THE Page MILITANT Saturday, April 5, 1930 GANDHI POLICY The Split in the Leninbund cadres and the leadership of a Communist It seems that the leadership of the workers organization.
Communist International should be aware Task is to Build a Communist Party of these dangers, but the false political line that it has been pursuing for years in the AND THE PROLETARIAN MOVEMENT An important movement of the Indian Indian revolutionary movement, carries it, workers, especially in the cities where tens in spite of itself, toward the formation of an According to recent newspaper reports, under the leadership of the petty bourgeois of thousands of proletarians llve under con organization wherein workers, peasants and Gandhi, the Indian nationalist lea r, was sie against foreign imperialism. However, ditions even worse than those of Chinese petty bourgeois will be on equal footing.
preparing to use the power conferred on the revolutionary movement of the workers coolies, outstrips the nationalist chiefs in a Having lost all trace of Marxist conduct him by the Indian National Congress in the and peasants constantly outstrips the acLeftward direction. It is under this pressure and all means of control, the Communist month of January, for the purpose of car tion of the nationalists.
that Gandhi and the National Congress have International vaguely hopes for a spontanrying on an active campaign of non coonce again started the struggle against eous peasants and workers revolutionary Indian Masses Militant operation throughout the country.
England. But it is necessary, it is indis movement against British Imperialism. But This event is important in that it marks This is because the workers metallur pensible for the future that these workers such confusionism invariably leads to defeat.
a new attempt of the bourgeoisle of India gic, longshore, textile, as well as the farm should be under the influence of the Com Actually the development of Indian revto resume the struggle against British hands, the artisans and the ruined peasants, munist movement. For the activity of the olutionary activity is a fact and the future Imperialism under the pressure of contin etc. fight against the British capitalists as National Congress and of Nehru cannot of the struggle depends to a great extent ued agitation of the worker and peasant being an enemy class. In order that their lead on the masses. Actually they follow on the possibility of supporting and leading masses.
class liberation be complete, they must the masses, but are ready to turn against it by means of a genuine Communist Party. problem of prime one may say declioverthrow not only the domination of the Bri them.
Paris, March 7, 1980.
bive Importance for British Imperialism, tish bourgeoisie but also that of the Indian as well as for the Communist International, bourgeoisie. For them the national dellyis that of the Indian Revolution. For Eng.
erance can only be the first stage in mass land, its importance is infinitely greater actions which will culminate in the overthan that of the Chinese Revolution. Al throw of all capitalist oppression, and in though the Indian Revolutionary movement the establishment of a dictatorship of the After barely six months struggle for national committee last October. Urbahng Is unfolding thousands of miles away from proletariat through which will be achieved the views of the Russian and the Interthe emancipation of the workers and peahimself had to admit at the national comthe Metropolis, it affects one of the prinnational Opposition led by comrade Trotsky, sants under the leadership of the proletarmittee (February 23) that the leadership cipal vital centers of the English Empire.
the Left Opposition in the German Lenin has not been able to work out this action As for the Communist International, it is lat organized in a class party.
bund was expelled at the instigation of program.
occupied with a big battle in India, which, Naturally this perspective, which ap Urbahns at a carefully sifted session of The only thing they did not have to with improper leadership, can prove even pears to be in line with the growing fer its National Executive Committee, on ed learn was the Zinovlevist Comintern methods.
more disastrous to it than its defeats in ment of the masses, is violently combatted ruary 23.
In this they appear to outdistance the Germany in 1923 and in China In 1925 27. by all sections of the native or British After Maslow, Ruth Fischer, and Scho master.
bourgeoisie, and, at the moment, it is not at By suppressing proletarian British Polley in India lem emulated the example of capitulation thought and political discussion, by systemall favored by the Communist International.
