The Third International After Lenin

by Leon Trotsky

The Draft Program
of the
Communist International:
A Criticism of Fundamentals

Preface

Book One : The Program of the International Revolution or a Program of Socialism in One Country?

• Part 1
  • The General Structure of the Program
  • The United States and Europe
  • The Slogan of the Soviet United States
  • The Criterion of Internationalism

• Part 2
  • The Theoretical Tradition of the Party
  • Where is the “Social Democratic Deviation"?
  • The Dependence of the U.S.S.R. on World Economy

• Part 3
  • The Contradiction Between the Productive Forces and the National Boundaries as the Cause of the Reactionary Utopian Theory of “Socialism in One Country"
  • The Question Can Be Solved Only on the Arena of World Revolution
  • The Theory of Socialism in One Country as a Series of Social Patriotic Blunders

Book Two : Strategy and Tactics in the Imperialist Epoch

• Part 1
  • The Complete Bankruptcy of the Central Chapter of the Draft Program
  • The Fundamental Peculiarities Inherent in the Strategy of the Revolutionary Epoch and the Role of the Party
  • The Third Congress and the Question of the Permanence of the Revolutionary Process According to Lenin and According to Bukharin
  • The German Events of 1923 and the Lessons of October

• Part 2
  • The Basic Strategical Mistake of the Fifth Congress
  • The “Democratic-Pacifist Era” and Fascism
  • The Right Leaven of Ultra-Left Policy

• Part 3
  • The Period of Right-Centrist Down-Sliding
  • The Maneuverist Character of Revolutionary Strategy
  • The Strategy of Civil War

• Part 4
  • The Question of the Internal Party Regime
  • The Causes of the Defeat of the Opposition and its Perspectives

Book Three : Summary and Perspectives of the Chinese Revolution: Its Lessons for the Countries of the Orient and for the Whole of the Comintern

• Part 1
  • On the Nature of the Colonial Bourgeoise
  • The Stages of the Chinese Revolution

• Part 2
  • Democratic Dictatorship or a Dictatorship of the Proletariat?
  • Adventurism as the Product of Opportunism
  • Soviets and Revolution

• Part 3
  • The Question of the Character of the Coming Chines Revolution
  • On the Reactionary Idea of “Two-Class Workers’ and Peasants’ Parties" for the Orient
  • The Advantages Secured From the Peasants’ International Must Be Probed

Conclusion

What Now?

• Part 1
  • The Aim of This Letter
  • Why Has No Congress of the Comintern Been Convoked For More Than Four Years?

• Part 2
  • The Policy of 1923-1927
  • Radicalization of the Masses and Questions of Leadership

• Part 3
  • How the Current Swing Toward the Left in the C.P.S.U. Was Prepared
  • One Step Forward, Half a Step Backward

• Part 4
  • A Maneuver or a New Course?
  • The Social Basis of the Present Crisis
  • The Party Crisis