Of course you know this difference as well as I do, only you failed to draw from it the conclusions for the tactics in Western Europe, at least as far as I am able to judge from your works.

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The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its...

The revolution in Russia was terrible for the proletariat in the long years of its...

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one...

To judge from all Communist papers, magazines and brochures, and from all public assemblies, one...

Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a...

Many a trace, and many a germ of this infantile disease, to which without a...

Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class...

Because in Russia you were able to triumph with the help of a large class...

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should...

The revolution in Russia was victorious with the help of the poor peasants. This should...

And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million...

And it is practically the same in the case of the four or five million...

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large...

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large...

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here...

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here...

This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All...

This is the absolute truth: and on this truth our tactics must be based. All...

There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.

There is an enormous difference between Russia and Western Europe.

For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war,...

For the Russian masses, the proletarians, knew for certain, and already saw during the war,...

What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western...

What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western...

The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we...

The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we...

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means...

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means...

But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the...

But the question is to find and rear leaders that are really one with the...

The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often...

The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often...