India is England last great colony The programs of the liberals, conservatives set by Kamenev, Zinovlev, and others, the atically diverting the attention of the memCanada, Australia, South Africa, etc. have and intellectuals in India is at bottom the leadership of the Leninbund stood at the bership from the big questions, the Urbahas long since become Dominions under the crossways.
same, the only difference being in phraseIts fundamental task was to group was able to exclude the Left Opposileadership of the national bourgeoisie ology. Their opposition to the native boursweep the boards clear of the theoretical tion at the handpicked Reichsansschuss (National Committe. united with the English capitalists. India and practical heritage of Maslow and geoisie is coupled with the suppression of alone remains completely dependent on Fischer, to build up a truly revolutionary all workers movements. British capitalism The extent of the ideological confuEngland. It embraces a mass of 300 million alternates periods of political tension with German Left Opposition, and to link it up sion in the Urbahns Group may be judged inhabitants, which means a formidable properiods of apparent concessions.
inseparably with the fighting Russian Op from the conclusions of the speakers at letariat, although mainly a peasant one.
position.
the Reichsausschuss. The ComIt is these policies on the one hand, Considerable English capital is invested in and the pressure exerted by the revolutionDevelopments have shown that the Len munist Party of Germany no longer harborg India; and in addition it provides an inary masses on the other, that determine Inbund leadership did not choose the histor any revolutionary workers. The politidispensible market for British industry. Its ically necessary path. It did not make an cally unorganized are more revolutionary the course of evolution of the nationalist location, important from an economic point end of the old tradition of covert factional than the communist workers (Deductions petty bourgeoisie. Naturally, the form and of view, has an added importance from a struggle with the Russian Opposition. While of the representa of a bloc with the speed of the movement of the masses can be atrategic point of view. India is the center of influenced to a large extent by the tactics on the one hand, the Leninbund leaders Right Wing. Social Fascism now an expanse which extends southward to Allived off the spiritual capital of the Russian rules Russia, Russia has entered upon its for struggle laid down by the Conimunist Inrica and Australia, and northward to Egypt Opposition, they did not give up their op18th Brumaire.(Reporter froin conternational.
and China, English policy the Mediterranportunism, superficialities and ambiguities, ference in Halle. The theory of tho ean, Gibraltar, Malta and Suez, is deter Comintern Policy Continues Wrong Line They did not so much lead the organization Comintern regarding social fascisin is cormined by the necessity to maintain at any Unfortunately, the Communist Internaas alternately yield concessions, now to the rect. Industrial Unionism is our salvation price the freedom of communication with tional persists in a political bloc with the Ultra lefts, now to the Centrists, and then to. Out of the old trade unions. free trade India. Under these conditions, the necessity petty bourgeoisie in the same manner as the Right Wing tendencies. Without a unions. blocs in the unions and other for continuing the domination of India by that which led to the defeat of the Chinese clear cut political position on the Inter organizations, not only with the Rights but force cannot become weaker. Baldwin, proletariat. In theory it has corrected its national and German problems of the class with the remains of the IndeLloyd George or MacDonald all carry out, tactical line. But in actuality it could not struggle, the Leninbund confronted the pendent Socialists) and the Socialand are compelled to carry out the same and still cannot change its method of comSoviet Chinese conflict (Far Eastern RailDemocratic Party. Urbahns and others policy, that is, a policy of coercion and vio bat. Its first concern should be the creation way) without a platform. The helplessness were of the latter opinion.
lence against the worker and peasant and building of a genuine proletarian party, of this leadership was well characterized he Decline of the Leninbund masses and in certain circumstances, even completely independent of the various naby the fact that the discussion of this The result of this policy is a catastroagainst the petty bourgeoisie.
tionalists and popular groups. Only such question was allowed to open with an article phie defeat at the communal elections, a a Party can lead the proletariat in virtue entitled Hands of China by a KorschGandhi Policy Is Unstable disastrous drop in the membership (from of the soundness of its doctrines, and its ist and a non member of the organization.
The nationalist bourgeoisie and Gandhi, about 6, 000 at the time the expulsion from organization on the solid base of proletar The Theoretical Misconceptions of the Party to, at the most, 400 to 500 today. its leader, pursue a policy of instability ian hegemony. But, it must be admitted, at the Leninbund The Fahne des Kommunismus has been toward the government and toward the reypresent the Communist Party of India is The articles of Urbahng and the posiolutionary masses. In India, as elsewhere, stopped and the Volksville which was issued almost non existent. The Communist In tion of the national committee are well the petty bourgeoisie represents strata susfour times a week, is now a Weekly: lack of ternational carries on by means of superfilceptible to various influences, and never known: conception of ultra left, social a platform owing to Impotence, and rupture clal agitation among the nationallst masses, democratic and pacifist conceptions.
