The word “militia” does not say anything new and makes for confusion. The words “universal arming of the people” are clear and quite Russian. I find Comrade Lieber’s amendment superfluous.{1}
| Vtoroi ocherednoi syezd R.S.D.R.P. Polny tekst protokolov, Central Committee publication, Geneva, 1904 | Printed from the text of the book |
{1} In the discussion of § 12 of the general political demands of the draft programme (§ 9 of the Iskra draft), which said that the standing army should be substituted by the “universal arming of the people”, Lieber proposed that the word “militia” should be used instead of the “universal arming of the people”. Lieber’s proposal was rejected by the Congress. p. 87
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