V. I. Lenin

THE SECOND CONGRESS
OF THE R.S.D.L.P.

JULY 17 (30) - August 10 (23), 1903



Speeches first published
in Geneva in 1904 in the
Minutes of the Second Regular
Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

Speeches are published according
to the text in the Minutes
and the manuscripts
 



From V. I. Lenin, Collected Works, 4th English Edition,
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1965

Second Revised Edition

Vol. 8, pp. 359-424.

Translated from the Russian by
Bernard Isaacs and Isidor Lasker
Editor: V. J. Jerome


Prepared © for the Internet by David J. Romagnolo, djr@cruzio.com (January 1998)

THE SECOND CONGRESS OF THE R.S.D.L.P.JULY 17 (30) - August 10 (23), 1903 [134].   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


467

1.

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DEMONSTRATIONS  .   .   .   .   .   .

469

2.
 

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE PLACE OF THE BUND IN THE
PARTY   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


470

3.
 

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE ATTITUDE OF THE STUDENT
YOUTH .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


471

4.

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON PARTY LITERATURE .   .   .   .   .   .

472

5.

DRAFTS OF MINOR RESOLUTIONS   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

473


The Economic Struggle
May Day
International Congress
Terrorism
Propaganda
Distribution of Forces

473
473
473
474
474
474

6.
 

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE PUBLICATION OF A PERIODICAL
FOR MEMBERS OF RELGIOUS SECTS .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


475

7.

DRAFT RULES OF THE R.S.D.L.P. .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

476

8.

DRAFT RESOLUTIONS NOT SUBMITTED TO THE CONGRESS .   .

479


Withdrawl of the Bund
Separate Groups
The Army
The Peasantry

479
480
480
480

9.
 

FIRST SPEECH ON THE AGENDA OF THE CONGRESS,
JULY 18 (31)   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


482

10.
 

SECOND SPEECH ON THE AGENDA OF THE CONGRESS,
JULY 18 (31)   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


483

11.
 

SPEECH ON THE ACTIONS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE,
JULY 18 (31)   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


484

12.
 

SPEECH ON THE ATTENDANCE OF THE POLISH SOCIAL-
DEMOCRATS AT THE CONGRESS, JULY 18 (31)  .   .   .   .   .


485

13.
 

SPEECH ON THE PLACE OF THE BUND IN THE R.S.D.L.P.,
JULY 26 (AUGUST 2)  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


486

14.

SPEECH ON THE PARTY PROGRAMME, JULY 22 (AUGUST 4)   .

489

15.

REPORT ON THE PARTY RULES, JULY 29 (AUGUST 11) .   .   .

492

16.
 

FIRST SPEECH IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE AGRARIAN
PROGRAMME, JULY 31 (AUGUST 13)   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


493

17.
 

SECOND SPEECH IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE AGRARIAN
PROGRAMME, AUGUST 1 (14)   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


496

18.
 

THIRD SPEECH IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE AGRARIAN
PROGRAMME, AUGUST 1 (14)   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


498

19.
 

FOURTH SPEECH IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE AGRARIAN
PROGRAMME, AUGUST 1 (14)   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


499

20.
 

FIRST SPEECH IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE PARTY RULES,
AUGUST 2 (15) .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


500

21.
 

SECOND SPEECH IN THE DISCUSSION ON THE PARTY RULES,
AUGUST 2 (15) .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


501

22.
 

SPEECH AT THE ELECTION OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF
ISKRA, AUGUST 7 (20) .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


505

23.
 

SPEECH ON THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE STUDENT YOUTH,
AUGUST 10 (23)   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .


509


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