Volume 44 No. 8 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) December 1, 2010 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 2.00 Extraordinary Party Congress of SUCI (C) Calls for intensifying class and mass struggles Just a year back, people of the proletariat. Extra-ordinary Party Congress was another historic occasion of its Party Delhi, the capital city of India, However, Comrade Nihar stipulated also to deliberate upon life. The Congress was scheduled to witnessed the revolutionary audacity Mukherjee already grievously ill some imminent vital aspects of be held at the Mahajati Sadan and resolve of the genuine during the Second Party Congress, international and national politics auditorium in the north-central communist party of the country, breathed his last on 18 February that might have emerged since the Calcutta, itself a historic premise Socialist Unity Centre of India 2010. Constitutional provisions and holding of the Second Party since the days of independence (Communist), which guided by the conventional practice, required Congress in 2009. struggle which had housed so many thoughts of Comrade Shibdas holding of an Extraordinary Party Calcutta, the Headquarters of massive and historic assemblies in Ghosh, the founder General Congress primarily with the task of the Party and witness of not only its the past. The delegate camp for 890 Secretary of the Party and one of the delegates including 183 observers eminent Marxist thinkers of the Comrade Provash Ghosh elected from 18 states of India, was world in the post-Lenin era, held its arranged at the Dormitory of the Second Party Congress from 11 to General Secretary unanimously Salt Lake Stadium in eastern part of 17 November 2009 under the the city. From the morning of 24 leadership of Comrade Nihar electing the General Secretary of the growth and development through November both these venues took a Mukherjee, the then beloved Party. Accordingly, the SUCI(C) the long six decades, but also the resplendent appearance with Red General Secretary of the Party, the convened the Extraordinary Party disciplined, determined and Flags fluttering high and hoardings, great revolutionary and worthy Congress, this time in Calcutta on courageous mettle of the Party, once banners and posters, largely on flex disciple and closest life-long 24- 25 November 2010. In addition more found that uncompromising, materials everywhere. Delegates comrade-in-arms of Comrade to the primary task of electing the unwavering sentinel of people’s gathered at the Salt Lake camp for Shibdas Ghosh, the great leader of General Secretary of the Party, the mass and class struggles, staging registration and necessary preparation. They were then carried in vehicles to the venue of the Congress sessions. The Mahajati Sadan, located in a business-cum residential area, suddenly looked like an island, emanating the warmth and vigour, which Calcutta, the citadel of left-wing politics since long, was very familiar with. The narrow lane to the south of the premise housed an open-air exhibition and a Party book-stall. There was a quotation exhibition with valuable quotes from the works of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, the teacher and guide of the Party. The exhibition also portrayed photographs of different occasions and events of the life of, as well as portraits of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, since the teens of this great revolutionary, when as a volunteer of uncompromising independence Comrade Provash Ghosh addressing the Congress. Sitting on the dais (from left) Comrades Debaprasad Sarkar, movement, he had been just Chhaya Mukherjee, Manik Mukherjee, Kalyan Chowdhury, Yakub Pailan, Mobinul Haider Chowdhury, stepping into the struggle for Krishna Chakraborty, Asit Bhattacharyya, Ranjit Dhar; (Second row: from left) Comrades Gopal Kundu, building himself up as a Marxist. Sankar Saha, Soumen Bose, Satyawan, CK Lukose, K Radhakrishna Contd on page 2 PAGE TWO DECEMBER 1, 2010 PROLETARIAN ERA Extraordinary Party Congress of SUCI (C) Pledges to develop anti-imperialist movement Contd. from page 1 Committee. It thus forms the main struggles and anti-imperialist Along with these, the exhibition also agenda of the present Congress. movements. To pay their had photographs of different mass Moreover, the Congress will discuss deep respect the House and class struggles, the Party and its two important Resolutions with the observed one minute silence. mass organizations, or the mass aim of further developing and Thereafter, Comrade committees formed on specific consolidating mass movements and Provash Ghosh, General issues have been carrying out over anti-imperialist movements in the Secretary, briefly addressed the years involving students and national and international spheres the delegates. He said, inter youth, workers and peasants, respectively. alia: you have heard from women, intellectuals, as well as Then Comrade Krishna Comrade Krishna different episodes of the anti- Chakraborty proposed a Presidium Chakraborty why this imperialist movements. On the front to conduct the proceedings of the Extraordinary Congress has pavement were put huge hoardings Congress, with Comrade Manik been convened. The Central with portraits of the six great Mukherjee, member Polit Bureau as Committee has decided to leaders of the proletariat, Marx, the President, and Central highlight certain issues Engels, Lenin, Stalin , Mao Zedong Committee members Comrades pertaining in particular to and Shibdas Ghosh, with a Yakub Pailan, Debaprasad Sarkar, movements and struggles quotation from each of them. Kalyan Chowdhury and Chhaya and invites guidance and Inside the walls, in front of the Mukherjee as its members. suggestions from this building were erected a Martyrs’ Comrade Manik Mukherjee first Congress, the highest body, read out two Condolence on these. You all know, that Comrade Provash Ghosh hoisting column and a flag-stand. The dais of the Red Flag beside Martyrs’ Column the auditorium held the portraits of Resolutions. The Resolution on the Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, the six great Marxist authorities set demise of Comrade Nihar from an early age consistently which alone this can be fought out. at the top of the background and six Mukherjee, beloved former General upheld the banner of proletarian At that time Comrade Shibdas Red flags waving on one side. The Secretary, recalled, among others, internationalism and world Ghosh was unknown to our country, occasion, the ‘Extraordinary Party with deep respect that “it was proletarian revolution. His unique not to speak of being known world Congress’, the venue and the date as Comrade Nihar Mukherjee who was analysis of the World Proletarian wide. Till his last he defended also the name of the party were the first to respond to the call of movement, he made just after party Marxism-Leninism and strove to inscribed below the portraits. At Comrade Shibdas Ghosh for formation in 1948 when he was build up and develop mass the left corner of the dais, there was building up SUCI(C) as the genuine barely 25 years old, demonstrates movements, be it together with other a big portrait of Comrade Shibdas communist party on the soil the greatness of his calibre. At a time forces or single-handedly. Again Ghosh, the leader, teacher and