The Collapse of the Second International

Main Ideas

• Criticism of the Second International for its inability to oppose imperialism and war.
• Analysis of the reasons why the socialist parties of the Second International supported their governments during World War I.
• Condemnation of opportunism and reformism within the socialist movement.
• Support for the idea of the necessity of revolutionary struggle against imperialism.
• A call for the creation of a new, Third International, based on the principles of revolutionary Marxism.