Stalin Speech on the Five Year Plan Ghandi Makes His Peace with Imperialism Stalin speech at the conference of the published the following note under the title crees the completion of the Five Year Plan simple and as impotent as the urguments responsible directors of industry in the Sov Alarm Signals. the month of January in three years. Pure bluff and sleight of in favor of the slogan of the Five Year iet Union, gives us once again an oppor dd not bring any changes in the realization hand, for industry cannot be conducted by Plan in three years: why these yelps and tunity to speak to the French workers about of industrial plan. The figures that we speeches nor by exclamations so narrowly these enraged attacks? Because our polthe real situation in the More publish elsewhere show that If industry does and stupidly chauvinistic as: there is not Icies are correct.
than any other official speech, this last not measure up to the previsions of the a fortress which we will not be able to The Marxist analysis of the antagonspeech of Stalin distinguishes itself by plan, the first trimester of the third year capture.
isms in the capitalist world is here replaced its bragging, boastfulness and bluff. Stalin will be gravely compromised. These poor The upheard of efforts of the working has nothing new to say to the responsible indices of industrial work are, of course, by the banality of the agitator. The capiclass of the Soviet Union are creating wontalists who fight each other in a grave crisis leaders of industry his speech only in caused partially by the poor transport work, ders. In these times of general economic seek to throw on the shoulders of the workcreases by a degree the spirit of irresponsi ih: Onctioning of which has been impeded crisis. Soviet production, equipped with a ble adventurism of the centrist leadership by the hardships of winter. But that is ing class the burdens of this crisis (by powerful weapon such as the concentrated in Soviet economy: the slogan of The five legislation, through finanical and economic no excuse. The results of the industrial power of the proletariat and a safeguardyear plan measures. But that is not enough. Men4 years is replaced by the work of the 25 days of January arean ing armor like the foreign trade monopoly, aced by this economic crisis, which in its slogan of the five year plan in years. alarm signal (emphasis by Pravda. The progresses in unprecedented proportions.
Stalin reasoning is very simple, of statistic tables of the work of the most imdevelopment causes the crumbling of the But the figures which Pravda gives and the regime, the bourgeoisie is forced to throw the simplicity of the lower bureaucrat. In portant branches of industry for January altogether contradictory conclusions which 1931 in the responsibility of the crisis on its irrepublished order to realize in increase of 45 percent, the same number of Sialin draws from them in his speech, asconcilable external enemy, the Soviet Unin production in 1931 over that of 1930, Pravda, show that not a single one of the sure us once more that the magnificent ion. It is alone with the aim of discredittwo main conditions are necessary. 1) the branches attained 100 percent. of plan this achievements of the Soviet proletariat are ing the Soviet Union in the eyes of the objective conditions and (2) the subjective month. There are branches that realized chtained despite and against the Stalinist workers and to make it responsible for all conditions. When Stalin attempts to de only 39 percent of the provisions. The per leadership. Stalin speech will only cause the ills that strike them, that the bourgecipher these altogether new and profound centage of monthly realization for most of the accumulation of new difficulties instead oisie carries on its furious campaign against formulae, he does not succeed in making the branches, like coal, coke cast iron, steel, of liquidating very burdensome ones of us understand even the most elementary tractor production varies between 50 and 60 the two preceding years. The new slogan the In fact, when it raises a howl in its entire press against Soviet thing. Where are the new factors which per cent.
of Stalin endangers the realization of the make for a change in the economic policies dumping. it is not because the percent.
We have witnessed then, only a few Five Year Plan as a whole.
of the Soviet Union in the direction of an of Soviet trade threatens to destroy civilldays ago, a considerable slow down for the Stalin speech from the first word to zation. or even to prevent capitalism from accelerated rhythm of industrialization?
first month of the third year. Added to the very last, bears the imprint of a nasolving the present crisis, but in order to this enormous slow down at the end of tionalist spirit.
Among the objective conditions favordivert the attention of the masses from There is nothing impossible for the able for the realization of the Five Year the second year, this global slow down very Russians.
the responsibilities of its regime in this Plan (in the decisive industries) in three clearly endangers the realization of the Five What support can Stalin exchronie post war crisis and to direct their pect from the international proletariat and years, Stalin enumerates the following: naYear Plan in four years. Under such conmrath against the Soviet state. The Soviet tural resources (minerals, ores, coal, oil, ditions, what should have been the task of the Comintern when he says disdainfully: bogy has become a weapon of mass propa The Comintern? Cut off its victuals and wheat, cotton) a strong power: the support a serious leadership, conscious of its reganda in the hands of the bourgeoisie.
sponsibilities?
of the laboring masses; a solid party etc.
