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J. V. Stalin
ON THE OPPOSITION
(1921-27)
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C O N T E N T S
(Abbreviated)
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1
THE PARTY'S TASKS. Report Delivered at an Enlarged Meeting of
the Krasnaya Presnya District Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), with
Group Organisers, Members of the Debating Society and of the
Bureau of the Party Units, December 2, 1923 (more)
12
THE DISCUSSION, RAFAIL, THE ARTICLES BY PREOBRAZHENSKY AND
SAPRONOV, AND TROTSKY'S LETTER (more)
28
A NECESSARY COMMENT (Concerning Rafail)
45
THE THIRTEENTH CONFERENCE OF THE R.C.P.(B.), January 16-18,
1924 (more)
49
THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.), May 23-31, 1924 (more)
88
THE RESULTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.).,
Excerpts from the Report Delivered at the C.C., R.C.P.(B.)
Courses for Secretaries of Vyezd Party Committees, June 17,
1924
102
TROTSKYISM OR LENINISM? Speech Delivered at the Plenum of
the Communist Group in the A.U.C.C.T.U., November 19, 1924
(more)
105
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE TACTICS OF THE RUSSIAN
COMMUNISTS. Preface to the Book "On the Road to October"
[Transcriber's Note: See Problems of Leninism. -- DJR]
139
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A PLENUM OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND
THE CENTRAL CONTROL COMMISSION OF THE R.C.P.(B.),
January 17, 1925
183
THE RESULTS OF THE WORK OF THE FOURTEENTH CONFERENCE OF
THE R.C.P.(B.). Report Delivered at a Meeting of the Activists
of the Moscow Organization of the R.C.P.(B.), May 9, 1925 (more)
188
THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), December 18-31,
1925 (more)
230
CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF LENINISM
[Transcriber's Note: See Problems of Leninism. -- DJR]
268
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN UNITY COMMITTEE. Speech Delivered at a
Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control
Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.), July 15, 1926
347
THE OPPOSITION BLOC IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.) Theses for the Fifteenth
All-Union Conference of the C.P.S.U.(B.), adopted by the Confer-
ence and Endorsed by the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.), July 15, 1926 (more)
363
THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC DEVIATION IN OUR PARTY. Report
Delivered at the Fiftheenth All-Union Conference of the
C.P.S.U.(B.), November 1, 1926 (more)
382
REPLY TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT ON "THE SOCIAL-DEMO-
CRATIC DEVIATION IN OUR PARTY," November 3, 1926 (more)
442
THE PROSPECTS OF THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA. Speech Delivered
in the Chinese Commission of the E.C.C.I., November 30, 1926 (more)
499
THE SEVENTH ENLARGED PLENUM OF THE E.C.C.I., November 22 -
December 16, 1926 (more)
517
QUESTIONS OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION. Theses for Propagand-
ists, Approved by the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.) (more)
657
TALK WITH STUDENTS OF THE SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY, May 13,
1927
667
THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA AND THE TASKS OF THE COMINTERN.
Speech Delivered at the Tenth Sitting, Eighth Plenum of the
E.C.C.I., May 24, 1927 (more)
696
726
JOINT PLENUM OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND THE CENTRAL
CONTROL COMMISSION OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), July 29-August 9,
1927 (more)
765
THE POLITICAL COMPLEXION OF THE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION.
Excerpts from a Speech Delivered at a Joint Meeting of the
Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Comintern and
the International Control Commission, September 27, 1927
850
THE TROTSKYIST OPPOSITION BEFORE AND NOW. Speech Delivered
at a Meeting of the Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and
the Central Control Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.), October 23,
1927 (more)
864
J. V. Stalin
ON THE OPPOSITION
(1921-27)
Table of Contents
(Complete)
<"t1"> 1
I.
II.
Two Methods of Approach to the Mass of the Workers
Conscious Democracy and Forced "Democracy"
2
4
<"t2"> THE PARTY'S TASKS. Report Delivered at an Enlarged Meeting of
the Krasnaya Presnya District Committee of the R.C.P.(B.), with
Group Organisers, Members of the Debating Society and of the
Bureau of the Party Units, December 2, 1923
12
Discussion -- a Sign of the Party's Strength
Causes of the Discussion
Defects in Internal Party Life
The Causes of the Defects
How Should the Defects in Internal Party Life Be Removed?