guide following correct Leninist method when under the leadership of Stalin shortly before his demise he gave a of the Party and on the right corner, and subject himself to the extremely world proletarian revolution was clarion call for building up mass the podium for the speaker. arduous socialist struggle covering surging ahead, from one victory to movements and developing class The proceedings of the Congress all aspects of life... His life was a another, when China was on the struggle conducive to the anti- started as, Comrade Gopal Kundu, living embodiment of true verge of victory, and the imperialist capitalist revolution of the country. Member, Central Committee of the realization of Comrade Shibdas camp had become very much After his demise, Comrade Nihar Party, called upon Comrade Provash Ghosh Thought and hence a fount of weakened, nobody could conceive Mukherjee, the closest comrade-in- Ghosh to hoist the Red Flag. profuse inspiration for all of us.” even of any crisis looming ahead. At arms of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, Members of the KOMSOMOL then The second Condolence that time it was Comrade Shibdas led the party to make efforts to paid Guard of Honour and thereafter Resolution, on Comrades Sukomal Ghosh who, while paying heartfelt develop close connections with Polit Bureau members, Comrades Dasgupta and Sitesh Dasgupta, tribute to Stalin and his contribution, worldwide anti-imperialist Ranjit Dhar, Provash Ghosh, Manik former members of the Central drew attention to the prevalence of movement as well as communist Mukherjee, Krishna Chakraborty, Committee, noted with deep mechanical process of thinking in forces of different countries. and Asit Bhattacharyya as also appreciation that both of them the international communist Besides, the party, under his Comrade Mobinul Haider instilled with lofty ideal and thought movement, and warned about the leadership led numerous mass and Chowdhury, the fraternal delegate could very easily free themselves serious consequences of this defect class struggles in different parts of and Member, Central Committee of from the lure of bourgeois careerism if not eradicated in time. Since then, India. Thereafter, the present Central Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB) and dedicate themselves to the cause one attack after another has come Committee pledges to carry forward garlanded the Martyrs’ Column. The of building up the party at the down on the international the tasks they have left to the party. delegates then moved inside the hall. preliminary stage. In the process communist movement, which have As you have heard, the Congress The Delegate Session was both Comrade Sitesh Dasgupta and shown how prophetic was his will move two resolutions for initiated with rendering of the song Comrade Sukomal Dasgupta became warning. After Stalin’s demise, when discussion and consideration. The on Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, the revered senior leaders of the Party, Khrushchev in pursuit of abject Central Committee hopes you will great leader of the proletariat. holding out glowing instances of the revisionism adopted the policy of take active part in it and extend your Comrade Krishna Chakraborty, struggle for identification with the de-Stalinization, Comrade Shibdas valuable suggestions. member of the Polit Bureau, briefly revolutionary cause a goal every Ghosh warned that to disown the Comrade Ranjit Dhar, member explaining the agenda of this comrade should aspire for. authority of Stalin and consequently Polit Bureau, then read out the extraordinary Congress, said: You Tribute with Red Salute was also reject his interpretation of Leninism, Resolution on Development of Anti- know that to fulfil the constitutional paid to Comrades Dipankar Roy, which is the present-day Imperialist Movements and on obligation the General Secretary has member West Bengal State understanding of Marxism- Coordination and Consolidation of to gain the confidence of the entire Committee, Ranjit Modak and Bijan Leninism, would objectively International Communist party, and for that he has to be Das both from Jharkand State uncrown Lenin himself. Analysing Movement. Comrade Satyawan, elected by the Congress, the highest Organizing Committee, who passed the root cause of this grave member of the Central Committee body, within one year after having away since the last Congress as also deviation, he provided the guidelines then expressed his whole-hearted been elected by the Central to the martyrs of class and mass for the ideological struggle with Contd. on page 8 PROLETARIAN ERA DECEMBER 1, 2010 PAGE THREE Importance of party communes and party centres in our life Comrade Provash Ghosh addresses Party centre inauguration at Kultali On 20 October last, Comrade Provash Ghosh, General Secretary of our would discharge higher society, including rich and poor are party, SUCI (C), inaugurated a Party centre at Jamtala of Kultali in the responsibilities, must not only the creations of god. Both the rich South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The inauguration meeting was renounce ownership of property, and the poor are enjoying or presided over by Comrade Yakub Pailan, member, Central Committee and they must also do away with the suffering from the inevitable District Secretary, South 24 Parganas and was also attended by Comrade private property mental complex, outcome of earlier birth. The rich Debaprasad Sarkar, member, Central Committee. After the inauguration of with weaknesses centering round have always made use of this the centre named as Comrade Sudhir Haldar Smriti Bhaban (Comrade personal relationships in the name thought of the prophets. As the latter Sudhir Haldar Memorial Building), Comrade Yakub Pailan placed his brief of love-affection-fondness. What are failed to suggest any means for the words to the party cadres, supporters and sympathizers assembled there. we struggling for? We are fighting poor to free them from suffering in Thereafter, Comrade Provash exploitation, would change the for the establishment of communist the present life of theirs, that is in Ghosh delivered his inaugural world, but for that you must change society. Communism is a society this earthly world, the prophets speech. He said: In this inaugural yourselves. You cannot change the where there will be no private dreamt of another world and advised ceremony of the party centre at world without changing yourselves. ownership. The entire society will that if the poor wins virtue in this Jamtala of Kultai, first I extend my What do these words signify? It be the owner of its wealth and world, they would be able to go to revolutionary greetings to the means that the workers, the poor property. Collectively all will the Heaven and enjoy real equality common people of this district, to its though do not own money or produce to meet the ever growing there, since there is no rich and poor party cadres, supporters and wealth, even they bear in them the needs of life and collectively all will division in the Heaven. It is true that sympathizers and to the members of germs of capitalism. Even the poor enjoy the social wealth. There the French revolution raised the the families of the so many martyrs have the greed for acquiring private would not persist, none at all, the slogan of