Saturday, TUNATY 20, 1980 THE MILITANT Page Lenin Work Lives in the Opposition!
Continued from Page graded all the theoretical thought in the movement today and transformed it into a Sleight of hand game for Jugglers and scamps. For the neo Leninists of Stalin school, theory is no longer an instrument, a guide to action, a subject for considered reflection, a weapon against the enemies of the proletariat inside and outside the movement. It has been converted into convenient and constantly changed formulae, recast and readapted to justify each new blunder and crime of the leadership.
Exceptionalist or Internationalist?
The essence of Leninism is the application of the teachings of Marx and Engels to the period of imperialism and proletarian revolutions. The theories of Lenin are just as little Russian as those of Marx were German. The favorite argument of the social reformists and revisionists in past decades and even now has been that while Marxism might be applicable to Durope, or to Europe of the last century, it ficial and solemnly accepted version of Lenin, his work and his views.
It is in this abominable falsification of Lenin that the greatest danger lies to the revolutionary movement. The big probcommunisim are incompatible. The man in that fact, Stalinism can exist only at the lem now is to unearth Lenin truth from who stands out in his work is not so much expense of Leninism. It can live only by beneath the garbage of falsehood and reviLenin the Russian Bolshevik, but Lenin concealing or lying about Lenin views. sion and to reestablish it as the guide of the international revolutionist who led the Nowhere in history can a parallel be the movement, just as Lenin reestablished Left wing in the Second International, who found to the six years of misrepresentation the principles of Marxism in spite of their laid the foundation stone for the Third, who to which the official apparatus has subject emasculation by the Kautskys of the world.
poured out his vitriolic denunciation upon ed Lenin. Not even the falsification of That task has ben assumed by the Interthe heads of traitors who gave lip service Marx by the reformists before the war national Leninist Opposition. It is being to internationalism and sent their follow can equal for cynical distortion, for dis carried out under the leadership of the ers into the trenches in order to defend loyalty, for deliberate organized and out greatest living revolutionist, Trotsky, their national interests. Lenin the inter rageous lying the campaign by Stalin the closest comrade of Lenin, the exiled nationalist, who considered the Russian Bucharin Zinoviev to devitalize Lenin. The warrior who provokes venomous fear of revolution as a temporary outpost of the most incredible enormities have been comit those who floated to the top in the swamp world working class, a fortress to be de ted in an attempt to cover up the sins of of centrism and inspires a deep regard and fended at all costs until the workers of Centrism and the Right wing in the Com devotion to Bolshevism in every proletarian other countries could save it for socialism munist movement with the name of Lenin. fighter. Not only on the anniversaries of by overthrowing their own bourgeoisie. So deeply ingrained in this horrible desecra Lenin, but every day in the year, the miliThat it is necessary to emphasize and tion have the Stalinist functionaries become tants in our ranks will reconsecrate themargue these features in Lenin theoretical that they can calmly reprint an article from selves to this task, for without being equipped with the teachings of Lenin the proletariat is unarned and helpless, and cannot accomplish its destiny. In the struggle for Bolshevism carried on by the International Opposition, Lenin and Leninism live.
CARRY OUT LENIN WILL!
ample, or to Europe today. The argument Lenin Last Words to the Party, Still Suppressed by the Stalinists to prevent it. a split might arise unexpec Ford Parts Factories Drive Workers of all national and social reformists today, of those to whom the name of socialist or By the stability of the Central Committee, of which spoke before, mean tedly.
revlutionary still applies only because of past associations, is that Leninism might measures to prevent a split, so far as such will not further characterize the be suitable for backward Russia but that measures can be taken. For, of course, other members of the Central Committee the White Guard in Russkye Mysl (I think it does not apply to highly developed inas to their personal qualities, will dustrial countries. The arch type of this it was Oldenburg) was right when, only remind you that the October episode in the first place, in his play against Soviet By ROBERT CRUDEN school is the Austrian social democracy.