with the Russian and International Opposi.
able to pursue consistently and energeticbut it does nothing to hasten the formeThe repudiation of the proletarian chartion. Without a platform, without a press, ally either a reactionary or revolutionary tion of a genuine Communist Party in India.
acter of the Soviet State, the theory of a without a rudder or sail, the Urbahns orpolicy. The petty bourgeoisie, and even The International Communist press never sections of the big bourgeoisie in In third type state. hybrid state. resting ganization is going toll steam ahead to its makes men of this party. They never dla, are naturally nationalistic; that is, they on an equillbrium of the class forcos, has complete collapse.
have a word to say about it. They never demand national sovereignty for India, been the only Independent pearl of wis The struggle the Right Liquidator3 tell us of its struggles, Its political developwhich means the right for the Indian bourdom contributed by the ultra left Leninbund and the criminal adventuriet policies of ments, and of its activities among the geoisie alone to exploit the worker and leaders. Such a theory spells the adoption Contrism will be conducted by the Left magses.
of the Austro Marxist appraisal of the peasant masses. Among the Indian nationCommunist Opposition (Bolshevik Leninist)
This may seem astounding, but it is allsts there are variations in program and nature of the Soviet State, general con in Cermany in closest organizatory connecactually go. At the moment when a renewin the means of applying it. Some would ception of the State, and rupture with the tion and principled agreement with the Inal of the proletarian struggle is unfolding, Marxian Leninist theory.
be satisfied with a Dominion status while ternational and Russian Opposition. Only at the moment when the petty bourgeoisie others, now in the majority, want to push On the basis of its fallacious analysis, the petty bourgeois and those who are comis preparing to dupe the workers once again the struggle until complete independence is the Leninbund leadership was led to adopt pletely hopeless, can be wall this newest achleved. It is because of the pressure from by drugging them into a meaningless strugthe idea of a second party. Denying that split. Freed from the harinful and irrespongle against English imperialism, the Indian the growing unrest of the masses, taking the Soviet power is a proletarian state, sible politics of the Urbahng leadership, the Communist movement does not possess the the form of important strikes in the large despairing of the Comintern and German German Left Opposition will develop its least organization which would enable it, cities, that certain nationalist leaders, Party, losing all faith in the possibilities of program on the basis of a Marxist analysis if not to conquer immediately, at least to of the international and German position, among them Gandhi, go as far as that.
its proletarian rank and file, the Leninbund place itself at the head of the struggling leaders looked for salvation in the forma and will gather the proletarian cadres of But the truth is that these leaders masses. The position of the Indian prolethave never stopped negotiating with British tion of a second (Cual) party. The declar the party in the struggle against the CenGhandi, ariat is thus very unfavorable.
ation of the Russian Opposition (Rakovsky, trist leadership, for the reform and the conimperialism and betraying the revolutionary Nehru and the other nationalist chiefs enOkudachawa, etc. was interpreted by the quest of the Communist International and masses. This policy finds characteristic foy great prestige among the peasant Leninbund leadership as a step in the directhe Party.
expression in the attitude of Gandhi, aposmasses, and will make use of this prestige tion of capitulation. The conception of the HOMAX WELL tle of non violence and non resistance to deceive the masses, to check their revorole of the Opposition as a faction fighting with the English imperialists, but who forlutionary development, to bind them to to win the proletarian core of the Party gets that English domination is maintained conciliation with British Imperialism. Bewas regarded by the Leninbund leaders as It the number on your wrapper is only by violence, and that, Ilke all class fore the cannon of the British police they masked capitulation, domination, It can be destroyed only by viowill persuade the workers to refrain from lence.
all violence. What makes this a very serious Political Bankruptcy of Urbahns The Indian nationalists reissue under situation is the absence of any coherent In the German questions, Urbahng hay a new form, or at least are attempting to proletarian organization, of any Communist not been able to define his position up to then your subscription to the Militant has reissue the politics of the Chinese Kuo Mia Party. The present trade union movement the very present. The leadership has been Renew immediately in order to Tans, that is, an alliance of workers, pea far from suffices as a base for the offensive working on a program of action behind avoid missing any issues.
sants, artisans and the petty bourgeoiste of the masses. What they need are the closed doorg, since the meeting of the 39