equality-fraternity and of this district. It was in this district property, they hanker for being mental traits like personal interest, liberty in this very earthly world. that on 24 April of 1948, SUCI owner of property and wealth, they profit motive, greed, mind of But it could not establish that in (Communist) was founded as the do also have the propensity to earn depriving someone to grab reality. The path to establish this revolutionary party of the exploited profit. In this capitalist society, something for own’s own gain or equality in reality was illumined by masses, the working class of India. every person bears this greedy and deceiving others to make some Marx with modern science. That It was in this district that during the profit-seeking mentality. Even a gains and so on. No longer there was why Engels said that the fifties of the last century the historic poor tries to become rich, given a would be the mental make-up that equality the prophets imagined to movement of the agricultural chance to. Even he possesses a mind prevails now within us and prompts attain in the Heaven; we, applying labourers-sharecroppers and poor to become an owner and earn profit us to grab more at the cost of others, science, are struggling to establish peasants was organized for the first by making use of the labour power to manage some gains for oneself that heaven or equality on this time on the strength of the thoughts of another person. This is what is deceiving others, to think that ‘I earthly world. This is what is of the great leader Comrade Shibdas called a capitalist mentality, a don’t care if he starves to death known as communism. Ghosh and based upon it a strong bourgeois mentality. There is also even, I will only make sure of my In the capitalist society we live mass base of the party developed in another kind of thinking in them. share’. Our struggle aims at bringing in, everything of the country, from the rural hinterland of the district. It And that entails to think: I am poor the society to such a height, where agricultural production to industrial was in this district that in course of because of my sins, because of my there will not be any discrimination production, its trade and commerce, organizing class struggles, more wrong deeds in my previous birth in between the rich and the poor ; is controlled by a handful of than one hundred and fifty this world, so it is my destiny. Can where, we the people, will capitalists. Motive of production is comrades became martyrs, laying the poor agricultural labourers or collectively produce to meet the but to earn profit for them. And their lives at the brute attacks of the poor peasants fight against ever-increasing needs of the society. they make profit only by exploiting goons of the jotedars (the big exploitation and injustice with such More the needs, more we shall the workers, the agricultural landowners)-Congress and CPI(M), a frame of mind in them? Without produce, more we shall meet our labourers and poor peasants. This is as well as attacks of the police. At freeing themselves from such a needs and that way, collectively we the system of capitalist ownership. the conspiracy of CPI(M), 49 mentality, from the greed and will build up a human family. It is And in this system of ownership, comrades have been falsely craving for profit residing within towards that end that we strive for. only a few monopolists control sentenced to life imprisonment. This their self, even the exploited poor Today, it may seem to many to more than 90% of the property of glorious role and sacrifice of the cannot bring an end to exploitation, be a utopia, impossible to achieve. the entire country, directly or people of this district will remain cannot change the system. That was But it was Marx and Engels who indirectly. They make profit, they engraved in the history of why Marx had said that those who pointed out for the first time in reap the harvest. And that causes revolutionary movement of India. It would change the world, would human history that the millions of unemployed in the is commendable that this party change the exploitative system, discrimination between the rich and country. Tens of millions of workers centre has been named after would have to change themselves the poor had not been there in the are retrenched. Equal number, if not Comrade Sudhir Halder, the first first. This change demands a new society for ever, not will it be there more, of people are starving, martyr from this district and, by that character, a new sense of humanity. for ever in future. It is possible to succumbing to death without measure, the first martyr of the party This is the teaching of Marx. uproot this discrimination. Long treatment, are turning paupers. The itself. Following Marx, Lenin, Stalin and back in the past, thousands of years crux of the system is private On this occasion, I would like to Mao Zedong taught us many things. ago, the religious prophets, who ownership, property in the interest say a few words on why our party Comrade Shibdas Ghosh by further were no doubt great men, also felt of individual. However, the private lays such importance upon party elaborating and developing all those deeply for the poor. But at that time property mental complex, we all communes and party centres. You teachings of the great leaders, has there was no modern science, they bear in ourselves. One who owns, know that ours is the only genuine left before us his teachings on did not have the scope to judge today, merely one acre or two of Marxist party in this country. Great acquiring new sense of humanity things with scientific outlook, so land, or even less, say half an acre Marx himself called upon the and higher communist character. they sought for the solution in the or the man who owns just a small workers-agricultural labourers and And it entails that those who would spiritualist way They thought that tea stall, he too aspires to add to his poor peasants of the world saying: develop to become the leaders of this world is created and conducted property or extend his business; You would put an end to SUCI (Communist), those who by a divine force; everything of the Contd. on page 4 PAGE FOUR DECEMBER 1, 2010 PROLETARIAN ERA Communes and Centres help integrate self with collective

