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Volume 47 No. 2 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) September 1, 2013 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 3.00 Only socialism can save us from the present economic-political-social crises — Comrade Provash Ghosh at 5th August meeting in Kolkata (This is the text of the speech of Comrade Provash Ghosh, General further, he showed that after the that once swore ‘democracy — by Secretary, SUCI(C), on the occasion of 37th Comrade Shibdas Ghosh emergence of monopoly capital in the people, for the people and of the Memorial Day meeting in Kolkata on 5th August. Responsibility of place of small and medium industrial people’ turned at this stage of translation error or inadequate expression, if any, lies with the Editorial capital, after birth of finance capital imperialism albeit in the name of Board of Proletarian Era.) and advent of imperialism, the same people, into a ‘democracy – by the Comrade President, Comrades and with his love and affection, this day very bourgeoisie threw off the flags capitalist, for the capitalist, and of Friends, is of profound pain. We all gather of liberty and democracy into the the capitalist’. As a result, all the pro- On this day, we are holding on this day to recollect his mire, gagged the voice of individual people characteristics that bourgeois meetings in 22 states of India, to revolutionary teachings which freedom and women’s liberty.It is at democracy once possessed were remember Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, provide beacon to our journey. this stage that the bourgeoisie as a thrown into the dust. You have had a the finest representative of the Observance of this Day is no ritual class and capitalism as a system glimpse of this decadence of revolutionary trend of the to us. Even when we shall not be assumed reactionary character.The bourgeois parliamentary democracy Renaissance and freedom living, hundreds of thousands of bourgeois parliamentary democracy Contd. on page 2 movement of the country, the exploited people, both in the country and abroad, seeking SUCI(C) strongly condemns heinous emancipation, shall remember this great leader attempt of US imperialists to attack on this Day with all sovereign Syria on fraudulent pretext and reverence and due solemnity. calls upon peace-loving world people to At the outset, I would thwart this sinister move like to refer to one of his Comrade Provash Ghosh, General Secretary, SUCI(C) has issued the historic sayings. Forty five following statement on 29 August, 2013 :— years back he observed that We strongly condemn the most despotic and brigandish move on the during the eighteen and part of the notorious US imperialists and its other imperialist allies to nineteenth centuries when attack Syria on the pretext of its alleged use of chemical weapons against the bourgeoisie was Comrade Provash Ghosh addressing its opponents — the same pretext they fraudulently advanced before organizing bourgeois launching fierce military aggression on Iraq — and bring about immense worthy continuator of great Marx- democratic revolution against devastation and destruction to that country also like Iraq. We call upon Engels-Lenin-Stalin-Mao Zedong, feudalism; gave clarion call of all anti-war peace-loving people of the world to rise in arms against this one of the foremost Marxist equality-liberty-fraternity; esta- imminent heinous attempt of the US imperialists to overrun another philosophers and thinkers of the era, blished parliamentary democracy; sovereign country and thwart their sinister ploy to escalate armed a front-ranking leader of the world raised slogans of individual liberty, hostilities in West Asia and push the mankind once again towards communist movement and the liberty of women– that was the era of holocaust of war. We strongly believe that the people of Syria must be guide and teacher of the proletarian rising capitalism, of accomplishing left completely free to decide their future as they like and appeal to all revolutionary movement of India. national democratic revolution. The patriotic people of the world to stand by the people of Syria on this just For those of us who got the rare bourgeoisie as a class was then right of theirs, frustrate the ulterior design of the US imperialists to opportunity to come in close contact progressive. It had a revolutionary overrun Syria and establish their hegemony over the world. with this great leader, to be reared role in social progress. Elaborating Huge students’ rally at Bhopal on All India Students’ Conference of the AIDSO 8th All India Students’ Conference organized by the AIDSO was held from 26 to 29 August, 2013 in Bhopal, MP, with students participating from different states of India. Above is a part of the rally on the opening day. Detailed coverage of the programme will be published later. PAGE TWO SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 PROLETARIAN ERA Comrade Provash Ghosh’s