THE Saturday, December 28, 1929 MILITANT Page STALIN BROWDER International affairs and his complete point to it another man who in all respects alienation from all work in the Comintern. differs from Stalin only in superiorityAnd inside the Russian republic itself, his namely, more loyal, more polite and more role was a highly colorless one. Where he attentive to comrades, less capricious, etc.
did attempt to come forth with some origin This circumstance may seem an insignificant The «Second Lenin s» 50th Year al idea of his own, it was invariably in trifle, but think that from the point of The New Defender of Stalinism conflict with Lenin viewpoint and earned view of preventing a split and from the the laiter immediate condemnation. Every social epoch, said Marx, point of view of the relations between Since the taking over of the Party apStalin and Trotsky which discussed above, invoking the words of Helvetlus, So it was with the differences on the demande its great men; when paratus by Win the War Foster and his national question, in connection with the It is not a trifle, or it is such a trifle new bureaucrats, the job of defending Stathey do not exist, it invents Georgian Soviet republic. So far did Stalin as may acquire a decisive significance.
linism (by hook and crook) has fallen, as them. Well, Stalin is the great go from Lenin standpoint, and so brutally (January 4, 1923. everyone knows, to Earl Browder. To those man invented by the period of did he conduct himself towards the Georg Pravda has printed scores of articles who know Browder this is very amusing.
the reaction against October. lan comrades, that Lenin was obliged to on Stalin anniversary. Bubnov, Molotov, Browder chief claim to distinction, as al TROTSKY address a series of letters to. Kamenev, Voroschilov and many other satellites of ready been pointed out in the Militant, Trotsky, Mdivani, Macharadze and others the regime have had their way on the The entire Stalinist press, obedient to Tests mainly on his frequent mistakes and the wishes of its master, is now engaged urging them to take up the fight for him at second Lenin. Why did Pravda orait to his passionate love for liberal bourgeois the Party session against Stalin, Lenin dein publishing columns of praise for Joseph print what the first Lenin had to say sociology. But, apparantly at least, Brow Stalin on his fiftieth anniversary. He is about Stalin? Why has the Dally Yorker der is sitting on top of the world. He has failed to give its readers the faintest inkhailed as a second Lenin. His bolshevik realized his secret ambition. Lenin trusted Stalln beyond past 18 lavishly described. His great conling of what Lenin thought of Stalin? Betributions to the Communist Party and the any other, save perhaps Dzerjin cause to do this would destroy the whole The Party Don Quixote sky.
October Revolution are recounted in detail.
monstrous myth that has been built up True enough, the victory is a bit holHis alleged sagacity, bis theoretical pro Comrade Walter Duranty, around the man.
low. Patch it as you will, its artificial fundity, his practical ability, his fine perin the New York Times character shows through. No one, not even sonal qualities are invented The Hero of the Period of Reaction exaggeratanniversary article on StaEarl brother, Bill, who was always too ed and spread from Moscow to New York lin, 12 22 1929, Stalin achievements after Lenin ready to admit that Earl was a genius, 1a and back again. In order that the militants death are too well known to require exconvinced of ots genuineness. All the mermay see through the false glamor with tensive comment. His work was essentially ciless logic of Earl Browder and his mania which Stalin has had himselt surrounded, nounced Stalin for his veritably Russian distinguished by the base, reactionary, for luinping things together cannot hide the and know the real Stalin, we will briefly nationalism, informed. Trotsky that he disloyal campaign lasting six years and fact that Browder and the other latter day note some of the high spots few as they could not rely upon his impartiality, and still under way against Trotsky and Trotsaints were lifted into power on the wings!
were in his career in the revolutionary that he was revolted by the brutality of skyism. That he virtually split the Bolsheof circumstanco, by grace of the Stalin removement. We condense them from a bril Ordjonikidze and the tolerance of Stalin vik party in the process, worried him not gime. To tell the plain truth, if you examliant study by comrade Trotsky.
and Dzerfinsky. The hundred percent de in the least and only bore out the keenine the facts at all, Browder new glory fenders of Stalin modernized version of One of Stalin first appearances in the sighted predictions of Lenin in 1923. It is bears a striking resemblance to that of the Leninism have never published Lenin Russian Party was in 1911. At that time Stalin who is one of the authors of the other great knight errant, Don Quixote.