13
14
15
17
20
<"t3"> THE DISCUSSION, RAFAIL, THE ARTICLES BY PREOBRAZHENSKY AND
SAPRONOV, AND TROTSKY'S LETTER
28
The Discussion
Rafail
Preobrazhensky's Article
Sapronov's Article
Trotsky's Letter
28
31
35
37
40
A NECESSARY COMMENT (Concerning Rafail)
45
<"t4"> THE THIRTEENTH CONFERENCE OF THE R.C.P.(B.), January 16-18,
1924
49
I.
II.
Report on Immediate Tasks in Party Affairs, January 17
Reply to the Discussion, January 18
49
69
<"t5"> THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.), May 23-31, 1924
[Transcriber's Note: This document, as it appears in On the Opposition, repro-
duces only the second part of the complete text (roughly a third of the entire document). The following listing of its contents is for the complete document.
Since I have reproduced the entire text directly from Stalin's Works, all page references have omitted here. -- DJR]
Organisational Report of the Central Committee, May 24
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
The Mass Organisations That Link the Party With the Class
The State Apparatus
The Composition of the Party. The Lenin Enrolment
The Composition of the Leading Party Bodies. Cadres and the Younger
Party Element
The Work of the Party in the Sphere of Agitation and Propaganda
The Work of the Party in the Registration, Allocation and Promotion
of Forces
Inner-Party Life
Conclusions
[Transcriber's Note: The following is that part of the text reproduced in On the Opposition -- DJR]
Reply to the Discussion, May 27
THE RESULTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.).,
Excerpts from the Report Delivered at the C.C., R.C.P.(B.)
Courses for Secretaries of Vyezd Party Committees, June 17,
1924
102
[Transcriber's Note: The "excerpts" alluded to here amount to fewer than three pages out a total of twenty-eight comprising the entire document. The following listing of contents is for the complete document, which I have reproduced in its entirety from Stalin's Works, omitting the page references. -- DJR]
Foreign Affairs
Questions of the Bond Between Town and Country
Questions of the Education and Re-education of the Working
Masses
The Party
The Tasks of Party Workers in the Uyezds
<"t6"> TROTSKYISM OR LENINISM? Speech Delivered at the Plenum of
the Communist Group in the A.U.C.C.T.U., November 19, 1924
105
I.
II.
III.
The Facts About the October Uprising
The Party and the Preparation for October
Trotskyism or Leninism?
105
112
128
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE TACTICS OF THE RUSSIAN
COMMUNISTS. Preface to the Book "On the Road to October"
[Transcriber's Note: See Problems of Leninism. -- DJR]
139
SPEECH DELIVERED AT A PLENUM OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND
THE CENTRAL CONTROL COMMISSION OF THE R.C.P.(B.),
January 17, 1925
183
<"t7"> THE RESULTS OF THE WORK OF THE FOURTEENTH CONFERENCE OF
THE R.C.P.(B.). Report Delivered at a Meeting of the Activists
of the Moscow Organization of the R.C.P.(B.), May 9, 1925
188
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
The International Situation
The Immediate Tasks of the Communist Parties in the Capitalist Countries
The Immediate Tasks of the Communist Elements in the Colonial and Dependent Countries
The Fate of Socialism in the Soviet Union
The Party's Policy in the Countryside
The Metal Industry
189
199
204
206
218
225
<"t8"> THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), December 18-31,
1925
230
[Transcriber's Note: This document, as it appears in On the Opposition, repro-
duces only the second part of the complete text (roughly a third of the entire document). The following listing of its contents is for the complete document.
Since I have reproduced the entire text directly from Stalin's Works, all page references have omitted here. -- DJR]
Political Report of the Central Committee, December 18
I.
The International Situation
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The Stabilisation of Capitalism
Imperialism, the Colonies and Semi-Colonies
Victors and Vanquished
The Contradictions between the Victor Countries
The Capitalist World and the Soviet Union
The External Position of the U.S.S.R.
The Party's Tasks
II.
The Internal Situation in the Soviet Union
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The National Economy as a Whole
Industry and Agriculture
Questions Concerning Trade
Classes, Their Activity, Their Correlation
Lenin's Three Slogans on the Peasant Question
Two Dangers and Two Deviations in Regard to the Peasant Question
The Party's Tasks
III.
