Proceedings of the Second Communist International Congress
Summary of August 1920 session reporting Zinoviev on Soviets and the need for organization, Radek on trade unions and industrial councils, and debates on British Labour Party entry. Lenin argues for direct Communist control within the Labour movement, votes approve British entry and overall theses, congress adjourns with Internationale and Carmanola songs.
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Radek
United Communist Party of America
Federation of Labor
Radell
Communist International
Bombacei
Legion
Moscow Investia
Zinoviev
Fraina
Red International
Yellow International
Brussels
Amsterdam
Tradeunion
Wwe
Intie
Congress
Russian Supreme Soviet of National
Eca Omy
Rayort
Reed
Gallagher
International
Communist Movement
Yellow Union
Moscow
Sylvia Pankhurst
England
Williams
Poland
Labor Party
Lavor Party
British Socialist Party
MacLean
Independent
Independent Labor Party
Scotland
Triba
Lloyd George
Glasgow
Lenin
Revolutionary rhetoric targets dictatorship of the proletariat
A contentious critique clashes with the W. L. I. U. and the International Council of Trade and Industrial Unions. It accuses renegade leaders of opportunism, defends proletarian dictatorship, and condemns reliance on ballot-box pacifism while warning of bourgeois control and the danger of reaction.
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Palmer
Gomporiam
Io Ie
W. I. Lute
Son
United States
America
W. Llu
Lenin
WU. Pohanewen
Conrade Lenin
Stock Exchange
Pore Sa
L. Komeneff
Proletariat
W. Lkwu
Nicolat Ee
Zinogielt le
Wa. M
Brown
Kollontay
Mary Marcy
Dream OF
Jack London
International Council of Trade and Industrial Unions
Losuvaky
Kumeney
Soviet Russia
England
Mary Marey
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Communist Party
Italy
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THE
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Irland
Independent Labor Party of England
Russia
Ill International
Znanije
Rites
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Chicago
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