be THE MILITANT Saturday, December 28, 1929 The Theory at the Root of Lovestoneism What Now?
The Bolshevik Opposition at least as good a basis on which to erect socialist society as agricultural Russia For Lovestone too, this is quite logical, Only these logical conclusions have a fundamentally wrong premise, the theory The organized appearance throughout existence, following upon the defeat of the friends in other countries? For Brand of socialism in one country. Grant the the Communist International of Right wing German revolution in 1923, that the Com ler, this is quite logical, If Stalin and correctness of that theory and Brandler, groups separate from their former Cen Intern began to march under a new ban Bucharin can build socialism within na Lovestone, Hais and Hueber are also cortriat allies took place after the Sixth Con ner: the theory of socialism in one coun tional borders and those of a backward, rect. But grant the correctness of the preas of the International in 1928. Since try. It was a theory proclaimed and adapt agricultural country, at that why cannot same theory and you have the essential that time there has been the distinct, or ed for a period of back sliding into nation Lovestone and Wolte build a Communist theoretical Justification for the social de ganized formation of the Brandler group al limitedness. It arose out of a disbelief Party within national borders, strength mocrats of Germany and France on August in Germany, the Jllek Hais group in Cze in the teachings of Lenin on the revolu en it, arouse the masses to revolution, 4, 1914. Social nationalism not Commucho Slovakia, the Kilboom group in Swe tionary nature of the epoch, out of an awe and then build socialism in the United nism: That is the positive outcome of the den, the Hueber group in Alsace Lorraine, some respect for the length of stabilization States alone. Surely, the magnificent in philosophy of national socialism, that carlRight wing groups in Frar. ce and Au in capitalist Europe after 1924. Losing dustrial and financial structure of the cature of revolutionary Internationalism for stria, and their replica in the United States faith in the revolutionary support of the United States, for which Lovestone has which Stalla and Bucharin alone not the Lovestone Gitlow Wolfe group. There European working class, the leaders such an overwhelming admiration. offers Marx or Lenin are entitled to full credit.
is only one principle that unites all chosen for Russia in this period, of whom these factions; national autonomy, oppo Stalin was the perfect type, reveloped the sition to international revolutionary action theory that Russia, backward and surcoordinated and directed by an internation rounded by world imperialism as it was, al leadership, non interference and the in each could establish socialism by Itseli, without other affairs.
the state aid of the European workers.
We do not interfere in the Russian That this theory flew in the face of all By the Editors of the Bulletin of the Russian Opposition Party struggle, says Brandler, and we lon that Marx, Engels, Lenin and every other want the Russians to tell us what to do, revolutionary teacher bad ever said, did Numcrous Oppositionists have rallied, In what and how does the declaration either. Quite right, my dear fellow, says not dissuade these neo national Commuas is known, to the Declaration of Rakov deceive the party? Yaroslavsky does not Jllek, if you will only keep out of my par nists in the least.
sky, Kossior and Okudjava. This Declara make a political reply to this, but a policeliamentary dickerings in Czecho Slovakia, But theories are not harmless things to be tion brings no change in the fundamental man reply. It is by tearing quotations shall not say a word about your conduct played with. Out of this pernicious theory line of the Opposition. On the contrary, out of a confiscated letter from a deported in the Saxon Landtag. Entirely correct, in of socialista in one country came the its sense is a confirmation of this line at a Oppositionist, and by grossly cheating that terposes Lovestone, if you, comrade Hais. destructive policy of Stalin Bucharinnew stage. The declaration rejects the tac he constructs his accusation. The politwill keep bands oft my opportunist and Martinov in the Chinese revolution, a poltic that the Stalinists have so perfidiously ical signifigance of our Declaration does adventurist policy in the American needle icy which made of the Communist Party and with so much inisistence attributed to not exist for him. Nevertheless its signifitrades, will overlook your reformist con a ladder for the rise to power of the Chiang the Opposition: the armed struggle for pow cance la obvious to those who deceive the duct in the Czecho Slovakian red unions, Kai Sheks. Out of this theory came the er against the The Declaration party and those who utilize this deception.