of Zinoviev and Kameneft were not, of DETROIT (FP. While Ford is rcapThe new and shame faced converts to this Russia he banked on the hope of a split course, accidental, but that it ought as ing the harvest of a high wage propraidea are the Right wing groups in the in our party, and when, in the second little to be used against them as the non ganda, workers are working in plants make Communist movement. For them, Lenin place, he banked for that split on serious Bolshevism of Trotsky.
disagrements in our party.
ing Ford parts. straining under the 12 hour essence lies not so much in his internationof the younger members of the Cenday and low wages.
alism as it does in his exceptionalism. Our party rests upon two classes, and Ford gets his wheels from the Kelsey.
recent article by one of the Right wing tral Committee, want to say a few words for that reason its instability is possible, about Piatakov and Bucharin. They are, Hayes Wheel Corp. This plant runs its spokesmen even speaks of Lenin the Ex and it there cannot exist an agreement in my opinion, the most able forces (among men seven days a week, two 12 hour shifts ceptionalist. between these classes its fall is inevitable.
the youngest. and in regard to them it is a day. worker, if he is lucky, may make It is of course unnecessary to share In such an event it would be useless to necessary to bear in mind the following: 65 cents an hour but he ll be more than the conception of the present Communist take any measures or in general to disBucharin is not only the most valuable lucky if he is able to walk up the street to party leadership, according to which the cuss the stability of our Central Committee.
and biggest theoretician of the Party, but get a car. The speed maintained on the stage and rate of development of the sit In such an event no measures would Ford wheel line is terrific. Kelsey workers also may legitimately be considered the uation in every country is unchanged and prove capable of preventing a split But favorite of the whole party; but his theortold Federated Press. If you thought unchangeable an enormous idiocy which trust that is too remote future, and too etical views can only with the very greatest Ford speed could ony hold eight hours only strengthens the hand of the Right wing improbable an event, to talk about.
doubt be regarded as fully Marxist, for day you ought to wrok on our line, said. In order to reject out of hand the vulgar national Communism of the latter. have in mind stability as a guarantee one wrker. We have a Ford boss and for there is something scholastic In him (he Against a split in the near future, and What essentially characterized Lenin was 12 hours we got to go like shots out of hell.
never bas learned, and think never fully intend to examine here a series of connot his emphasis upon the national pecuunderstood the dinlectic. But you can keep it up long. Three or four weeks lay you out.
llarities of the struggle in each country, siderations of a purely personal characAnd then Piatakov a man undoubtedly ter.
The Briggs Mfg. Co. makes many Ford but the fundamentally international featdistinguished in will and ability, but too bodies. This plant is notorious among ures of the Communist party. On more than think that the fundamental factor in inuch given over to the administrative auto workers for its low wages, high accia hundred occasions, Lenin underlined the the matter of stability from this point of side of things to be relied on in a serious dent rate and shameless exploitation of fact that while there were differences in the view is such members of the Central Com political question.
women workers. According to the state stage development of the various coun inittee as Stalin and Trotsky. The relation Of course, both these remarks are law, women are supposed to have stools tries, the basic tenets of Bolshevism were between them constitutes, in my opinion, made by me merely with a view of the when working. Very few women with universally applicable despite these differ a big half of the danger of that split, present time, or supposing that these two whom your corresspondent has talked have ences. We have now considerable exper which might be avoided, and the avoidance able and loyal workers may not find an oc had these. Women are not supposed to ience, of an international scope, which pret of which might be promoted in my opinion, casion to supplement their knowledge and work more than 54 hours per week but ty definitely establishes the fact that some by raising the number of members of the correct their one sidedness.
workers are not lacking who claim that fundamental features of our revolution are Central Committee to fifty or one hundred.