Contd. from page 3 teachings, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh So, I scold the junior rudely to sit human. On one side of this struggle feasible or not, he too wants to add said: If you are unable to free back and say : Still a kid, how much for becoming new humans, lie the to his property. This is nothing but yourselves from these mentalities do you know and understand? Here, party cells, local committees and the capitalist frame of mind. Small and thus change yourselves, you I do not value the truth, I do not district committees where party capital tries to rise to big capital; but will not be able to change society value the reasoning. Or else, once workers interact among themselves, fails in the long run. On the too. That is why those who were the as a junior I had been gentle and discuss on their activities, on that contrary, big capital swallows small pioneers to accept Comrade Shibdas modest; but now being a leader, my basis they work, launch movements, capital. The owner of land of one Ghosh’s teachings and join the ego is inflated, I do not care to pay and they identify and remove lapses acre or two, finds his land being party, namely Comrade Nihar respect to my seniors. Comrade and defects of each other, take swamped into the hold of big land Mukherjee, Comrade Sachin Shibdas Ghosh made it clear that lessons from among themselves. owners. Small shop-vendors cannot Banerjee, Comrade Subodh with these mentalities in you, you This struggle runs on inside the stand competition; their shops are Banerjee, Comrade Hiren Sarkar , will not be able to attain the party; at the same time, the other closed for ever. Can’t you find that Comrade Pritish Chanda and other standard that I longed for. That is organisation, the most important one Big Bazar is going to penetrate your comrades who rose to the leadership why a very difficult struggle is in which this struggle goes on, are locality too, all arrangements are in the years to follow, did not have released inside our party, which the party centres and the party being made to that end? The big private property; had they possessed people from outside can not make communes. Commune is the highest business is now running even any they submitted it for the cause out or understand. From outside the stage. The party centres make the vegetable shops. Tatas and Ambanis of the party, for the cause of the party, they think, that the cadres of step immediately below it. or their like, are purchasing entire movement only. But that is not this party are of a different mettle. Party centres do not mean local markets, thus grabbing enough. They had to move farther to Even if you shoot all of them dead, simply that some comrades live everything on their way. Small free themselves from private it will be of no avail; new cadres together, stay together , take meals owners can never compete with big property mental complex following will be born from their blood itself. and spend days together. They owners; but even then, they bear the Comrade Shibdas Ghosh’s But the real source of this strength constitute a family, in which the aspiration to be owners and grow teachings. This is a still more lies in the revolutionary thoughts of member comrades live together further. This sense of ownership is difficult struggle for us. And that is, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, which we under the same roof, sleep on the the root from where stems the sense we must free ourselves from the carry in our heart. Mere listening to same bed, use the same kitchen, of individual interest. Emerges the weaknesses centring round love and speeches or reading books will not move about or take rest in company proverbial traits : ‘me first, father affection based on personal bring this strength automatically. with each other, talk among later’, ‘why think of others, think of relationship; for instance, I am soft Reading books or hearing speeches, themselves, chat during the recess, your survival’ etc. It means, first towards my husband regardless if we may come to know which is discuss on their activities. In this look after and ensure your own he is good or bad, or the other way right or which is wrong, what are family there is no distinction interest. This mentality exists in our round, good or bad, I am weak the do’s and what are the don’t’s. Of between the comrades hailing from blood. So, I am interested in towards my wife or my children. We course, it has its values. But then Hindu families or those from property, name, fame, high post, I must free ourselves from these. We again how can it be ascertained, if I Muslim families, from those of want that people should speak well must free ourselves also from the have realized it correctly what I read different castes. We have a single of me, even if I am wrong or unfair craving for being a leader, for or heard? It is reflected in my religion, a single caste, so to say. We and so on. The essence of all these earning some name and fame, for conduct, my movements, my are all activists, the cadres of the desires and aspirations is self rising to some higher posts, must behaviour. My character expresses SUCI (Communist) party. Such is interest. This is bourgeois mentality. free ourselves from envy and itself in my behaviour. Even in our family. In living together in that When we come to join this party, we hostility. Debbabu has joined the darkness a piece of diamond shines. family everybody cares for all come with this mentality. We never party after me, I have introduced Even if it lies in coal, it does not others; does not look for himself or join SUCI (Communist) as him with the party, now he has fail to shine; glass never shines that herself separately in regard to taking communists right from the proved his worth and advanced way, nor does gold. Real human meals, nor in lodging. These things beginning. We responded to the call forward ahead of me. So I feel character is such a piece of are expressed in subtle forms. All of of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh and envious. Everybody praises him, diamond. That is why, a us take note of living, eating, decided to join the party. But the and not me, so I have a pang inside revolutionary is identified from his working or taking rest, that is every family we are born in, or the village myself, I try to find fault with him, conduct and behaviour, from his movement, of all others : this is how or the town or city we live in, the I cannot rest in peace till I belittle movements, even from his manner they are taught. It may be that schools or colleges which we him in public. Or, say, Pailan Saheb of talking. It comes out when he Comrade Debbabu always is studied in, nowhere there is any has correctly found a fault with me takes a sip in a tea-stall, when he is looking after the entire arrangement lesson taught as to how to be a and has pointed it out to help me, in a train or a bus, when he is calling for all; I may be getting into it member of SUCI (Communist). for my own benefit. But that has upon somebody; even from his sometimes, now and then but not Rather, we are taught to look after made me angry; I am silently dealings as a newly-wed always. Again Comrade Pailan my self interest first, to find out waiting for days to come to settle bridegroom right on the night of his Saheb may have a further different wherein lies our own interest. These scores with Pailan Saheb. Or, say I marriage. Everything reveals that case; he does not look after these are the ideas that flow in our blood. have made a reasoning and the person is of a different mettle. things at all or seldom he does. Not only these, the Hindu-Muslim somebody junior to me has He has a different kind of character, These differences bring out the sentiment, upper caste-lower caste expressed another, and for that conduct and behaviour. Then again, comrades in their real shape, reveal feelings, the sense of male matter, a correct reasoning. But when life becomes stormy, when it their culture. Say, for instance in the dominance over female, are also since I am senior or elder to him, I is struck by severe blows or same centre, I live as a party cadre; there in us and these are very strong cannot accept his reasoning. Our shocking defeat, he can be known, my wife too being a cadre herself feelings. We exist with all these, mothers used to scold their can be recognized from his lives there. Take for example, with a mind that is beset with envy daughters: ‘Have I given birth to expression of grief and Comrade Debbabu’s wife, a party or enmity, with trends to look down you or you have given birth to me? bereavement, from his displeasure cadre, also lives in the centres. upon others and to boast of Then how is it that I should have to and anger. It is a struggle to bring (smiles jokingly), though in fact, ourselves. learn from you?’ As a senior I about a total change in mind and neither Comrade Debbabu nor On the basis of Marx’s become a victim of such thoughts. body, to grow into a completely new Contd. on page 5 PROLETARIAN ERA DECEMBER 1, 2010 PAGE FIVE Comrade Provash Ghosh on Ramsey Clark to attend International party communes and centres Anti-Imperialist Conference in Nepal Contd. from page 4 comrade who tidies up the beds of myself has that privilege! Any way, all comrades in the morning, and take it for an example. Say, our there may be another who slips out wives are living in the same centre. early to avoid this boring task. For some reason, they had a quarrel There may be one comrade who in the kitchen, an exchange of hurries through his or her meal so strong words. The same night the that he or she does not have to wives report that separately to their clean the utensils. There is one respective husbands, to Comrade comrade who almost every morning Debbabu and me. Next morning, we feels headache to avoid going to feel awkward in presence of each market, another, though goes to other, hesitate to take tea together. market bears grudge while some This is quite common in families other comrade does the everyday nowadays. It becomes clear, that marketing with pleasure. One male Debbabu’s wife has driven comrade voluntarily looks after something into his head and my kitchen job, but other male wife too has not failed to do it. In comrades consider this job as the Comrade Manik Mukherjee, General Secretary, International Anti-Imperialist that case, can we be called exclusives of the female comrades. and Peoples’ Solidarity Coordinating Committee (IAPSCC) met Ramsey Clark, President of the organization at his residence in New York for a discussion. communists? This is sheer weakness But the female comrades too do day Sara Flounders, a Central Secretariat member of the Committee was also long party work among the public over petty family scores. My wife present there. Comrade Mukherjee apprised them of his discussion with feels slightly more concerned about like the male comrades. Even then, Comrade Prachanda , leader, Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on me, his wife about him. All these are in party centres , the male comrades holding of the International Conference of the Committee in November 2011 at also such weaknesses centring do not offer help for kitchen job or Kathmandu in Nepal. Ramsey Clark delightfully promised to attend the round family ties. Or, feeling more share the job, even they do not feel Conference and, if possible, the Press Meet before the Conference. They also concerned about one’s own concerned about it. This is a regular discussed on different organizational aspects of the Conference. children: it means, I do not consider practice in common family lives. myself as the mother or the father of But can we, the communists, do it? for wife or husband. They must be party who do not allow comrades to all children. I have not been able to In this context I would like to recall brought into this struggle in the speak out, they scold them and gag develop that feeling in me. Such a valuable teaching of Comrade centres. They must be placed where them. They also do not abide by the things make out much more clearly Shibdas Ghosh : Any work, in or leaders and cadres live together, teachings of Comrade Shibdas when people live under the same out of the commune or centre, there even a cadre would point out Ghosh. They may excel in some roof, within the confines of the same however small or minor, even the to a leader his or her defects and fields of work, but at least on this room. These are not merely a ‘mess’ work of cleaning of rooms, either lapses, once they are observed point they carry bourgeois blood. or boarding, in which we have come taken up voluntarity or at the would dare to say : This is not Centre life helps to remove these. together for convenience of board instruction of somebody else, the correct or just. You should not do This way, the centre life serves to and lodging. In communes or party communists always do all work this. This they would point out, if attain higher communist character. centres, I am a communist at every happily and ungrudgingly, with the case be so, even to Comrade Being involved in that life means step : at the lunch table, on the bed, utmost care and attention and with a Pailan Saheb or to me. Comrade releasing the struggle for not only in the sitting room, that is, in creative attitude. Even for a small Shibdas Ghosh has provided us freeing oneself from private constantly living together. I desire to work, they do never indulge in with this teaching and courage. He property, but also for freeing one develop myself as the worthy carelessness. On this attitude told the leaders to understand what self from the mental make-up, disciple of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. depends the development of one’s the cadres intend to say, allow them thinking-ideas-conduct and Of course, I cannot reach that end integration in thinking and to speak, you must give a patient behaviour that arise from bourgeois by one stroke; there will be so many character. hearing. He would add: A child private property, centring round mistakes, there will be bitter clashes All these things come out in respects his father, loves him. such traits and questions as love- and debates. If I have filth in me and the open. Some day, I may bring Leaders must reciprocate with due affection-sympathy and fondness cannot find it out, somebody else some food, hidden from others, for honour for the cadre’s views. If the etc. It gives the comrades enough would help me to clean it. If he has my son. I did not care for the child cadre is right we must accept it; if scope to involve themselves in the the same filth, I would try to help of another comrade residing in the he or she is wrong, we would be struggle to gradually free their him. A party centre is the proper same centre. Even, I ask my son to patient to explain it, if necessary, outlook, lifestyle, conduct and place where we conduct this take food hurriedly, so that nobody for twenty or thirty times to behaviour, one another’s struggle. finds it out. With all these petty convince them. We must create an relationship from personal approach Even party offices do not meanness, one can not develop into easy atmosphere for such open and to become impersonal in all provide us with so much of scope. a communist. In a centre life, these minded dialogues. There are some respects. There must be competent We do not live together in party can not be kept under the carpet, leaders to whom cadres can not give leaders in the centre to guide this offices; there, we discuss on our they will come out today or to out their heart. They hold their struggle. He or she must be a programmes and activities. That morrow. And as soon as these come thoughts