speech There is no such thing as free and fair election in parliamentary democracy today Contd. from page 1 massive terrorization and rigging in whom they vote with lot of norms, conduction of free and fair in the last panchayat elections in election. Siddhartha Shankar Ray expectation change colour as soon peaceful elections have no value to West Bengal. Bourgeois democracy took over as the chief minister. He as being saddled in power? The them. Humanity, human feelings, has all along raised the slogan of also followed the same path of more power is alternating between human life, ethics, morality are of ‘free and fair elections’. What a killing our party workers as well as this or that party, more aggravated is no consideration to them. The only grisly form of that ‘free and fair’ you cadres of other left parties including the crisis. Why? The answer can motto, whole and sole objective is have witnessed in the said election! the Naxalites. Then the CPI (M) be provided only by Marxism- to anyhow capture power in From ghastly murder, arson, loot and started saying “political opponents Leninism-Shibdas Ghosh Thought. panchayat, corporation, munici- plunder, outraging modesty of are terrorized”, “democracy is pality, assembly or parliament. women, not hesitating to kill even subverted” etc. etc.. In 1977 There is no more democracy, Power they must have at any cost. the father for the ‘crime’ of his son assembly election, the CPI(M) came freedom, fair elections in For that, committing murder, being a candidate, forcible to power with the promise of parliamentary democracy spreading terror, orchestrating prevention of candidates from restoration of democracy as against Basing on science, Marxism has bloodbath, engineering riot, drawing their nomination papers, Indira Gandhi’s Emergency and shown that our society is class- precipitating chaos and disorder are resisting their submission of the terror rule.And you all have been divided between labour and capital, not at all of any concern to them. nomination papers, preventing witness to how the CPI (M) between the exploiting and the people from casting votes, booth ‘restored democracy and fought exploited. It is so not on one’s Bourgeois parliamentary capturing – everything has been seen terror’ over the 34 years of its rule! sweet will, but following the democracy stoked fire of two in this ‘democratic’ elections that has They killed 152 leaders and workers inexorable law of history. In this world wars, perpetrating made you shudder in fright. Not that of our party, falsely implicated class divided society, politics is of genocides and rampage round this was something new in this state Comrade Probodh Purkait and 49 two kinds. One subserves the the world today in the Trinamul Congress other leading activists and leaders of interest of capitalism – the politics At the sight of all this, if one (TMC)regime. This very path of our party in false cases and got them of protecting capitalism – the simply heaves a sigh of grief or terror and intimidation was adopted sentenced to life-term. The CPI (M) politics that conduces to unbridled sinks into frustration, things won‘t and virtually systematized by the CPI resorted to massive terror, threat and exploitation and plunder by the change. So long as capitalism exists, (M) during thirty-four years of its intimidation, rigging in the capitalist rulers. Another is the such problems will not only persist misrule. This time TMC has elections, forcibly prevented others revolutionary politics of the but will go on increasing. Spilling followed the same path. from filing nomination, orchestrated working class based on Marxism- of blood would continue in the mass killing of political opponents Leninism-Shibdas Ghosh Thought. frenzied bid to capture power. Look Political murders began in and indulged in all kinds of crimes, No matter what is the hue or the at the capitalist countries in the 1969 with CPI (M) as architect foul deeds and vicious acts. The colour of the flag, the name printed west. The concept of parliamentary Let me go a little back in TMC rode to power by raising on the festoon or the slogans raised democracy grew in those countries. history. Present generations are not slogan against this reign of terror – all the parties be that Congress, How miserable now is the condition aware of many incidents of that and malpractices of the CPI (M) and BJP, TMC, or CPI (M)— are of democracy in traditional time. Political murders, organized promising to restore democracy. pursuing the politics of the bourgeois democratic countries like political killing were not Now, you are having a taste of how oppressive bourgeoisie. As a petty England, France, Germany and experienced in this state of West the TMC is ‘restoring democracy’. bourgeois outfit, CPI (M) is also above all America which once Bengal in the 1950s and ‘60s, not In fact, the TMC has begun from practising the same bourgeois organized democratic revolution, even during the elections.