To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International, 1921

Debates at the Communist International’s 1921 congress reveal Lenin’s grouping at a moment of crisis. A policy of confrontational initiatives by a resolute minority contends with the perspective of winning majority working-class support on the road to the revolutionary conquest of power. A frank debate among many currents concludes with a classic formulation of Communist strategy and tactics.

This newly translated treasure of one thousand pages of source material, available for the first time in English, is supplemented by an analytic introduction, detailed footnotes, a glossary with 430 biographical entries, a chronology, a comprehensive index, and thirty-two appendices, many never before published in any language, portray delegates behind-the-scenes exchanges.