December 25, 1922 they had to punch two separate time cards not local, not peculiarly national, not RusComrade Stalin, having become Gen Postcript: Stalia is too rude, and this in order to evade the law. Attempts to sian only, but that they are of internationeral Secretary, has concentrated an enor fault, entirely supportable in relations have these women persecute trave failed al significance. And say international mous power in his hands; and am not amoag us Communists, becomes unsup because they fear that if they do they will significance not in the broad sense of sure that he always knows how to use portable in the office of General Secretary not be able to get a job in Detroit again, the word. but not some features, that power with suficient carition. On the Therefore, propose to the comrades to thanks to the blacklist and spy system, all fundamental and secondary features are other hand comrade Trotsky, as was find a way to remove Stalin from that in the sense of their influence upon other This corporation recently took back proved by his struggle against the Central position and appoint to it another man who some of its old workers at 42 cents an countries, of international significance.
Committee in connection with the question in all respects differs from Stalin only in. Lenin, our emphasis. hour. The workers have to work at high of the People Commissariat of Ways and superiority namely, more patient, more speed among machinery which for the most From Hillqult to Lovestone Communication, 18 distinguished not only loyal, more polite and more attentive to part is quite unprotected. steady stream The spokesmen for the opposing view by his exceptional ability personally he is comrades, less capricious, etc. This cir of Briggs workers pours into the company point used to be Hillquit, Longuet, Wall to be sure, the most able man in the cumstance may seem an insignificant trifle, hospital all the time the plant is running, head, Crisplen and Bauer. Later on, they present Central Committee, but also by but think that from the point of view of having lost their fingers, hands or whatnot.
were Lazzari, Frossard, Phillips Price and his too far reaching self confidence and a preventing a split and from the point of Visitors are barred from the Briggs Levi. Today they are Thalheimer, Sellier, disposition to bo far too much attracted by view of the relation between Stalin and plants.
Huber and Lovestone. And while these the purely adminstrative side of affairs. Trotsky which discussed above, It is not From such sources as these the Ford names are mentioned, let it be added that These two qualities of the two most trifle, or it is such a trifle as may acfortunes rise. These are the economies Lovestone is one hundred percent correct able leaders of present Central Com quite a decisive significance.
of production which make possible the when he writes in a recent number of his mittee might, quite innocently, lead to LENIN low priced Ford and high Ford profits.
paper that while he and his co thinkers split, it our party does not take measures January 4, 1923 are condemned for exceptionalism in PITTSBURG (FP. Trustification of every part of the world, it is not only pracPitt there townhonning has been foltised but is the official theory of Stalin in Pravda on the 50th birthday of Stalin which conceptions, despite the fact that they are lowed by a walkout of 1, 500 taxi drivers.
the Soviet Union in the form of socialism the very heart of his works, is only an in is an insult to the intelligence of the reader and to the memory of Lenin, dication of the extremes to which the false The first act of the taxi merger was to cut Stalin, in one country.
upon whose removal from the post of party disciples of Leninism have gone to supwages, and the next act in the labor drama In spite of either Stalin or Thalheimer, Leninism and internationalism are as saw 1, 000 drivers in Moose Hall to form a The press, distort and falsify his views. seoretary Lenin insisted as one of the inseparable as Leninism and national greatest crime of Stalinism lies precisely means of preventing a party split, whom Lenin denounced as rude and disloyal, is The merger was effected by the Parmadescribed as Lenin loyal disciple! Stalin, lee system. Within 48 hours after the MEMORIAL MEETING who considered Lenin contribution to the announcement of the reduction, all the discussion on national questions as superdrivers involved bad signed up in the union од fluous. at whose activity in Georgia Lenin with demands for recognition, a 40 flat Saturday, January 25, 1980 said he was outraged. is characterized commission and a 10 hour day. The comat the as the greatest theoretician of the Bol pany flatly refused to receive a union comMilltant Hall shevik party on the national question! Stalmittee or discuss their demands, 25 Third Ave. Near 8th St. in is even credited with organizing and The new union men, meeting in Moose WELL KNOWN SPEAKERS leading the Red Army to victory against Hall pledged their solidarity while news was bronght that drivers of an independent Admission Free the counter revolution! few years ago firm had walked out in sympathy with the such bair raising insolence would have strikers, making similar demands.
munist League of America been considered the work of a humorist Subseribe to the MILITANT or madman. Today it is part of the of 89. 00 a year union.
LENIN LIEBKNECHT