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An international congress of Communists

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This congress founded the Third, Communist

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who are trying to establish

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The First International, founded by Marx,

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The defeat of the heroic Paris workers,

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the famous Paris Commune,

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meant the end of that International.

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It was unforgettable, and entered the history

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of the struggle for the liberation of workers.

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It laid the foundation for the edifice

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of the world-wide socialist republic

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that we now have the good fortune to build.

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The Second International existed

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from 1889 to 1914, until the war.

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That time was a time of the most peaceful and calm

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development of capitalism,

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The workers' movement grew stronger and gained

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But worker leaders in the majority of parties,

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having grown used to this peaceful time,

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lost the ability for revolutionary struggle.

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When 1914 brought the beginning of the war

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the war between the capitalists over the division of profits,

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the war for supremacy over small and weak nations, 

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these socialists deserted to the side of their respective governments.

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They betrayed the workers, they helped to prolong the slaughter,

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they became enemies of socialism, they went over to the side of the capitalists.

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The masses of workers turned their backs on these traitors to socialism.

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All over the world there was a turn towards the revolutionary struggle.

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The war proved that capitalism was doomed.

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A new system is coming to take its place.

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The old word socialism had been desecrated by the traitors to socialism.

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Today, the workers who have remained loyal to
to the cause of throwing off the yoke
of capital call themselves Communists.

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All over the world the association of Communists is growing.

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In a number of countries Soviet power has already triumphed.

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Soon we shall see the victory of communism throughout the world;

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we shall see the foundation of the World Federative Republic of Soviets.