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... Government . Many English people , not includ- ing myself , though my best friends were among them , were working for a constitutional revolution in Russia , and when it came in March 1917 it was heralded as a great victory for the ...
... Government . Many English people , not includ- ing myself , though my best friends were among them , were working for a constitutional revolution in Russia , and when it came in March 1917 it was heralded as a great victory for the ...
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... Several efforts were made to get me to Russia ; I took no further steps myself , but some influential friends used their efforts to make a better use of my pen than of my bayonet . But the Government of the 22 EUROPE'S DIVIDING LINE.
... Several efforts were made to get me to Russia ; I took no further steps myself , but some influential friends used their efforts to make a better use of my pen than of my bayonet . But the Government of the 22 EUROPE'S DIVIDING LINE.
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... Government to an anti - revolutionary point of view . Indeed , without obtaining Parliamentary sanc- tion , the Coalition Government of the time pro- ceeded to wage war on revolutionary Russia . There were two wars going on in 1918 ...
... Government to an anti - revolutionary point of view . Indeed , without obtaining Parliamentary sanc- tion , the Coalition Government of the time pro- ceeded to wage war on revolutionary Russia . There were two wars going on in 1918 ...
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... Government was lacking in moral authority . It could not safely prosecute a new war in Russia without taking the nation into its confidence . I , for my part , felt strongly as a demobilised soldier that the Government had no right to ...
... Government was lacking in moral authority . It could not safely prosecute a new war in Russia without taking the nation into its confidence . I , for my part , felt strongly as a demobilised soldier that the Government had no right to ...
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... Government was weak and unpractical . How can we recognise a Government with such blood - guiltiness as that of the Soviet ; how can we receive at our Court the representatives of those who killed the kindred of the King ? I should have ...
... Government was weak and unpractical . How can we recognise a Government with such blood - guiltiness as that of the Soviet ; how can we receive at our Court the representatives of those who killed the kindred of the King ? I should have ...
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Page 250 - Colonies. Armed warfare must be preceded by a struggle against the inclinations to compromise which are embedded among the majority of British workmen, against the ideas of evolution and peaceful extermination of capitalism. Only then will it be possible to count upon complete success of an armed insurrection . . . agitation-propaganda work in the Army is weak, in the Navy a very little better.
Page 251 - —these are the slogans which you must familiarise the masses with, with which you must go to work into the mass of the proletariat. These slogans will open to you the doors of comprehension of the masses, will help you to capture them and march under the banner of Communism. The military section of the British Communist Party, so far as we are aware, further suffers from a lack of specialists, the future directors of the British Red army.
Page 250 - A settlement of relations between the two countries will assist in the revolutionizing of the international and British proletariat not less than a successful rising in any of the working districts of England...
Page 250 - From your last report it is evident that agitation propaganda work in the Army is weak, in the Navy a very little better. Your explanation that the quality of the members attracted justifies the quantity is right in principle; nevertheless, it would be desirable to have cells in all the units of the troops, particularly among those quartered in the large centres of the country, and also among factories working on munitions and at military store depots.
Page 251 - ... and make a start in turning an imperialist war into a class war. Now more than ever we should be on our guard. Attempts at intervention in China show that world Imperialism is still full of vigour and is once more making endeavours to restore its shaken position and cause a new war, which as its final objective is to bring about the breakup of the Russian proletariat and the suppression of the budding world revolution, and further would lead to the enslavement of the Colonial peoples. "Danger...
Page 252 - Go attentively through the lists of the military 'cells' detailing from them the more energetic and capable men, turn attention to the more talented military specialists who have for one reason or another, left the Service and hold Socialist views. Attract them into the ranks of the Communist Party if they desire honestly to serve the proletariat and desire in the future to direct not the blind mechanical forces in the service of the bourgeoisie, but a national army. Form a directing operative head...
Page 250 - In the meanwhile, however, strain every nerve in the struggle for the ratification of the Treaty, in favour of a continuation of negotiations regarding the regulation of relations between the SSSR and England. A settlement of relations between the two countries will assist in the revolutionizing of the international and British proletariat...
Page 252 - Sir, — I have the honour to invite your attention to the enclosed copy of a letter which has been received by the Central Committee of the British Communist Party from the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, over the signature of M.
Page 251 - ... quality of the members attracted justifies the quantity is right in principle; nevertheless, it would be desirable to have cells in all the units of the troops, particularly among those quartered in the large centres of the country, and also among factories working on munitions and at military store depots. We request that the most particular attention be paid to these latter.
Page 251 - ... Communist Party, so far as we are aware, further suffers from a lack of specialists, the future directors of the British Red army. It is time you thought of forming such a group, which, together with the leaders, might be, in the event of an outbreak of active strife, the brain of the military organisation of the party. Go attentively through the lists of the military " cells ", detailing from them the more energetic and capable men.