V. I. Lenin

The Second Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

JULY 17 (30)–AUGUST 10 (23), 1908


 

7

SPEECH IN THE DEBATE ON THE GENERAL POLITICAL DEMANDS OF THE PARTY PROGRAMME

JULY 31 (AUGUST 13)

The word “militia” does not say anything new and makes for confusion. The words “universal arming of the people” are clear and quite Russian. I find Comrade Lieber’s amendment superfluous.{1}

Vtoroi ocherednoi syezd R.S.D.R.P. Polny tekst protokolov, Central Committee publication, Geneva, 1904 Printed from the text of the book

Notes

{1} In the discussion of § 12 of the general political demands of the draft programme (§ 9 of the Iskra draft), which said that the standing army should be substituted by the “universal arming of the people”, Lieber proposed that the word “militia” should be used instead of the “universal arming of the people”. Lieber’s proposal was rejected by the Congress. p. 87

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