As for myself, says Hueber, if am just policy pursued in England where the Comreiterates that the Opposition remains en When Radek declares in his converpermitted to remain the Left wing of the intern Jilted the British working class and tirely on the path of internal reforms and Alsatian Catholic Autonomists without any sations and private letters that the platthe Communists in order to become the anthat, as before, it is quite ready to pursue form of the Opposition was brilliantly juscriticism from you fellows, shall swear xious and willing servant of the General its work within the framework of a single tified. then officialy disavows this platform by. nternationalism and keep discreet Council of the Trade Unions.
party. This state of mind is dictated as being allegedly false, Radek is delibertongue about my good comrade lboom Out of this theory came the course that to it by its unshakable conviction that, uncombinations with the Swedish social demately deceiving the party. Yaroslavsky is the Russian Communist Party steered toder the conditions of party democracy, the perfectly informed on matters for he lives ocrats. Let us, finally declares Kilboom, wards the Kulak and away from the prole Opposition, by normal methods, will gain form our international opposition. Three only upon confiscations of letters of the tarlan core of the country. In 1926, Stal the proletarian kernel of the party to its cheers for unfalsified Leninism! shouts Opposition But Yaroslavsky is not only in announced that nine tenths of social.
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cause. But, it will be said, you yourself ad the protector of the party but also the inism already existed in Russia! Bucharin mit that this is possible only with a real The internationalism of the Right deceived the workers with his brilliant party democracy. The complete absence of spirer of Radek, so far as the ideological wing is of that buttery kind which retains theories that the kulak was growing into hoaxing of the party is concerned.
democracy constitutes the principal characits freshness so long as it is kept on the socialism. and Stalin nodded his head in When they were part of the Ooposition, ice of mutual respect for national oppor teristic of Stalin regime. Under these conassent. The most modest objection to these Zinoviev, Kamenev, etc. recounted in detail ditions, does not the declaration become tunism. But it melts into a sickly yellow reactionary, chloroforming ideas was met how they, in company with Stalin, Yarofiction?
in the heat of international revolutionary with violent attacks by the Stalin Bucharslavsky, etc. had invented the myth of struggle. It can develop only at the exNo, the Declaation is not a fiction but in regime and finally with the exile and Trotskyism in order to struggle against pense of the Communist movement.
a new public examination of the party reimprisonment of the Opposition. It is quite Trotsky. Now these people abjure TrotskyWhat is at the root of this disintegime, as it should be that the most prominent Is this regime capable or not, in 1sm at the demand of Yaroslavsky: are grating development in the ranks of Com theoretician of socialism in one country, spite of the lessons received, of remedying, they not buying their return to the party munism?
Bucharin, finally ended up as the outspokbe it only in part, the enormous evils it has at the price of a deception?
Sparlous vs. Real Internacionalism en leader of the Right wing, with his oppocaused the party and the revolution? Is it today capable or not of showing some initi Regime of Systematic Deception We have emphasized numerous times sition to industrialization, his protection of the economically powerful peasant ative in putting an end to the dangers that that we have nothing in common with that only a blind man can fail to see? Is it When, at the Sixth Congress and afterspurious, artificial Internationalism of (the mellifluous name the Night wing ward in August, 1928, Stalin publicly afthe Zinovier Stalin Bucharin type, which gives to the counter revolutionary Kulak. capable or not after the experience of the tirmod that there existed no differences in last years, the swinging from one side to stifies all independent thought and healthy etc. etc.
the Central Committee and that rumors of the other, the severest losses, as well as the development in the various parties of the Trotsky Warning a struggle beween the Centrists and the relentless decline in authority suffered by Comintern, reduces the national leaderships This anti Marxist theory still remains Right was invented by the Trotskyists, Stathe party leadership, is the apparatus of to the rank of subsidized agents of the dom the guiding, dominant line for the Russian lin deceived the party in or ler to transtorm Stalin capable or not of taking a serious pant faction in the Russian party, and Party and the International, the vade mec. step toward Leninist methods of party life the ideological struggle against the right into organizational machinations, and to transforms the tribune of the international um of Stalin as well as Bucharin. The or and lendorship?
Congresses, plenums and sessions of the ganized splitting off of the Right wing inprevent the party from understanding that The Intentions of the Declaration presidium into dreary circuses for politi ternationally shows that the fatal results of Stalin quoted only a few scraps and morcal infants and rubber stamping idiots. We the theory have not yet come to an end. he declaration of the Opposition puts sels from the platforn of the Opposition.
have never understood by internationalism Comrade Trotsky raised a warning cry, this question once more on a new piane.
The number of these examples could be that poisonous atmosphere developed by made his predictions of these results, years Tho exremely reserved tone of this documultiplied without end, for a regime of Zinovicv and Co. to serve the needs of ago. As late as a year and a half ago, ment, the absence o indications of the perCentrist unsteadlines and bureaucratic the stuggle against Trotskyism. It in his letter to the Sixth Congress of the nicious character of the Centrist policy from violence is necessarily only a regime of systematie deception of the party.