The Party
[Transcriber's Note: The following is a listing for that part of the text reproduced in On the Opposition -- DJR]
Reply to the Discussion on the Political Report of the Central
Committee, December 23
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Sokolnikov and the Dawesation of Our Country
Kamenev and Our Concessions
Whose Miscalculations?
How Sokolnikov Protects the Poor Peasants
Ideological Struggle or Slander?
Concerning NEP
Concerning State Capitalism
Zinoviev and the Peasantry
Concerning the History of the Disagreements
The Opposition's Platform
Their "Desire for Peace"
The Party Will Acheive Unity
<"t9"> CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF LENINISM
[Transcriber's Note: See Problems of Leninism. -- DJR]
268
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN UNITY COMMITTEE. Speech Delivered at a
Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and the Central Control
Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.), July 15, 1926
347
<"t10"> THE OPPOSITION BLOC IN THE C.P.S.U.(B.) Theses for the Fifteenth
All-Union Conference of the C.P.S.U.(B.), adopted by the Confer-
ence and Endorsed by the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.), July 15, 1926
363
I.
II.
III.
IV.
The Passing Over of the "New Opposition" to Trotskyism on
the Basic Question of the Character and Prospects of Our
Revolution
The Practical Platform of the Opposition Bloc
The "Revolutionary" Words and Opportunist Deeds of the
Opposition Bloc
Conclusions
365
370
376
380
<"t11"> THE SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC DEVIATION IN OUR PARTY. Report
Delivered at the Fiftheenth All-Union Conference of the
C.P.S.U.(B.), November 1, 1926
382
I.
The Stages of Development of the Opposition Bloc
382
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The First Stage
The Second Stage
The Third Stage
The Fourth Stage
Lenin and the Question of Bloc in the Party
The Process of Decomposition of the Opposition Bloc
What is the Opposition Bloc Counting on?
383
384
386
387
388
390
392
II.
The Principal Error of the Opposition Bloc
394
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Preliminary Remarks
Leninism or Trotskyism?
The Resolution of the Fourteenth Conference of the R.C.P.(B.)
The Passing Over of the "New Opposition" to Trotskyism
Trotsky's Evasion
The Decisive Importance of the Question of the Prospects of Our
Constructive Work
The Political Prospects of the Opposition Bloc
395
399
412
415
420
424
427
III.
The Political and Organisational Errors of the Opposition
Bloc
431
IV.
Some Conclusions
437
<"t12"> REPLY TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT ON "THE SOCIAL-DEMO-
CRATIC DEVIATION IN OUR PARTY," November 3, 1926
442
I.
Some General Questions
442
1.
2.
3.
Marxism Is Not a Dogma, but a Guide to Action
Some Remarks of Lenin on the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
The Unevenness of Development of the Capitalist Countries
442
451
456
II.
Kamenev Clears the Way for Trotsky
460
III.
An Incredible Muddle, or Zinoviev on Revolutionary Spirit
and Internationalism
468
IV.
Trotsky Falsifies Leninism
476
1.
2.
3.
Trotsky's Conjuring Tricks, or the Question of "Permanent Revolution"
Juggling with Quotations, or Trotsky Falsifies Leninism
"Trifles" and Curiosities
476
484
490
V.
The Practical Platform of the Opposition. The Demands of
the Party
493
VI.
Conclusion
496
<"t13"> THE PROSPECTS OF THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA. Speech Delivered
in the Chinese Commission of the E.C.C.I., November 30, 1926
499
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
Character of the Revolution in China
Imperialism and Imperialist Intervention in China
The Revolutionary Army in China
Character of the Future Government in China
The Peasant Question in China
The Proletariat and the Hegemony of the Proletariat in
China
The Question of the Youth in China
Some Conclusions
500
501
504
506
509
513
514
515
<"t14"> THE SEVENTH ENLARGED PLENUM OF THE E.C.C.I., November 22 -
December 16, 1926
517
Once More on the Social-Democratic Deviation in Our Party.
Report Delivered on December 7
517
I.
Preliminary Remarks
517
1.
2.
Contradictions of Inner-Party Development
Sources of Contradictions Within the Party
517
523
II.
III.
Specific Features of the Opposition in the C.P.S.U.(B.)
The Disagreements in the C.P.S.U.(B.)
