To See the Dawn: Baku, 1920-First Congress of the Peoples of the East (Communist International in Lenin's Time)

How Can Peasants And Workers In The Colonial World Achieve Freedom From Imperialist Exploitation? How Can Working People Overcome Divisions Incited By Their National Ruling Classes And Act Together For Common Class Interests? The Questions--urgently Posed Today By The Devastating Social And Economic Consequences Of The Crisis In The World Market System--were Addressed In 1920 In An Unprecedented Conference Of 2,000 Delegates Representing Workers And Peasants Of More Than Two Dozen Peoples Of Asia. The Congress Was Convened By The Communist International In Baku, Azerbaijan, At A Time When Mass Revolutionary Struggles In Surrounding Central Asia And In Much Of Europe, Inspired By The Victory Of The 1917 Workers' And Peasants' Revolution In Russia, Gave Hope Of A New Dawn For The World's Toilers. ... Contains The Complete Record Of The Baku Congress, Together With An Extensive Selection Of Previously Unpublished Documents And Photographs.--page 4 Of Cover Of 6th Pbk. Printing. 1. Tasks Of The Congress Of The Peoples Of The East -- 2. World Political Situation -- 3. Discussion: Turkestan, Mountain Republic -- 4. Guest Speakers; India; Turkey -- 5. National And Colonial Questions -- 6. Soviets In The East; Agrarian Question -- 7. Council For Propaganda And Action; Women Of The East; Concluding Remarks -- Manifesto To The Peoples Of The East -- Appeal To The Workers Of Europe, America, And Japan -- Composition Of The Congress -- Appendix 1. Declaration Of Soviet Government On Rights Of Peoples Of Russia -- Appendix 2. Appeal To All Toiling Muslims Of Russia And The East / Council Of People's Commissars -- Appendix 3. Address To The Second All-russia Congress Of Communist Organizations Of The Peoples Of The East / V.i. Lenin -- Appendix 4. Theses On The National And Colonial Questions / Second Congress Of The Communist International -- Appendix 5. A New World / Baku City Executive Committee, Azerbaijan Communist Party -- Appendix 6. Workers Of Armenia Have Cemented An Alliance With Toiling Azerbaijan / Delegation From Armenia -- Appendix 7. Zionism: An Exchange Of Views At The Baku Congress -- Appendix 8. Correcting Abuses Of Soviet Power In Asia. Edited By John Riddell. Includes Index. A Pathfinder upgraded edition. How can peasants and workers in the colonial world throw off imperialist exploitation? How can they overcome national and religious divisions incited by their own ruling classes and fight for their common class interests? As the example of the October Revolution echoed around the world, these questions were addressed by 2,000 delegates to the 1920 Congress of the Peoples of the East. This book is part of a series, The Communist International in Lenin's Time. Introduction by John Riddell and Ma'mud Shirvani, 16-page photo section, maps, glossary, notes, index. Now with enlarged type.