back. They walk about in vanguard in the struggle for also involves some kind of out, I will point it out to the front of leaders’ room, but hesitate, achieving impersonal attitude. Our association; we also have long concerned comrade that this is not fumble, and then decide to step party centres are founded so that we discussions in party cells, or local what Comrade Shibdas Ghosh back for the day. These are not the can conduct these struggles or district committees or in taught us. Sometimes you may find teachings of Comrade Shibdas properly and correctly. I would meetings in general or in general that a comrade who does not Ghosh. We learnt to argue with hope that you would carry on the body meetings. But the centre life hesitate to face bullets of enemies Comrade Shibdas Ghosh when we struggle to develop this centre involves much more difficult may also fall victim to these were quite young, even in our early befittingly on the edifice of the struggle embracing many other defects. He succumbs to these from teens. He himself taught us to do teachings of Comrade Shibdas aspects of life. There may be a his weakness for his offsprings, or that. Also, there are leaders in our Ghosh. PAGE SIX DECEMBER 1, 2010 PROLETARIAN ERA In Haryana too, Party is engaged in movement against land-grabbing Comrade Satyawan at meeting of West Bengal Party Comrades In the last two issues of Proletarian Era (November 1 & 15, 2010), Amar Kaur, the sister of Shaheed the party 30 years ago, but later left, we published the speeches of Comrade C K Lukose, Member, Central Bhagat Singh, after coming in are coming back. I have realized Committee SUCI(C) and Kerala State Secretary and Comrade K. contact with us, participated in this that if we remain steadfast in our Radhakrishna, Member, Central Committee SUCI (C) and Karnataka conference. Later on, she adherence to the revolutionary State Secretary, delivered in the meeting of West Bengal Party comrades participated in many of our ideology, and if we can build up and leaders, held at Mahajati Sadan in Calcutta on 29 August 2010, in programmes, and also joined the ourselves the way the leadership presence of the General Secretary, Comrade Provash Ghosh, and all CPDRS (Committee for Protection wants us to, then nobody can resist the other members of the Polit Bureau, in which they narrated the of Democratic Rights and the attraction of this party. history of the development of the party in their states and the major Secularism) movement against the I have also learnt a lot from the mass movements launched by the party there. Here we publish the ruthless communal attack on the conduct of the leaders. For example, speech of Comrade Satyawan, Member, Central Committee SUCI(C) Sikhs in Delhi and surrounding during the Assembly elections in and Haryana State Secretary, delivered in the same meeting. areas, defying her ailments and old 1982, I accompanied Comrade age. Moreover, she even expressed Pritish Chanda (late veteran Central When I came in contact with the underground at that time, also joined that after her death our comrades in Committee member) on a party my student life was already it. At the call of Dahiya Khap, 3 Haryana were to light her funeral propaganda campaign. Incidentally, over. I was then engaged in lakh people stayed assembled in pyre. What deep emotional it started raining and thundering. teaching at a school. It was through protest continuosly for three days. attachment indeed and trust in the Night came. There was an old three the speech published in Trend under They raised the demand that we party can bring one to express such wheeler, and that broke down the title “Cultural Movement in should take the dead bodies to Delhi a desire! midway. Walking in the dark we lost India and Our Tasks”, that I got to Indira Gandhi’s Prime Minister’s Our departed leader and teacher the way. There were hidden thorns acquainted with the thoughts of there in the path through agricultural Comrade Shibdas Ghosh. Until then fields, worse than sharp nails. And it I used to engage in social activities was among these that we were based on my perception of what is walking. It was troubling us a lot. good or bad for the man. I believed But Pritishda did not utter a single that basically it was people’s good sound in discomfort, rather he spoke or bad thinking that was the words of encouragement to me. determining factor behind social Again, there is an example. Late activities. This booklet was an eye- Comrade Dipankar Ray, West opener to me. To my great relief it Bengal State Committee member, removed the haziness in my used to visit Haryana in connection thinking. I realized for the first time with AIDSO and Save Education that our society is divided into programmes. Let me cite but one exploiting and exploited classes, and example. In our state the party office Comrade Satyawan addressing at Mahajati Sadan, Calcutta that in this society no thought, no generally remains open for 24 contemplation of doing good is free house. Why did these innocent Comrade Shibdas Ghosh has hours. One day it was closed at from class-concept. All thinking is people have to die? But such a huge bequeathed to us ‘Communist Code night. Exactly on that night class-thinking. Just like a compass mass movement ended in utter of Conduct’. I want to highlight two Comrade Dipankar came and found helps one to find the right direction, failure because the struggle kind of examples in this connection. the office closed. Comrade Dipankar so did this speech indicate the path committee of Dahiya Khap yielded I have seen some comrades in was unwell. But when we came to to me. From this booklet I also to a compromise trusting upon the Haryana, including leading open the office in the morning he learnt what is meant by progress and then Congress leader belonging to comrades, who merely talked about did not even mention it. It was from reaction. However little I that Khap. Despite his arduous Communist Code of Conduct, but the tailor of the shop below that we understood at that time, it meant a efforts, Comrade Balwant Singh did not practise it in their life. But heard of his arrival at night and the lot for me. failed to save the movement. This in the end they could not keep up hardship he suffered. What I felt on At that time, and today still, instance provides a glaring example their revolutionary character and got hearing this, today I like to share Haryana society is under the sway of how trusting upon a leader degraded. On the other hand, I some of it with you. Because, if like of casteism and backward mindset. without examining the character witnessed the example set by the leaders we too go on performing During my work I realized that simply because he belongs to their Comrade Balwant Singh. He would our duties unflinchingly with firm casteism is an enemy of the khap, goes against the people to openly discuss whatever was in his determination, without getting exploited people and a friend of the benefit the ruling class. mind before the leaders; and in case irritated, or without grumbling, capitalist class. How deeply it is Guided by the teachings of he had a conflicting opinion, he without hankering after things, then entrenched in Haryana I felt from Comrade Shibdas Ghosh we would tell it straight to their face. this kind of conduct will awaken the very