Significance of SUCI Foundation
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Volume 38 No. 17 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA April 15, 2005 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 2.00 Come forward to strengthen and revitalize SUCI General Secretary Comrade Nihar Mukherjee’s call on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the party On the historic occasion of the advancing correct line of struggles 57th anniversary of our beloved at all complex situations that Party the Socialist Unity Centre of developed in the international India, founded by our leader, sphere during this period. teacher, guide and a foremost Secondly, as the revolutionary Marxist thinker of this era, Comrade vanguard of the proletariat of India, Shibdas Ghosh, I call upon all its our beloved party from its very leaders, and cadres to recall the inception bent all its energy to revolutionary role that the party organize the working class and all ...the concept that a true communist is one who can played both in the international and sections of exploited toiling people unconditionally surrender individual interest to the interest national fields from its very of the country namely the poor and of the society, of the party and of revolution, is no longer inception and also carry forward this middle peasants, the middle and adequate. This concept embodied in the books On Communist glorious heritage all through with poor employees, teachers, students, Education by Kalinin and How To Be A Good Communist by greater determination and vigour. youths and women in their Liu Shaoqi* — although criticized now, once this book used First, as the only genuine respective organizations and built to be highly acclaimed by the CPC — basically reflects the communist party of India, the party, up struggles against all sorts of bourgeois humanist sense of values. If the standard of during the entire period of Comrade exploitation, oppression and consciousness remains at this level, the struggle for Shibdas Ghosh’s lifetime , played decadent bourgeois culture as well emancipation of the individual that has entered a new, significant role at every crucial hour as against anti-people policies of complex stage in the socialist system can not be resolved fully of the world communist movement both the Central and State and held high the banner of Governments, braving all odds and and it would not be possible to bring about complete proletarian internationalism. And facing police brutalities or even dedication by defeating the tendency of individualism. Today, after the demise of Comrade Ghosh sacrificing lives. And the party built in order to attain the advanced standard of communist also, the party being armed with his up all these struggles on the edifice character, an individual would have to identify himself thoughts carried the heritage and of higher proletarian culture. unreservedly, unhesitatingly, unconditionally and happily fulfilled its international obligations Through these struggles the party all with the interest of the party and revolution and conduct by providing correct answer to all through tried to bring about a new arduous, painstaking struggle on that basis. the critical questions and doubts awakening amongst the vast toiling — Shibdas Ghosh that confronted the world millions on the one hand, and on the * later turned renegade communist movement as well as by Contd. on page 6 Historic 24th April Significance of SUCI Foundation Day 24th April next will mark the we all recall with reverence the the ruling exploiting bourgeoisie civilization and course of social 57th anniversary of our beloved invaluable teachings of Comrade and thoroughly exposing all progress are not fettered or party, the SUCI, the revolutionary Ghosh and reaffirm our pledge to varieties of revisionism, reformism inhibited. party of the proletariat on the Indian engage ourselves unreservedly, and social democratism, discharge soil, reared and steered by Comrade unflinchingly and without relent in our obligation towards world Background of party Shibdas Ghosh, our leader, teacher the struggle to fulfil all his behests, proletarian revolution by helping formation and guide, founder general secretary bend all energies to keep aflame the resurgence of a mighty international We date back to the days of the party and one of the foremost torch he lit within us, lead anti- communist movement on correct Comrade Ghosh along with his Marxist thinkers of the era, a worthy capitalist socialist revolution in base political line and on the handful of close compatriots like continuator of Marx, Engels, Lenin, India to its successful culmination edifice of higher proletarian ethics Comrades Nihar Mukherjee, Sachin Stalin, Mao Zedong. Come this day, by foiling all ploys and intrigues of and culture, ensure that march of Contd. on page 2 PAGE TWO APRIL 15, 2005 PROLETARIAN ERA Comrade Ghosh enriched Leninist concept of party building Contd. from page 1 camp and truncated the imperialist- the methods of party building are following this methodology, Banerjee, Subodh Banerjee, Hiren capitalist bloc. significant. Explaining the three fulfilling all necessary conditions Sarkar, Pritish Chanda, and others But the Indian working class pre-requisites to be fulfilled before that the SUCI, the best creation of engaged themselves in a unique, and the toiling millions could not giving final organizational shape to Comrade Ghosh, was formed and tortuous, intensive socialist take advantage of this congenial such a party, Comrade Ghosh said, has been continuing its struggle for ideological struggle through both world situation to liberate “First, those who have taken the bringing about anti-capitalist subjective and objective practices themselves from the tentacles of lead in forming the party would proletarian revolution. based on the Leninist concept of capitalist exploitation as the party have to lay the foundation of party building process with a view going by the name communist, ideological centralism first among SUCI’s phenomenal growth to giving shape to a real communist because of its non-working class themselves through a socialist despite odds party. Applying correct Marxist character, failed to provide correct movement based on dialectical An untimely death took him methodology of analysis, Comrade leadership and direction to the materialism covering all aspects away from us twenty nine years Ghosh came to the conclusion that people’s struggle against the alien including the minutest details, of back but his thoughts continue to notwithstanding the dedication, rulers. Realizing the need of Indian their personal lives. Secondly, … provide the beacon light. Under the honesty and sacrifice of many of the revolution marked by the absence of the struggle for developing a leadership of Comrade Nihar founders, leaders and cadres of the a genuine communist party, concrete concept of collective Mukherjee, his comrade-in-arms, undivided Communist Party of India Comrade Ghosh took upon himself leadership is, in essence, the the SUCI has been continuing (CPI), the said party never grew and the historic task of building up a primary struggle to build up a making bold strides ahead, developed as a real communist genuine communist party. He had communist party. For this, unless spreading its wings to twenty states party. Had that been so, the history only one thing — firm ideological ideological centralism, that is to say, of the country, braving all odds, of India would have been different. conviction — conviction based on one process of thinking, uniformity surmounting all adversities. Instead of transfer of political power the anvil of logic and science, of thinking, oneness in approach, Thinking conscious people hold the from the British imperialists to the incessant quest for ferreting out the singleness of purpose, has been SUCI in high esteem as real Indian capitalist class through truth, unwavering struggle for developed, the concrete conception embodiment of ennobled Marxism- compromise and establishment of a applying truth in life and deriving and personified expression of Leninism, and repose abiding capitalist state and system to correct outlook, attitude and collective leadership within the confidence in it. On the other hand, bestride the country like a approach through this process. It party cannot be made possible at all. the ruling bourgeois class and its deadweight, the national liberation was a struggle having no parallel in … Thirdly, through a relentless and servitors, the pseudo-Marxists and movement could have been so history. He was unknown, had no painstaking struggle a band of social democrats, are all united directed as to conduce to press-backing, no international professional revolutionaries is to be against this party, leaving no stone simultaneously achieve both recognition. Rather, the undivided developed from among the leaders unturned to stem its growth. The national liberation and proletarian CPI then enjoying international and cadres who have taken up the bourgeois media has completely revolution. The world situation then recognition, bantered him for taking cause of formation of a blacked out the party. Innumerable was extremely favourable. After the such a valiant initiative. On the revolutionary working class party. party leaders and cadres have been epoch-making October Socialist other hand, the Congress having … in the Marxist terminology, assassinated by the power that be Revolution in Russia under Lenin’s usurped all the credit of the glorious professional revolutionaries are and its cronies. Yet the party is leadership, the