Such a leadership should it will no longer exist. As the chief of have posed the real problem before the the world proletariat confided to LominBut Stalin has discovered this new America The Temps of February says, comfor at least the second time: the first time responsible leaders of industry and before adze. menting on Stalin speech, that the strugthe entire working class, that is, the task Stalin devoted only a few words to the he used these arguments about the resources gle against dumping as a result of the of Soviet industry to overcome its lagging foreign countries; only to mock at Churchill of Russia (rubber excepted, it is true) in achievements of the plan is a vital quesbehind in order to be able to advance. In and at Poincaré who foam with rage his polemic against the Left Opposition, in tion for the laboring masses; it is an ecoagainst our party. The explanations of order to create his theory of socialism stead of this, Stalin announces in a spirit nomic and political question of prime imin Stalin about of bragging and pomposity a still greater one country. It was the campaign of the bour portance for all of the civilized world.
that time that he inerense panneled off the countries ripe and unripe the industrial rhythms and de geoisie against the are just as The demagogie preocupation with anti Soviet propaganda is far stronger in the author for the construction of socialism according of the article than the real fear of the to the their quantity of natural resources.
achievements of the Five Year Plan. What The Soviet Union was classed among those other political value can one attach to this countries which thanks to the resources it talk, when the most serious journal of possesses is equipped with everything necesBy ALBERT GLOTZER the French bourgeoisie, studying in a sary for the construction and completion of fundamental article the question of indussocialism within its own boundaries. Now, The splendid revolutionary struggle of ialism to loot and exploit India at its will. trialization in the speaks of the it is clear to everybody, that if there are the Indian masses against the rule of BriBritain fierce struggle against Indian previsions of the Five Year Plan which ac enough resources to transform the entire tish imperialism has suffered another bebackward economy of the into trayal by their leader, Gandhi. It is not independence is easily understood when it cording to it, are made for the next four a socialist economy there must certainly be is realized that without India, there is no years. The pen slaves of the bourgeoisie the first time that the little man played enough to realize at least a part of the do not even take the pains to study seriousthis ignominious rôle. In 1922, when the British Empire. This is the key to the plan of socialization such as that of the ly the formulation and the functioning of What is necessary for the revoluquestion.
struggle for independence reached proporthird year of the Five Year Plan. The rethe Five Year Plan. They must arouse the tions threatening to the Empire, Gandhi tionary proletariat of the world as well as readers. They must make anti Soviet prosponsible directors of industry, gathered at was again at the helm of the movementfor India, is to determine the role of Gandhi and the Nationalist Party. They represent the congress in order to determine the best paganda. For that purpose all lies about and then, as now, he was there to call off methods of realizing the figures prescribed the interests of the native bourgeois and the Soviet Union are good enough. The lle the fight at the moment when the ferment by the Five Year Plan for the third year, petty bourgeois classes and in the present about the famine and the lie about the in the masses reached a point too dangerheard from the best disciple Soviet chaos have given place to the lie Lenin ous to the tottering rule of Great Britian.
struggle, as in all others, they reflect the clearer indications than these and particudeep fermentation in the masses. When the about dumping and about the threat to While the bourgeois press speculates as civilization that the Five Year Plan conlarly more concrete ones. As one indication movement of the revolutionary workers and to who will profit more through the pact stitutes.
Stalin issued the slogan of The Five Year peasants becomes too threatening, they ensigned by Lord Irwin and Gandhi on March Plan in years. If for us, who read act the role of traitors.
4, 1931, the betrayal is unmistakable fact.
The methods of the bourgeoisie have these trite and primitive reflections in Gandhi policy of non violence is a not changed: the bourgeoiste always rules In clause Five of the pact, it states: Stalin speech, this slogan appears to be rejection of the revolutionary methods of over the sentiment of the masses by means Civil disobedience will be effectively unexpected and in crying contradiction to struggle. It signifies capitulation to Great of lies. But must we Communists facilitate the entire mode of reasoning of the author, discontinued and reciprocal action will be Britian, and in essence expresses a deep the work of the bourgeoisie by the same the directors of industry, the responsible taken by the Government. By effective disfear of the proletariat. It is this small but methods of falsehood and bluff?
continuance of the civil disobedience moveexecutors of all the caprices of the general highly developed Indian proletariat that Stalin at Moscow and the official party line, must have received this new slogan ment is meant the effective discontinuance can give leadership to the impoverished press abroad deceive the masses and deceive with rage in their hearts and fear in their of all activities in furtherance thereof by peasant masses the revolution, and it is themselves when they say that the Five souls. Which did not prevent them from whatever methods pursued and in particu the proletariat alone that successfully Year Plan, which has not to the present applauding the orator excitedly.
lar the following: carry through its tasks. This is precisely moment been realized within the limits of (a) Organized defiance of the provisions In order to be able to judge if industry what the native bourgeoisie, in the person four years and wh can hardly be realof any law. b) Movement for non payment is capable of accelerating the rhythms of of Gandhi, fears most. Gandhi expresses ized in five years, is going to be completed of land revenue and other legal dues. c)
production in the year to come, we must this clearly when he says: It is dangerous in three years, that is to say, in 11 months.
