The Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, 1899‒1904: Documents of the 'Economist' Opposition to Iskra and Early Menshevism

Much has been written about the activity of Lenin and his colleagues on the editorial board of the Iskra newspaper, whereas little has been said about the opponents of Leninism, who unsuccessfully fought for control of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party during the Iskra period. To redress the balance, Richard Mullin has translated 25 documents from this period, most of which express an anti-Lenin view. They include articles from Rabochee Delo, the Jewish Bund's Poslednie Izvestiia and the post-Lenin Iskra, pamphlets by Plekhanov and Martov, the resolutions of Party meetings and some very revealing private correspondence. However, the result is not an anti-Bolshevik polemic: through these documents a clearer, and curiously flattering picture of Lenin's thought and activity is obtained.
Biographical note
Richard Mullin completed his doctorate at the University of Sussex in 2010. His dissertation focused on the relationship between Lenin, the newspaper Iskra and the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party.
Readership
All those interested in a dispassionate account of Lenin's political thinking or in the history of Russian revolutionary groups under tsarism: historians, students and scholars of political theory scholars, political activists, Socialists and Communists.