Alliance of Adversaries: the Congress of the Toilers of the Far East: The Congress of the Toilers of the Far East

Responding to Lenin's call to fight imperialism alongside nationalist and peasant movements in the colonies, in 1922, the Communist International invited East Asian revolutionary leaders to Moscow to attend the hugely influential Congress of the Toilers of the Far East. ‎Contents......Page 8 ‎Acknowledgements......Page 12 ‎Note on Texts and Sources......Page 13 ‎Illustrations......Page 14 ‎Introduction......Page 16 ‎Preface to the 1970 Hammersmith Reprint......Page 58 ‎Opening Session of the Congress of the Toilers of the Far East......Page 60 ‎Second Session......Page 80 ‎Third Session......Page 103 ‎Fourth Session......Page 114 ‎Fifth Session......Page 133 ‎Sixth Session......Page 174 ‎Seventh Session......Page 217 ‎Eighth Session......Page 235 ‎Ninth Session......Page 255 ‎Tenth Session......Page 274 ‎Eleventh Session......Page 283 ‎The Results of the Washington Conference and the Situation in the Far East......Page 290 ‎Final Session......Page 298 ‎Manifesto of the Congress......Page 314 ‎Greetings to the President of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee M.I. Kalinin......Page 319 ‎Report of the Credentials Committee......Page 320 ‎Classification of Delegates......Page 322 ‎Appendix 1. Organisations Represented at the Congress......Page 328 ‎Appendix 2. Timeline of Events......Page 334 ‎Appendix 3. Congress Delegates......Page 337 ‎Bibliography......Page 352 ‎Index......Page 362 ‎Illustration Section......Page 375 In 1920 Lenin 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 alliances with other parties 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