The aim of Lenin when he proposed the writing of this work was to deal with three fundamental problems: that relating to the character and main content of his political agitation, his organizational tasks and, finally, the plan to create , Simultaneously and from different parts, a combative organization in Russia. But the intention to circumscribe only to them was impossible; Previously had to deal with two general questions: why a slogan as "innocent" and "natural" as that of "freedom of criticism" was a real sign of battle, and why no agreement could be reached Not even on the fundamental question of the role of social democracy in relation to spontaneous mass movement? In this way, Lenin wrote a program that would guide the thousands of Bolshevik workers in the future Russian Revolution, an authentic combat book whose theoretical contribution would shake the foundations of the Tsarist empire.