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ESSENTIAL WORKS OF THE MARXIST-LENINIST-MAOIST CLASSICS

International Publishing House
Switzerland, 2022

Reproduced by
The Red Flag

PREFACE

This 1st Edition of the Essential Works of the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Classics has been compiled, translated and edited for publication by the International Publishing House in Switzerland.

The works of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, V. I. Lenin, I. V. Stalin, Mao Zedong and Abimael «Gonzalo» Guzmán, the six classics of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, are real theoretical weapons. If the Swiss working class were to become equipped with these weapons, it would be capable of turning them against its class enemies — imperialism, revisionism and the Swiss reactionaries — of becoming a powerful revolutionary force, of overthrowing the dictatorship of the capitalist class in our homeland, and of building a socialist and communist society. Therefore, it is of the highest importance that the Swiss proletarians arm themselves with the science of revolution that is Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.

Marxism-Leninism-Maoism is not a dogma, but a guide to action. The principles of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism are universally valid, but they must be integrated with the specific reality of each country and each revolution in order to become valid in practice. This process begins with studying the works of the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist classics themselves, studying them for the sole purpose of upholding, defending and applying their world outlook, class position and method and style of work in practice, in order to change the world.

In these Essential Works, we have included the most fundamental works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Gonzalo. These works are the most essential to grasp in order to grasp the general principles of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. At the same time, these works are the stepping-stone to grasping the science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism in its entirety and using it to change the world. The proletarian revolution is at the same time a process of changing the world and a process of changing oneself as part of a class — the modern working class, which is the only revolutionary class in society, the only class with the means to transform itself and the world as we know it, and creating a communist society without classes, States or patriarchy.

It is our hope that the publication of these Essential Works will thus contribute theoretically to the transformation of the Swiss proletariat from an objectively existing class into a class conscious of its own condition, interests and goals, a class armed with the theory of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and organised under the directorship of its revolutionary vanguard — the Communist Party of Switzerland, which will be refounded in the next few years.

Switzerland, January 2022
INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING HOUSE

ESSENTIAL WORKS OF KARL MARX AND FRIEDRICH ENGELS

THESES ON FEUERBACH
Karl Marx
Spring 1845

WAGE LABOUR AND CAPITAL
Karl Marx
December 1847

THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
December 1847-February 1848

THE CLASS STRUGGLES IN FRANCE, 1848-50
Karl Marx
January-October 1850

THE 18^TH BRUMAIRE OF LOUIS BONAPARTE
Karl Marx
December 1851-March 1852

WAGES, PRICES AND PROFIT
Karl Marx
May-June 1865

THE CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE
Karl Marx
July 1870-May 1871

THE HOUSING QUESTION
Friedrich Engels
June 1872-February 1873

CRITIQUE OF THE GOTHA PROGRAMME
Karl Marx
April-May 1875

THE PART PLAYED BY LABOUR IN THE TRANSITION FROM APE TO HUMAN
Friedrich Engels
May-June 1876

KARL MARX
Friedrich Engels
June 1877

SOCIALISM: UTOPIAN AND SCIENTIFIC
Friedrich Engels
January-March 1880

SPEECH AT THE GRAVESIDE OF KARL MARX
Friedrich Engels
17.03.1883

ON THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNIST LEAGUE
Friedrich Engels
08.10.1885

THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE STATE
Friedrich Engels
March-May 1884

LUDWIG FEUERBACH AND THE END OF CLASSICAL GERMAN PHILOSOPHY
Friedrich Engels
1886

THE PEASANT QUESTION IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
Friedrich Engels
November 1894

LETTER TO P. V. ANNENKOV
Karl Marx
28.12.1846

LETTER TO JOSEPH WEYDEMEYER
Karl Marx
05.03.1852

LETTER TO LUDWIG KUGELMANN
Karl Marx
12.04.1871

LETTER TO LUDWIG KUGELMANN
Karl Marx
17.04.1871

LETTER TO AUGUST BEBEL
Friedrich Engels
20.06.1873

LETTER TO OTTO VON BOENIGK
Friedrich Engels
21.08.1890

LETTER TO JOSEPH BLOCH
Friedrich Engels
21.09.1890

LETTER TO CONRAD SCHMIDT
Friedrich Engels
27.10.1890

LETTER TO FRANZ MEHRING
Friedrich Engels
14.07.1893

LETTER TO W. BORGIUS
Friedrich Engels
25.01.1894

ESSENTIAL WORKS OF VLADIMIR IL’IČ LENIN

THE HERITAGE WE RENOUNCE
End of 1897

WHERE TO BEGIN?
May 1901

WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
Autumn 1901-February 1902

A LETTER TO A COMRADE ON OUR ORGANIZATIONAL TASKS
September 1902

ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK
February-May 1904

TWO TACTICS OF SOCIAL-DEMOCRACY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
June-July 1905

