ABSTRACT
All the activities of the Second International had to be reconsidered; its methods revised. To Leninism was assigned the task of undertaking this general inspection, this cleaning of the Augean stables of the Second International. It was in such a situation that the method of Leninism was born and bred. As regards the political slogans and the political decisions of the parties affiliated to the Second International, it will suffice to recall the history of the slogan "War against War". Substantially, the elements of Lenin's method are to be found already in Marxist doctrine, which is "in essence, critical and revolutionary". This critical and revolutionary spirit permeates Lenin's method from start to finish. But it would be a mistake to suppose that Lenin's method is nothing more than a revival of that of Marx. It is not a mere revival; it is a practical application and an extension of Marx's critical and revolutionary method, of Marx's materialist dialectics.