526
533
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Questions of Socialist Construction
Factors of the "Respite"
The Unity and Inseparability of the National and International Tasks of
the Revolution
Concerning the History of the Question of Building Socialism
The Special Importance of the Question of Building Socialism in the U.S.S.R.
at the Present Moment
The Perspectives of the Revolution
How the Question Really Stands
The Chances of Victory
Disagreements Over Political Practice
534
538
540
542
548
551
553
555
557
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
The Opposition at Work
Why the Enemies of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat Praise the Opposition
Defeat of the Opposition
The Practical Meaning and Importance of the Fifteenth Conference of the C.P.S.U.(B.)
560
564
568
571
Reply to the Discussion, December 13
573
I.
Preliminary Remarks
573
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
We Need Facts, Not Inventions and Tittle-Tattle
Why the Enemies of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat Praise the Opposition
There Are Errors and Errors
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat According Zinoviev
Trotsky's Oracular Sayings
Zinoviev in the Role of a Schoolboy Quoting Marx, Engels, Lenin
Revisionism According to Zinoviev
573
579
585
589
593
595
605
II.
The Question of the Victory of Socialism in Individual Capitalist Countries
609
1.
2.
The Prerequisites for Proletarian Revolutions in Individual Countries in the
Period of Imperialism
How Zinoviev "Elaborates" Lenin
609
619
III.
The Question of Building Socialism in the U.S.S.R.
624
1.
2.
3.
4.
The "Manoeuvres" of the Opposition and the "National-Reformism" of Lenin's
Party
We Are Building and Can Completely Build the Economic Basis of Socialism in
the U.S.S.R.
We Are Building Socialism in Alliance with the World Proletariat
The Question of Degeneration
624
634
645
648
IV.
V.
The Opposition and the Question of Party Unity
Conclusion
650
654
<"t15"> QUESTIONS OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION. Theses for Propagand-
ists, Approved by the C.C., C.P.S.U.(B.)
657
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Prospects of the Chinese Revolution
The First Stage of the Chinese Revolution
The Second Stage of the Chinese Revolution
Errors of the Opposition
657
659
662
664
TALK WITH STUDENTS OF THE SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY, May 13,
1927
667
<"t16"> THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA AND THE TASKS OF THE COMINTERN.
Speech Delivered at the Tenth Sitting, Eighth Plenum of the
E.C.C.I., May 24, 1927
696
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Some Minor Questions
The Agrarian-Peasant Revolution as the Basis of the Bour-
geois-Democratic Revolution
The Right Kuomintang in Nanking, Which Massacres Commun-
ists, and the Left Kuomintang in Wuhan, Which Maintains an
Alliance with the Communists
Soviets of Workers' and Peasants' Deputies in China
Two Lines
696
699
707
710
720
<"t17"> 726
I.
II.
The Threat of War
China
726
734
<"t18"> JOINT PLENUM OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND THE CENTRAL
CONTROL COMMISSION OF THE C.P.S.U.(B.), July 29-August 9,
1927
765
The International Situation and the Defense of the U.S.S.R.
Speech Delivered on August 1
765
I.
II.
III.
IV.
The Attacks of the Opposition on Sections of the Comintern
About China
The Anglo-Soviet Unity Committee
The Threat of War and the Defence of the U.S.S.R.
765
772
797
802
Speech Delivered on August 5
With Reference to the Opposition's "Declaration" of August 8,
1927. Speech Delivered on August 9
819
843
THE POLITICAL COMPLEXION OF THE RUSSIAN OPPOSITION.
Excerpts from a Speech Delivered at a Joint Meeting of the
Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Comintern and
the International Control Commission, September 27, 1927
850
<"t19"> THE TROTSKYIST OPPOSITION BEFORE AND NOW. Speech Delivered
at a Meeting of the Joint Plenum of the Central Committee and
the Central Control Commission of the C.P.S.U.(B.), October 23,
1927
864
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
Some Minor Questions
The Opposition's "Platform"
Lenin on Discussions and Oppositions in General
The Opposition and the "Third Force"
How the Opposition Is "Preparing" for the Congress
From Leninism to Trotskyism
Some of the Most Important Results of the Party's Policy
During the Past Few Years
Back to Axelrod
864
869
874
875
880
884
887
892
NOTES
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