THE THREE SOURCES AND THREE COMPONENT PARTS OF MARXISM
March 1913

KARL MARX
1914

THE RIGHT OF NATIONS TO SELF-DETERMINATION
February-May 1914

DISRUPTION OF UNITY UNDER COVER OF OUTCRIES FOR UNITY
May 1914

THE MILITARY PROGRAMME OF THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION
September 1916

IMPERIALISM AND THE SPLIT IN SOCIALISM
October 1916

THE APRIL THESES
April 1917

THE TASKS OF THE PROLETARIAT IN OUR REVOLUTION
April 1917

LESSONS OF THE REVOLUTION
July-September 1917

THE STATE AND REVOLUTION
August-September 1917

THE IMPENDING CATASTROPHE AND HOW TO COMBAT IT
October 1917

THE CRISIS HAS MATURED
October 1917

CAN THE BOLSHEVIKS RETAIN STATE POWER?
01.10.1917

THE IMMEDIATE TASKS OF THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENT
March-April 1918

THE PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION AND THE RENEGADE KAUTSKY
October-November 1918

ALL OUT FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST DENIKIN!
Before 03.07.1919

ECONOMICS AND POLITICS IN THE ERA OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT
30.10.1919

«LEFT»-COMMUNISM: AN INFANTILE DISORDER
April-May 1920

DRAFT THESES ON THE NATIONAL AND COLONIAL QUESTIONS
05.06.1920

TWO TALKS WITH CLARA ZETKIN ON THE WOMEN’S QUESTION
Autumn 1920

ONCE AGAIN ON THE TRADE UNIONS, THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE MISTAKES OF TROTSKIJ AND BUKHARIN
25.01.1921

THE TAX IN KIND
March-April 1921

ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE TRADE UNIONS UNDER THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY
12.01.1922

OUR REVOLUTION
16.01.1923

ESSENTIAL WORKS OF IOSIF VISSARIONOVIČ STALIN

MARXISM AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION
January 1913

THE FOUNDATIONS OF LENINISM
April 1924

THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION AND THE TACTICS OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS
December 1924

CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF LENINISM
25.01.1926

THE PARTY’S THREE FUNDAMENTAL SLOGANS ON THE PEASANT QUESTION
15.04.1927

THE SLOGAN OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND POOR PEASANTRY IN THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION FOR OCTOBER
20.05.1927

THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
06.-07.11.1927

ON THE GRAIN FRONT
28.05.1928

LENIN AND THE QUESTION OF THE ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE PEASANT
12.06.1928

AGAINST VULGARISING THE SLOGAN OF SELF-CRITICISM
26.06.1928

THE RIGHTIST DANGER IN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (BOLSHEVIK)
19.10.1928

THE RIGHT-DEVIATION IN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (BOLSHEVIK)
April 1929

A YEAR OF GREAT CHANGE
03.11.1929

CONCERNING QUESTIONS OF AGRARIAN POLICY IN THE UNION OF SOCIALIST COUNCIL REPUBLICS
27.12.1929

CONCERNING THE POLICY OF ELIMINATING THE KULAKS AS A CLASS
21.01.1930

DIZZY WITH SUCCESS
02.03.1930

REPLY TO COLLECTIVE-FARM COLLEAGUES
03.04.1930

SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF BOLSHEVISM
1931

THE TASKS OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES
04.02.1931

NEW CONDITIONS AND NEW TASKS IN ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION
23.06.1931

THE RESULTS OF THE 1ST FIVE-YEAR PLAN
07.01.1933

WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
11.01.1933

SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE 1ST ALL-UNION CONGRESS OF COLLECTIVE-FARM SHOCK BRIGADES
19.02.1933

ADDRESS DELIVERED IN THE KREMLIN PALACE TO THE GRADUATES FROM THE RED ARMY ACADEMIES
04.05.1935

SPEECH AT THE 1ST ALL-UNION CONFERENCE OF STAHANOVITES
17.11.1935

ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE UNION OF SOCIALIST COUNCIL REPUBLICS
25.11.1936

DIALECTICAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISM
September 1938

REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO THE 18^TH CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (BOLSHEVIK)
10.03.1939

RADIO BROADCAST
03.07.1941

VICTORY SPEECH
09.05.1945

ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE 2ND WORLD WAR
09.02.1946

WHERE IS THE NATIONALISM OF TITO’S GROUP IN YUGOSLAVIA LEADING TO?
08.12.1948

CRITICISM OF ENVER HOXHA REGARDING THE QUESTION OF THE NATIONAL BOURGEOISIE
23.03.1949

MARXISM AND PROBLEMS OF LINGUISTICS
June-August 1950

ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF SOCIALISM IN THE SOVIET UNION
January-September 1952

