trail Committee decided, on July s,
to issue it Illegally.
In the days that followed, "Prav-
da" could appear only in leaflet
form, and later in the month it ap-
peared under the name "Rabochey i
Soldat" Worker and SolLier). It
was then forced to change it's name
to "Proletary," to "Rabochy" and to
'Rabochy Poot" workers PATH.
On October "a gang Of officers
smashed up the type in the printing
plant and sealed the editorial office.
Two days later, on Oct. 26, the pa
per appeared again with the news
of the overthrow of the Kerensky
government and the victory Of the
revolution.
Besides the various papers men,
toned, which Lenin edited, he con-
tributed to large number Of others.
An incomplete tabulation shows that
he contributed to over forty maya
zines and newspapers other than
those already mentioned during the