Volume 41 No. 24 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA August 1, 2008 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 2.00 Red Salute Frederick Engels Long Live Thoughts of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh SUCI, our party is set to observe yet another capitalist oppression in every walk of life, the day of August 5 that marks the 32nd death people are desperately seeking emancipation. But anniversary of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, our the moot question is, how would this desired leader, teacher and guide, founder General emancipation come about? In order to seek an Secretary, SUCI and one of the foremost Marxist answer let us first focus on the prevailing thinkers of the era in whom was epitomized international-national situations and then proceed Indian revolution and worthy succession of to find correct remedial course. Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin-Mao Zedong whose thoughts based on consummate grasp of the International Economic Scenario scientifically determined course of social We first focus on the international situation progress have been the guiding spirit of the cause obtaining today. The emergence of the socialist of proletarian revolution. On this day, we camp after the Second World War had freed 5 December 1820 — 5 August 1895 recollect the invaluable teachings of Comrade socialism from within the bounds of a single Whoever declares that the capitalist mode Ghosh, rededicate ourselves to the struggle for country of Soviet Russia and transformed it into of production, the “iron laws” of present-day spreading his illumining thoughts among the a world system which distinguished the post-war bourgeois society, are inviolable, and yet at the toiling people both in our country and abroad and era from the pre-war era. Its economic same time would like to abolish their renew our pledge to unwaveringly carry forward consequence had been that the single, all- unpleasant but necessary consequences, has no the task of Indian revolution he had bequeathed embracing world capitalist market had other resource but to deliver moral sermons to to us. This year, the day of August 5 is being disintegrated and two parallel world markets, the the capitalists….The gospel of harmony observed when both at national and international capitalist and the socialist, emerged to confront between labour and capital has been preached spheres, history is negotiating a twist in its each other. The general crisis of the world now for almost fifty years, and bourgeois philanthropy has expended large sums of course. Following setback of socialism due to capitalist economy that led to Second World War money to prove this harmony of interests by worst revisionist conspiracy, world imperialism- between two imperialist camps over capture of building model institutions, and, as we shall see capitalism is on rampage making living a market, deepened further when the law of relative later, we are today exactly where we were fifty nightmare for the common masses. Pressed under stability of markets in the period of the general years ago. (The Housing Question) the grinding wheel of most fierce and escalating crisis of capitalism had lost their validity owing to the new economic conditions. Finding it difficult to continue their economic SUCI expresses shock at serial blasts in different states and political exploitation through holding and castigates central and state governments for utter colonies and semi-colonies in the post-War world scenario, the imperialist camp led by US callousness to secure people’s life and property imperialists began its most fierce attack of neo- Comrade , General police-military-administration soaring sky-high. colonialism which is nothing but ensuring a Secretary, SUCI, in course of a statement issued Comrade Mukherjee called upon all sections of strangulating hold over the relatively weaker on 28 July, 2008 expressed deep shock and the people to maintain peace and harmony as countries without any territorial occupation but anguish at the successive serial blasts in different well as zealously guard their unity and solidarity by dint of economic domination through liberal states since Friday last killing as per official without falling prey to any kind of provocation export of finance capital in the forms of aids, report published so far, 3 in Bangalore and 49 in from the quarters of vested interest. Comrade loans and grants with a host of strings attached. Ahmedabad besides causing grievous injuries to Mukherjee also made an appeal to all concerned With the dismantling of socialist camp that over hundreds of innocent people. Comrade to realize that such wanton killing of common hitherto, notwithstanding limitations and Mukherjee castigated the central and the state people serves no worthy purpose nor helps in shortcomings, was acting as deterrent to the governments for their utter lack of concern for bringing any succour to any section of the toiling machination of world imperialism-capitalism the minimal security of the common citizens and masses. On the contrary, it seriously hinders the imperialist camp headed by the US imperialists criminal neglect in evolving a full-proof safety process of development of the desired class and Contd. on page 2 mechanism to guarantee complete protection of mass struggles involving all sections of the Due to space shortage, write-up on the people from being soft targets of such people irrespective of caste, creed, religion or confidence motion episode will be frequent sporadic mindless violence region which alone can in the given situation published in the next issue notwithstanding expenditure on account of bring some relief to the suffering populace. PAGE TWO AUGUST 1, 2008 Tyranny of world imperialism-capitalism unbridled in absence of socialist camp Contd. from page 1 poor are wretched and pauperized deficits came on top of already Millions of impoverished teenagers were euphoric as they thought they every hour under the grind wheel of planned shortfalls of 29 billion Euro and young people are forced to would now be able to reign supreme ruthless capitalist exploitation. 