Lenin had formed a bloc with Plechadov letters on the national question; on the national reformist theory of socialism in However, Browder, if somewbat uncomcontrary, their circulation in Russia is a for the struggle against the liquidators and fortable, for the moment seems content counter revolutionary offense.
one country. He is the chief defender of conciliators. Stalin theoretical contributhe bloc of four classes in China, of tying with his new job.
tion to this struggle was a gesture of Lenin Bomb Against Stalin the Chinese proletariat and Communist When read the puny drivel of Browcontempt. He called it a foreign tempest Party to the triumphant chariot of the der in the Dally Worker, am reminded in a glass of water. In his letter of From statements made by Lenin priv Chinese executioners, Chiang Kai Shek and of Browder as knew him before the war.
January 24, 1911, published in a Tiflis Party ate secretary and by his wife, it has since Wang Chin wei. He is the spokesman of His evolution is strange one. He always paper in 1925, he continued: In gener become established that Lenin was prepar the policy which subjected the interests of had a distaste for plain workers. He did ing a bomb against Stalin at the Thirteenth the Russian and British working class to not like to have what he considered roughParty Congress. In his article on bureau a bloc with the traitors of the British neck elements coming into meetings where From the age of 19, Stalin was cracy, Lenin directed his attacks essenthe was present. They occasionally wore set like steel to 100 percent Bol lally against Stalin. And finally, according overalls to meetings and their trousers shevism, from which he never to the statement made by Zipoviey in July Stalin were seldom properly pressed. Moreover, represents not only deviated a hair breadth.
1926, Lenin sent a letter to Stalin in which Leninism but the desire and alms and this was the worst crime of all, they. Comrade Walter Duranty, he announced the rupture of all comradewere unfamiliar with the works of Emily of the strongest, youngest and ly relations with the latter, in the New York Times Post.
boldest section of modern Rusala.
anniversary article on StaWere this not sufficient to stamp this Comrade Walter Duranty, He tolerated them at meetings as a lin, 19 22 1929. faithful disciple of Lenin, there is the in the New York Times sort of necessary evil, He limited bimself deadly characterization made of him in anniversary article on Stato indirect scoldings for the rough necks, Lenin Testament. In clear and unmistaklin, 12 22 1929.
much to the discomfiture of Earl, did not al, the workers are beginning to look upon able language, Lenin takes the measure of hesitate to reply in kind. But after the tre foreign groups (1. e. upon the group Stalin and proposes that the Party rid itmeetings, in little tea roomg among his around Lenin) with disdain; let them get self of him! In this letter, now known as close friends, he would take little underinto a rage to their heart content; we, his Testament, he writes: General Council of Trade Unions after handed digs at them for their uncouthner however, think that he who really has the Comrade Stalin, having become generand during the General Strike. He together their unstylish clothing and their neglect interests of the movement at heart, works al secretary, has concentrated an enormous with Bucharin, is the representative of the Emily Post. He lunaped society into the rest (i. e. the struggle against liquipower in his hands; and am not sure that period of reaction in which the Soviet groups the well behaved fellows and dationism. passes on.
be always knows how to use that power Union leaned towards the Kulak, the Nep great unwashed, Semi Social Patriotism with sufficient caution. On the other hand, man and bureaucrat and away from the comrade Trotsky, as was proved by his workers and poor peasants.
It is something of a changed Browder who today, in his safe retreat behind the During the whole time of the preparastruggle against the Central Committee in The socond Lenin rose to power by columns of tbe Daily Worker, clumsily and tion of the revolutionary forces, Stalin, of connection with the question of the People trampling Leninism under foot. The second course, played the minor role to which his apishly hurls brickbats at the Communist Commissariat of Ways of Communication, nationally ruinded talents were fitted. In Lenin makes a mockery of the man whose Opposition. He does not dare to sally forth is distinguished not only by his exceptional name he has taken with shameless vanity.
the period after the Kerensky revolution on the platform with even the humblest abilities personally he is, to be sure, the The real heritage of Lenin and Leninism is which overthrew the czar, Stalin adopted Opposition supporter to defend his drivel.
most able man in the present Central Com. embodied in the places of exile and banist He is content to confine himself to the cola serol social patriotic viewpoint and wrote mittee; but also by his too far reaching articles in Pravaa. while Lenin was still ment to which Stalin has sent the fighters umns of the Daily Worker and sneak around self confidence and a disposition to be atin Switzerland for the defense of the of the Opposition. The victory of Leninism occasionally and browbeat (with all the tracted by the purely administrative side will be achieved when they are returned to fatherland, that is, for the bourgeois arguments of popery) some Opposition supof affairs.
