His authority to speak for the Bolsheviki is not to be questioned.
[4] The date is Russian style--March 12th, our style.
[5] _The State in Russia--Old and New_, by Leon Trotzky; _The Class
Struggle_, Vol. II, No. 2, pp. 213-221.
[6] This document is printed in full at the end of the volume as Appendix.
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[7] The author of the present study is responsible for the use of italics
in this document.
[8] Litvinov, _The Bolshevik Revolution: Its Rise and Meaning_, p. 30.
[9] Lenine is not quite accurate in his statement of Marx's views nor quite
fair in stating the position of the "opportunists." The argument of Marx in
_The Civil War in France_ is not that the proletariat must "break down" the
governmental machinery, but that it must _modify_ it and _adapt_ it to the
class needs. This is something quite different, of course. Moreover, it is
the basis of the policy of the "opportunists." The Mensheviki and other
moderate Socialists in Russia were trying to _modify_ and _adapt_ the
political state.
[10] The reference is to Karl Kautsky, the great German exponent of Marxian
theory.
[11] _The New International_ (American Bolshevik organ), June 30, 1917.
[12] _The New International_, July 23, 1917.
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