SPEECH AT THE 19TH CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION
14.10.1952

ESSENTIAL WORKS OF MAO ZEDONG

ANALYSIS OF THE CLASSES IN CHINESE SOCIETY
March 1926

REPORT ON AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PEASANT MOVEMENT IN HUNAN
March 1927

ON CORRECTING MISTAKEN IDEAS IN THE PARTY
December 1929

OPPOSE BOOK WORSHIP
May 1930

BE CONCERNED WITH THE WELL-BEING OF THE MASSES, PAY ATTENTION TO METHODS OF WORK
27.01.1934

PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY IN CHINA’S REVOLUTIONARY WAR
December 1936

ON DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM
Summer 1937

COMBAT LIBERALISM
07.09.1937

ON PROTRACTED WAR
May 1938

PROBLEMS OF STRATEGY IN GUERRILLA WARFARE AGAINST JAPAN
May 1938

THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA IN THE NATIONAL WAR
October 1938

PROBLEMS OF WAR AND STRATEGY
06.11.1938

TO BE ATTACKED BY THE ENEMY IS NOT A BAD THING BUT A GOOD THING
26.05.1939

INTRODUCING THE COMMUNIST
04.10.1939

IN MEMORY OF NORMAN BETHUNE
21.12.1939

IT’S RIGHT TO REBEL!
21.12.1939

CURRENT PROBLEMS OF TACTICS IN THE ANTI-JAPANESE UNITED FRONT
11.03.1940

PREFACE AND POSTFACE TO RURAL SURVEYS
March-April 1941

REFORM OUR STUDY
May 1941

RECTIFY THE PARTY’S STYLE OF WORK
01.02.1942

OPPOSE STEREOTYPED PARTY WRITING
08.02.1942

TALKS AT THE YAN’AN FORUM ON LITERATURE AND ART
May 1942

SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING METHODS OF DIRECTORSHIP
01.06.1943

GET ORGANIZED!
29.11.1943

OUR STUDY AND THE CURRENT SITUATION
12.04.1944

SERVE THE PEOPLE
08.09.1944

ON COALITION GOVERNMENT
24.04.1945

THE FOOLISH OLD MAN WHO REMOVED THE MOUNTAINS
11.06.1945

THE SITUATION AND OUR POLICY AFTER THE VICTORY IN THE WAR OF RESISTANCE AGAINST JAPAN
13.08.1945

SOME POINTS IN APPRAISAL OF THE PRESENT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
April 1946

TALK WITH THE AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT ANNA LOUISE STRONG
August 1946

THE PRESENT SITUATION AND OUR TASKS
25.12.1947

ON SOME IMPORTANT PROBLEMS OF THE PARTY’S PRESENT POLICY
18.01.1948

A TALK TO THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE SHAANXI-SUIYUAN DAILY
02.04.1948

ON STRENGTHENING THE PARTY COMMITTEE SYSTEM
20.09.1948

REPORT TO THE 2ND PLENARY SESSION OF THE 7TH CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA
05.03.1949

METHODS OF WORK OF PARTY COMMITTEES
13.03.1949

ON THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP
30.06.1949

ON THE QUESTION OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION
31.07.1955

EDITOR’S NOTES FROM SOCIALIST UPSURGE IN CHINA’S COUNTRYSIDE
September-December 1955

ON THE CORRECT HANDLING OF CONTRADICTIONS AMONG THE PEOPLE
27.02.1957

SPEECH AT THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA’S NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROPAGANDA WORK
12.03.1957

INTRODUCING A COOPERATIVE
15.04.1958

WHERE DO CORRECT IDEAS COME FROM?
May 1963

CONCERNING THE GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION
08.08.1966

TALKS WITH RESPONSIBLE COMRADES AT VARIOUS PLACES DURING PROVINCIAL TOUR
August-September 1971

THE BOURGEOISIE IS RIGHT IN THE COMMUNIST PARTY
October 1975-January 1976

ESSENTIAL WORKS OF ABIMAEL «GONZALO» GUZMÁN

MARXISM AND THE WOMEN’S QUESTION
With Augusta «Norah» La Torre
April 1975

ON PARTY BUILDING
August 1976

TO BE A MARXIST IS TO ADHERE TO MARXISM-LENINISM-MAO ZEDONG THOUGHT
October 1977

ON MARXISM-LENINISM-MAOISM
Before January 1988

CONCERNING GONZALO THOUGHT
Before January 1988

INTERVIEW WITH THE DAILY
July 1988

ON FOUR FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF MARXISM-LENINISM-MAOISM
May 1990

ON THE RECTIFICATION CAMPAIGN
August 1991

REPORT TO THE 3RD PLENARY SESSION OF THE 1ST CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF PERU
March 1992

THE SPEECH FROM THE CAGE
24.09.1992