government of Korensky. In fact, his viewthe rightful places they occupied at the porters and threaten them with all the horpoint was that the Bolsheviks should unite Stalin is too rude, and this fault, helm of the Soviet state and the Communist rors of the Spanish Inquisition. But he does with Tseretelli, the outspoken social patriot.
entirely supportable in relations among us International, and when the prophetic not dare to discloso even to his closest In the minutes of the May 1917 Bolahevik Communists, becomes insupportable in the advice g! ven by Lenin on Stalin 80 crudely friends how badly he was beaten, how the Party conference, one can read: office of general secretary. Therefore, and cynically suppressed by the interna floor was mopped with his arguments hv propose to the comrades to find a way to urder of business: Tseretelli propastional Stalinist press is carried out into comrade Shorty Buehler in Kansas City remove Stalin from that position and ap real life.
al for unity.
As a sample of his ability as an obse Stalin: We must accept. We must ver, am reminded of the time just befo: define our proposals to realize unity. the Coolidge election when he came to ka a sas City and predicted that the democra merwald Kienthal. Differences should would win by an overwhelming ori neither be anticipated nor warned against.
Even a school boy could see that it Without differences there is no Party life After having been assured for the three ists and all sorts of Trotskyist and semi the other way around. We party me (so. Once ineide the Party we will thousandth time by the Daily Worker and Trotskyist tendencies. It is here a bers generously refrained from laugh liquidate the little differences.
its associated assurers that Trotskyism question of minor errors which, however, in his presence. We concluded that, a In the uprising of the Bolsheviks themwas dead and disintegrated, we turned, in their further development can lead to all, perhaps he was doing the best he cc selves, on November 7, Stalin played no purely by accident, to the current number a break with the Party and to a going over But after he left we all had a good gu particularly prominent role. But for that he of the Inprecorr, No. 64, which contains a into Trotskyist paths.
Fifteen Well Spent Years report on the internal situation in the Rushas been attempting for years to minimize But why in the name of common, borse, It took him fifteen years of ir sian Communist Party by one of the leadif not entirely eliminate the dominant role or any other kind of sense, ing Staliniste, Kosslor (not to be conshould the reading of Loster Ward and other played by comrade Trotsky. Unfortunately fused with the Oppositionist Kossior. He Russian Party carry on a fight against geois sociologists to discover what we for all his later discoveries, he had informs us: Trotskyism? Why should it tilt at non ex kers knew instinctively almost the written in Pravda on November 6, 1918: isting windmills? Why should it throw came into the movement: that the All the practical work of organizing the In connection with our growing dit stones at a mirage? Haven we been told and progressive leaders would betray insurrection took place under the immediate ferences of opinion with the Right Bucharin that Trotskyism is dead? that It has workers in a crisis. He seemed to be la direction of Trotsky, chairman of the Pe group (they disappeared since then. Ed. disintegrated completely? that it is finally ing under the impression that they trograd Soviet. It may be said with we must also take into account the small liquidated? In our own dull way, we can be won over to the party in great dre certainty that with regard to the rapid Left group existing among the youth. even understand the necessity of a fight This is the new defender of the passing or the garrison to the side of the refer to the actions of comrades Schatzkin against the Right front. But why a fight on regime. It is one of the (slightly Soviet and the organization of the work and Sten and their followers. Great dif two fronts? Is there a Trotskyist danger? ous) tragedies of Stalinism. The unfo of the revolutionary war committee, the ficulties and changes in our life are always But we thought it was all over and done ate readers of the Dally Worker have Party owes It primarily and alove all to accompanied by great vacillationg in our with. Stalin is playing us a shabby trick to hope for in the way of enlighten comrade Trotsky.
rarks. And if we are able to observe the Either he has been Abbing all the while from the pen of Earl Browder, Conflicts with Lenin actions of the Right opposition, on the (which is practically incredible. or have to turn to the columns of other hand, it is a matter of course that else he is disturbing a political graveyard The first six years of the Russian where Browder many pastu there also are with us representatives of by playing the ghoul. And we think that his more recent ones have been volution passed by without Stain namo Trotskyist tendencies, even a Stalinist ought to have some regard exposed. We are sure that his being treard of outside a narrow circle of It is not by chance that the Party has for the dead. Rueta narty workers. And this, not bebrand of liberal bourgeois pseudo. to fight on two fronts: against the Right cause ny modesty on his part, but will be thoroughly exposed by the of his lack of Interest in and against the Left. against the Trotsky Read and Subscribe to the militant in the future.
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