Publication of news sheets in support of pose one simple and logical question: the to make use of the factory proletariat. These methods of exaggeration and bluff the civil disobedience movement. d) Atrhythms that had been prescribed for the The significance of the revolution lies are alien to the revolutionary movement.
tempt to influence civil or military servants past year have they been attained? In They arouse distrust and a pathy in the or village officials against the government in its mass character, and the will to power spite of all the red tape of the official press, or to persuade them to resign their posts.
by the masses. The objective conditions are masses. Stalin speech and the campaiga despite all the ever favorable statistics enripe for the seizure of power. There reof the entire official party press around the (Emphasis mine listed in the service of the general line. mains however, the burning question of false and deceptive slogan of the Five Year Stalin was forced to admit that industrial Gandhi adds, as if to make this more leadership in this struggle. It is upon the Plan in three years only lulls the watchfulproduction which should have increased by effective, shall strain every nerve to make solution of this problem that the success ness of a great part of the international 32 percent. in 1930 only increased 25 perthe provisional peace a PERMANENT one.
of the Indian revolution depends. At preproletariat and deepens the distrust of tne cent. The plan was not realized. Ordjon(Emphasis mine In the name of broad masses of the people.
sent it constitutes the greatest weakness of okidze, the reporter of the conference, had the Nationalist Party, the Mahatma calls the revolution.
The Left Opposition does not hold a to add to this bitter admission that the off the civil disobedience movement, the dedefeatist position in regard to the Soviet reduction of the cost price was not realfiance of the salt laws. non payment of The native bourgeoisie and the pettyT nion. The defense of the is ized either and in an even more dangertaxes, illegal assemblies. and mass picketbourgeoisie have conclusively demonstrated one of the most important principles of ous measure: percent. instead of 11 per ing of factories and shops selling British that they cannot lead the revolution to a its activity. But it poses the question of victorious conclusion. They fear the revolucent (Pravda, Feb. 2, 1931. goods. In return the Nationalist Party will the defense of the and of the be allowed to participate in the round table tion, and more than that they fear the proLet us not forget that between the secconstruction of socialism in the Soviet land conference to discuss Indian independence, letariat.
Only the Communists organized in relation with the international movement ond and the third year there was inserted and will have the right to continue the priinto a revolutionary party, with a correct of the proletariat The fate of Soviet ecoa supplementary trimester: the second year, which was to end the 30 of September was mitive manufacture of salt, which will howprogram, can achieve the victory of the nomy and of the Five Year Plan depends erer, continue to remain under the monorevolution. They can achieve it only as a extended three months, to the 31 of Decemin a large measure upon the intensity of dictatorship of the proletariat and in no the Empire.
of ber, that is to say, that instead of the 32 the struggle of the world proletariat against other way.
There are the lessons of all percent. increase prescribed for 12 months The meaning of this truce is quite clear.
capitalism. That is why the workers must imperialist revolutionary struggles under It seeks to liquidate the revolutionary strugonly a 25 percent. increase was realized in know what the real situation of Soviet ecocapitalism.
15 months.
gle and force into submission the rebellious nomy is. They must render themselves an masses. It leaves the proletariat and peaWhat is needed today in India, is a But the slowing down of Soviet indusaccount of the enormous difficulties that the santry defenseless against the bitter ex strong Communist party to give leadership Soviet workers face in the course of contry did not stop with the eve of the new ploitation of the British as well as their to the Indian masses. It is necessary to structing socialism.
year, on the 31 of December: socialist proown bourgeoisie. In a word, it fulfills the put forth the strategic aim of the dictatorduction, even less than capitalist production Stalin speech and his slogan of the wishes of the British imperialists and proves ship of the proletariat immediately. With Five Year Plan in three years is full of does not take stock in the superstition of again that Gandhi is their loyal servant.
out it one of the main barriers in the road exaggerations and big talk and throws dust the calendar, that the Stalinist bureaucrats He writes, on March 2, 1931, to Lord Irwin, of the emancipation of India workers and into the eyes of the workers That is why have. feel no hatred for the British, nor peasants that is, the barrier artifically we say that it constitutes a new danger for The Pravda of February 1, 1931, the the least wish to harm their legitimate erected by Roy and the Right wing on one the Five Year Plan very day of the conference of the directors rights in this. Legitimate rights! This hand, and ite Stalinist caricature on the and several days before the speech of Stalin, can only mean the right of British imperother will remain in the way.
MILL.
DONE