day I started my work. observed the 50th martyr But, for that matter, this did never in slumbering forces in us and During Emergency in 1975, anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat the least affect his deep esteem and heighten our consciousness. excesses were committed upon the Singh in 1981. By organizing respect for the leadership, nor could Concerning movements, there people, particularly in villages of rallies, innumerable meetings along he ever think even of weakening the are many experiences to relate. For Haryana centring round the with various other programmes, leadership. And he would deeply example, our party was involved in government’s family planning covering Delhi, Haryana, Punjab appreciate whatever good qualities the movement against privatization policy. In that connection, police and Rajasthan we were able to he perceived in his juniors. I learnt of the Maruti Udyog Limited, a shot dead an elderly man and also a create an emotional response among a lot from him. In Haryana, it public sector company, in Haryana. woman who tried to come to his the people towards this great martyr. happened that those who inspired Although this movement was led in rescue. Against this a huge protest At that time, in this process of me to join the party, later on became name by the CPI’s AITUC, in panchayat was held. One of our involving the youth in these inactive, not responding even to reality, it was our party comrades veteran leaders, late Comrade programmes, the first Conference of fervent appeals. Again today I find whose sustained and arduous efforts Balwant Singh, who was AIDYO was held in our state. Bibi that many comrades who were in Contd. on page 7 PROLETARIAN ERA DECEMBER 1, 2010 PAGE SEVEN With full confidence Haryana women join movement under SUCI(C) leadership Contd. from page 6 rescue the government is snatching our behalf. But the Bharatiya Kisan struggle committee has been formed steered the movement to its away their lands, just like in other Union did not support the slogan to fight against requisition of 250 culmination. For this, after the states. The movement that started in that land should not be surrendered. acres of land for setting up a cyber agreement was reached, our party Singur-Nandigram has provided Our attempt to forming a struggle city. We have only one comrade comrades working in the company inspiration and courage to the whole committee failed. Thereafter, in there. In the village one thousand were sacked. This very Maruti country. In Haryana also the Jhajjar district we were confronted youth issued an ultimatum – either Udyog is still there, and AITUC peasants-agricultural labourers’ with even more hurdles and rescind the notice, or we will cut off leader Gurudas Dasgupta continues organization has already developed opposition from the villagers the water supply to Gurgaon. The to be in the picture there. But even quite a few movements. One such themselves. Debt-ridden as they police officers had to go there, and as, through their close ties with the was against the thermal power were, they were willing to surrender finally, the Chief Minister had to Congress, they played a role in project of the Tatas at Matanhail, the their lands having been promised submit to the demand and withdraw running the Centre, oppression on village from where our State much higher compensation the notice. In this way the the workers of the company grew Committee member Comrade Anoop compared to the pittance offered by movement against land requisition even worse. Today everybody still Singh hails. A notice was issued the former Chautala government. has spread all over Haryana. remembers the fighting zeal of our requisitioning the lands for this They reacted with hostility to our The same CPI(M) that has comrades in that movement. project. The farmers formed a attempts to educate and mobilize resorted to atrocities in Singur- Concerning the student struggle committee there. Although peasants in a struggle committee, Nandigram, has kept a studied movement in Haryana, SFI, the Comrade Anoop Singh was not calling us agents of Chautala, etc. silence against requisition of land in CPI(M) student front, used to raise present there at that time, he was and turning to BJP seeking Haryana; not a single statement the demand for nationalization of elected President of the Committee. guidance. But we did not give up. have they issued so far. But now education. AIDSO, on its part, The village people declared, we have Our comrades moved among the when people have come out in started movements demanding confidence in him and SUCI. For it peasants and tried to convince them, protest against the establishment of democratization of education and is this party and its leaders who stand confronting one hurdle after another. a nuclear power plant in Fatehabad secular, scientific education. They up unflinchingly against any After long six months the struggle district, and people from the also explained why nationalization onslaught whatsoever and guard the committee could finally be formed affected villages started to proclaim is neither in the interest of the interests of the peasants. The Chief under the banner “Kisan Mazdoor that they would not surrender any students, nor of education. This Minister of Haryana hails from the Joint Committee to Save Land”. land for it, the CPI(M) too started to created a tremendous impact on the same district. The struggle This committee firmly declared that take up this slogan there. However, student community. Such is the committee sent a deputation and no land would be surrendered to the this has put them in a situation situation now that SFI from time to submitted a petition to the CM and Reliance company. As a result, the where they have to face a barrage of time cannot but also voice the his son, the MP of the area — in vain, government was compelled to questions by the people on their role demands for democratization of however. Having failed to stir the amend and renew the licence of SEZ in Singur and Nandigram. At the education, and for secular, scientific government the Committee put up twice . Even then , the company time of the horrendous attack on education. blockades around that village and on could not acquire the land in one lot 14th March, 2007 in Nandigram, a That 8th March is the seven roads consecutively for three but in small fragments. movement against land requisition International Women’s Day I came days, blocking also access to the Consequently, the company could was going on in Jhajjar district. On to know only when our women’s neighbouring villages and some acquire only 7,000 acres instead of hearing the news of Nandigram the organisation AIMSS started, for the remote areas. The government did the planned 25,000 acres of land, people there instantly took to the first time, to observe this day in the bow down and the Tatas wound up and that too not at one stretch but streets on the following day, put up state. For women to participate in their project – this news has spread scattered in different areas, with no blockades and demanded that politics was simply out of question far and wide. roads to connect one with the other. statues of all the martyrs of in those days in Haryana society. During this period, a special The peasants opted to sell only Nandigram must be put up at