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In 1920 V.I. Lenin, the famed leader of the Russian Revolution, called on the Communist International to open a second front against the imperialist powers by fighting alongside nationalist and peasant movements in the colonies. Eighteen months later, leaders of fledgling East Asian communist parties and other revolutionaries gathered in Moscow to plan the way forward. The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East profoundly influenced the strategy of Communist Parties throughout the colonial world. But inter-party alliances were fragile and risky. East Asian Communist Parties suffered serious defeats in the years following the Congress until WWII revived their fortunes. This edited and annotated edition of the Congress minutes will be of interest to scholars and general readers alike.
“This excellent book sheds light on [...] a Congress which represented the true nature of Bolshevism, soon to be perverted by Stalinism. The fight for liberation ran through the Russian Revolution and the early Soviet Union. That should never be forgotten and must remain the same for us all today.”
—Chris Bambery, Counterfire
John Sexton is an independent researcher and translator.
Acknowledgements
Illustrations
Note on Texts and Sources
Introduction
Preface to the 1970 Hammersmith Reprint
Opening Session: 21 January 1922, Moscow
Second Session: Morning of 23 January 1922, Moscow
Third Session: Evening of 23 January 1922, Moscow
Fourth Session: Morning of 24 January 1922, Moscow
Fifth Session: Evening of 24 January 1922, Moscow
Sixth Session: Morning of 25 January 1922, Moscow
Seventh Session: Evening of 25 January 1922, Moscow
Eighth Session: Morning of 26 January 1922, Moscow
Ninth Session: Morning of 27 January 1922, Moscow
Tenth Session: Evening of 27 January 1922, Moscow
Eleventh Session: Evening of 30 January, Moscow
The Results of the Washington Conference and the Situation in the Far East
Final Session: Evening of 2 February 1922, Petrograd
Manifesto of the Congress
Greetings to the President of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee M.I. Kalinin
Report of the Credentials Committee
Classification of Delegates
Appendix 1: Organisations Represented at the Congress
Appendix 2: Timeline of Events
Appendix 3: Congress Delegates Bibliography Index Illustration Section