only replaced confident, firm and compe International, he wrote with remarkable the international point of view, as weil as tent political direction with mechanical foresight: the remarks on the evolution of the Centrists But in what does the deception on the measures, wire pulling and cablegram lead It it is at all possible to realize towards the Left in various questions, all part of the Opposition lie. It says only that arship. It is precisely in this atmosphere socialism in one country, then one can be this was indicated without doubt by the inwhich is, it does not disavow its opinions that the Lovestones flourished for years lieve in that theory not only AFTER the tention to make it easier for the apparatus out loud in order to preach them in an like a stinking weed in a swamp.
conquest of power but also prior to it. It to take the first steps towards a healthier undertone. It dues not attribute to itself We have been and remain, however, socialisin can be realized within the na party regime. Furthermore, this tone should the mistakes coramitted in reality by tho convinced partisans of the genuine inter tional boundaries of backward Russia, then again demonstrate to the party that the OpCentral Committeo. Without shamming, nationalism that was the foundation stone there is the more reason to believe that position puts essence above form, and the without changing it. path, without camou.
of the Communist International. It was It can be realized in advanced Germany. interests of the revolution above personal flage it has once agaiu knocked on the door this feature that so largely distinguished Tomorrow the leaders of the Communist and group ambitions. It is ready to occupy of the party. To the question of the doorthe Communist movement from the social Party of Germany will surely bring for the most nodest place in the party. But it is man: Who there. it repiles: The Bolshedemocratic In the Second International ward this theory. The Draft Prograin em willing to occupy it only by remaining what vik Leninists (Opposition. To the ques.
of the days before the war, the representapowers them to do so. The day after to it is, not only by retaining all its points of tion: Do you renounce your opinions? it tives of the various national parties would morrow the French Party will have its view which, in the course of erents, have rereplies: No, we consider them absolutely come together and agree that internationturn. That will be the beginning of the ceived such a striking confirmation, but also correct. Then what do you want. alism was a very good thing and highly dedownfall of the Comintern along the lines by defending its right to internal struggle want, replies the Opposition, to fight with sirable, but it did not follow Messrs. Hillof social patriotism. The Communist Par in order that its points of view may become the party against the class enemies and to quit, Scheldemann, Thomas, Turati and ty of any capitalist country which will have those of the party. That is the signifigance fight in the party for our opinions with the Co. agreed that these international gathbecome imbued with the idea that its par of the declaration of August 22.
methods of persuasion of a normal party.
erings shall establish the policies of the ticular country possesses all the neces Now we have a reply to this derlara Where is the deception? Where is Individual parties or shall presume to dicsary and suficient prerequisites for the tion, an unofficial but quite authentic reply the shadow of a deception?
tate in any other way. The happy reindependent construction of a complete in the form of an article by Yaroslavsky. And what can the shabby swindles and sults that followed this noble independsocialist society will in substance in no With. It is a matter of a very great and quotations from a personal letter change ence of action and thoughts are quite well respect differ from the revolutionary so very important question, that of the future in this clear and direct dialogue?
known. The monument to it is the socialcial democrats who also began not with of the and the revolution. EveryBut the candor with which the Oppoist betrayal of the workers during the war.
Noske but who definitely stumbled on Aug. one will understand that for this reason Each party of social patriots betrayed its ust 4, 1914, on this very same question.
sition demands its readmission into the parwe would have preferred to disregard disrespective working class on a free, inde(The Draft Program of the Communist In honest article and its impudent author.
ty does not appear at all accidental to the pendent, national scale.
ternational, 74, American edition. But Yaroslavsky is now the guardian of guardian of the apparatus who sees in It The Communist International, born in an attempt to deceive it. Do not the OppoSauce for Stalin is Sauce for Brandler the party apparatus. His article is the docthe struggle against national reformism ument of a responsible person. By this fact.
sitionists know this is the private but Less than a year after its utterance, the quite obvious idea of Yaroslavsky that he And patriotism, took an opposite path from warning has been essentially realized. If It is impossible not to dwell upon it.
can let in only people who have broken legs, the outset. Its relentless antagonism to Stalin and Bucharin can build socialism in The article of Yaroslavsky represents bent spinal columu, and who declare that national prejudices was not a weakness but Russia alone, without the state aid of the the Declaration of the Opposition as an a strong point, as was demonstrated by white is black? By what right do people attempt to deceive the party. By this evalworkers in other countries, why cannot the growth of its influence, prestige, as well Brandler and Thalheimer build a Com uation, as we shall demonstrate further on who have kept their political spine intact dare to knock on the door and disturb the as its numbers in the first five years of its munist party in Germany alone, which has Yaroslavsky not only gives a crushing critnxietence.
repose of the doorman? Obviously to de fraterlal relations with other revolution icism of Stalin regime but confirms the ceive the party! Nationalist Theory ary parties, but wants no rigid interna correctness of the tactic of the Declarawes in the second five years of final centralization for itself or for its Concluded in Next Issue