Today , the women of this state are economic zone was being planned small patches of land, say, 10 acres Kisanghat in Delhi. In Haryana joining the political movements led for Reliance India Limited on here and 15 acres there in such a wherever we are today, the Singur- by the SUCI(C). Leave alone any 25,000 acres of land covering the way that the land does not go out of Nandigram movement is acting as a anxieties perturbing their guardians, districts of Gurgaon and Jhajjar. In your hands at one stretch and the fount of inspiration. In UP too our all the families, the villages, and protest against this, our party corporate houses cannot get you in party has participated in localities, from where these girls summoned the Panchayat in their clutches. In the end Reliance movements. and women are coming out feel Gurgaon. Initially, the villagers Ltd had to retreat. In another case in Today on the question of confident that their daughters, their expressed to hand over their lands the district Gurgaon for 30 days, requisitioning of land a lot of wives and mothers are going to the for the project. But we painstakingly 5000 police had barricaded ten publicity is given to the ‘Haryana most befitting, the right place. explained to the villagers why it villages and framed peasants with model’. But this is a complete fraud, It is our party that for the first would be wrong to do so. false cases, but the Save Land Joint it is nothing but falsehood. No time in Haryana mobilized peasants Subsequently they unanimously Committee stood firm. commitment has been met — be it and agricultural labourers, formed resolved not to surrender even an Led by the AIKKMS such Save the royalty to be paid, allotment of their organization and highlighted inch of land. But when the question Land committees of peasants- housing plot, or the Rs.35,000 that the peasants are not a caste, that of forging a struggle committee workers have been formed in many pension for the peasants who lost agricultural labourers are not a caste, came, a farmer asked why are you places in Haryana. Wherever the their land — not a single promise that they are a class groaning under not working unitedly with the question of land requisition arises, has been fulfilled to this day. A capitalist exploitation. This Bharatiya Kisan Union which is movement is being organized in the brouhaha is being raised regarding provided a direction to the peasants- quite strong in Haryana and Punjab, state. In Sonepat district such a the compensation amount in agricultural labourers’ movement in and has also much strength in Uttar movement is now going on against Haryana of Rs.22 lakh per acre of the state. Sixty per cent of the Pradesh? It seems you want to make requisition of 3300 acres of land land. But the fact is that in the peasants in Haryana are immersed in a name for yourself. We told him, spanning 10 villages. villages of Delhi adjacent to debt. Yet instead of coming to their alright, you go and talk to them on In Mandothi village, too, a Contd. on page 8 RNI No. 13932/67 Postal Regd. No. KOL / RMS / /145 / 2010-12 Extraordinary Party Congress of SUCI (C) Vows to come equal to tasks history has assigned Contd. from page 2 the only force for mass movement. Extraordinary Congress. We there been any, but even stepped support to the Resolution. The Resolution was then put to vote propose to publish the full text of ahead to offer help and cooperation. Thereafter, Comrade Manik and unanimously adopted. his speech later. The delegates, visibly moved and Mukherjee invited the delegates to Comrade Asit Bhattacharyya, The entire proceedings of the inspired by the suggestions, reports come forward and place their member, Polit Bureau then moved a Congress were marked with the and the address of the General suggestions. few amendments to the Party discipline and resolve of Secretary and all the lively Many delegates from different Constitution. These too were revolutionary cadres, so typical of interactions among themselves in states placed many valuable unanimously adopted by the the Party SUCI (C). The young, two days of close proximity, left concrete suggestions regarding the Congress. vibrant volunteer comrades determined to bend all their energy issues raised in the Resolution. The Thereupon, Comrade Provash performed their tasks with for the struggle ahead. Resolution was then put to vote and Ghosh was unanimously elected as dedication; the entire gathering of unanimously accepted. General Secretary. the delegates as also other comrades Haryana model of land acquisition not in the interest of peasants Contd. from page 7 Haryana the compensation paid by Delhi government for one acre of land is Rs.75 lakh. The Haryana farmers ask, then why only Rs.22 lakh per acre for Haryana? I want to tell one thing about the ruling Congress: Rahul Gandhi said, that victory against Vedanta in Orissa is the people’s victory. And he claims he supports the kisans of Aligarh, but where was he when their own government in Haryana resorted to such kind of oppression and attacks, and is still doing so? How is it that Rahul Gandhi is nowhere to be seen? Where are they A section of the delegates at Extraordinary Party Congress when in other states their government oppresses and tortures In an interlude a video of the Comrade Mobinul Haider took it upon themselves to act to the the people? proceedings of the Second Party Chowdhury, member, Central demand and need of the situation. This much about Haryana today. Congress held in Delhi was shown. Committee of Socialist Party of The solemnity and gravity of the In the days to come, the culmination After it Comrade Krishna Bangladesh, then rose to briefly situation impressed also upon the of all kinds of movements, students’ Chakraborty read out the Resolution address the House. common people, locals or passers- movements, youth movements, to on Present Political Situation in the Finally Comrade Provash Ghosh by, who not only ungrudgingly their desired goal – this depends on Country and the Task of delivered his closing address to the accepted their inconveniences, had how quickly we can increase Strengthening Mass and Class people’s support for the party and Struggles. Comrade K. Fight Unemployment, Cultural Degeneration & Communalism can build up our revolutionary Radhakrishna, Member, Central Make Successful character along the path shown by Committee extended unstinted the party. In Haryana we are support to the resolution. The engaged in this struggle, and are reports and suggestions coming 1st All India Youth Conference endeavouring — while drawing on from the different state Open Session : 3 December 2010 our strength within this state — to organizations and mass fronts PMG Square, Bhubaneswar, Orissa spread the influence of showed how people have lost faith revolutionary politics to areas in all the political parties, national Delegate Session : 4 - 5 December 2010 Nehru Yuva Pratisthan, Bhubaneswar, Orissa beyond. With this I conclude, with or regional, irrespective of hues, and my apology for my inability to how the SUCI(C) has gradually but Organised by : All India Democratic Youth Organization speak in Bengali. definitely gained their confidence as (Free translation from Hindi) SUCI (C) Calls to Observe 6 December as Anti-Communal Day

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