40 in 2004 and 21 billion Euro in 2005; leave their rural homes every year, in an unipolar world and bring back per cent of world’s population living her unemployment rate is 10.4%. never knowing exactly where they ‘stability’ of the imperialist- on less than $ 2 a day accounts for Similarly, Japan’s general will end up or what type of work capitalist economic system that was 5 per cent of global income while government debt is equivalent to they will find. thoroughly shaken in the post-war the richest 20 per cent accounts for 170% of GDP with public finances period when one third of the world three quarters of world income. being the darkest cloud hanging International political scenario turned socialist. So alongside More than 80 per cent of the over the economy. The Japan As mentioned above, with the brazen overlordism, the imperialist- world’s population lives in countries government pays for 45% of all new fall of socialism in Soviet Union capitalist superpowers headed by where income differentials are spending for the public with and East European countries US imperialism which was hitherto widening. An estimated 487 million borrowed money. Its debt service followed by counter-revolution in pursuing the policy of neo- workers – or 16.4 per cent of the consumes 22% of its annual budget. China brought about by deep-rooted colonialism came out with a newer global workers – still don’t earn With a very small population Japan revisionist conspiracy aided and form of economic exploitation in enough to lift themselves and their has the gruelling unemployment of abetted by the imperialist-capitalist the name of ‘globalization’ and tried families above the US$1 per person 4.5%. camp, gone are the forces acting as to project it as a new social order in per day poverty line while 1.3 The restoration of capitalism in deterrents to imperialist the post cold war era that was billion workers – 43.5 per cent – the countries of the former Soviet machination. The US imperialists poised to trigger economic still live below the US$2 per day Union, Eastern Europe and the and their allies are holding the development, inclusive growth and threshold. This number, according massive penetration of foreign world in ransom, aggressing and prosperity for all. to the observers, will increase capital into capitalist China, it was occupying foreign territories under But it is now glaringly manifest dramatically. Worldwide, more than claimed by the bourgeois fraudulent pretexts, resorting to that this strategy of institutionalized 1 billion of the world’s 6 billion ideologues, would not only prove nuclear blackmailing, perpetuating a globalization that sought for people subsist on less than one the superiority of capitalism but war psychosis and precipitating integration of world capitalist dollar a day — less than the cost of play an important part in a world- escalated tension round the globe to market freed from any tariff as well a cup of coffee in many U.S. cities. wide capitalist renaissance. In bully anyone daring to raise a voice as non-tariff barriers could not On average, food prices have risen reality, capitalist restoration has of dissent. Gleefully they are salvage the position for capitalists- by 83 per cent in the past three been a catastrophe for the people claiming to have liquidated imperialists and hence proved itself years entailing further accentuation there. Imperialist Russia has communism and in league with the a mirage. In fact, the policy of of acute problems of hunger and suffered a drop in production of native aspirant capitalists razing to globalization adopted in the context malnutrition in poorer countries. It between 50% and 80% since 1989. ground any resistance to its global of a sagging world capitalist market is feared that unusual spurt in food Following the collapse of the rouble rampage. Imperialism, more is caught in its own web. Already, prices would plunge over 1,000 and the government’s default on particularly US imperialism is concomitant to intensifying million people in abject poverty. dollar loans, the peoples of the dangerously on the rise and capitalist exploitation, the US, known to be the engine of former USSR are facing the spectre offensive. Since the late forties, the purchasing power of the common imperialist-capitalist economy in the of mass starvation. The rapacious US imperialists had been following people was plummeting. So world post-Second World War period, is in antics of Russian bourgeoisie, a foreign policy palpably with the imperialism-capitalism was finding the grip of a severe recession former bureaucrats and mafia turned goal of fostering ‘‘seeds of its market ever shrinking. coupled with outbreak of a sub- robber barons have provoked an destruction within the Soviet Globalization worsened the prime loan crisis that has stirred the economic and financial collapse system...and hasten (its) decay.” situation. In order to cut production entire capitalist world. An which would inflict serious damage (US Government document NSC cost to be competitive in the market impression was given as if US is in on international finance capital. Bad 68, 1950) US imperialist rulers had and maximize profit, the capitalist uncharted waters. It took no time to loans to Russia make up 20% to manipulated and engineered owners began introducing modern be discovered that the apparent 25% of the loan portfolios of many insurgency through notorious CIA sophisticated technology and boom in the imperialist economy of US and European finance houses. and the Pentagon, its agents, in one reducing manpower massively the US and the Western powers is Situation is equally sordid if not country after another. This long through lay off, retrenchment, indeed hollow, a big ‘bubble’ horrid in China where people find chronicle of aggression, invasion, forced retirement and so on. These fuelled by artificial stimulation the price line soaring and wages as intervention, subversion, jobless people are now added to the through increasing militarization, well as job opportunities on a steady machination, horror, cruelty, mounting number of unemployed to credit financing and massive dwindle. Food price jumped 15.4 bestiality and criminality reveals a further drop purchasing potential of speculation. And the bubble has percent over July last year. Grain singular design— the craving of US the market. To give an idea, more eventually burst. US consumers prices rose 6.0 percent, meat and imperialism to create by relentless than 5 million people will lose their have been hit by a combination of poultry 45.2 percent, and eggs 30.6 pursuit of overlordism, brigandage jobs in 2008 as the world economy growing debt levels, rising percent. LPG price rose by 50 and gangsterism “a world slows down, an official at the U.N. unemployment and job loss, percent this year. Rising prices are environment in which the American labour agency said. Concomitantly, squeezed incomes and accelerating making life more difficult for system”, that is, capitalism- there is recession and stagnation inflation. working Chinese. News of slavery, imperialism, could “survive and throughout the capitalist world. On Other countries bearing the torture, human trafficking and flourish” (US Government the other hand, inflation is soaring. brunt of a gasping capitalist children imprisoned in conditions document NSC 68, 1950) So it is stagflation denoting a economy are also not insulated. In “worse than dog kennels” has The neck-deep economic crisis situation where despite increased Germany public debt hit 1.5 trillion exploded like a bomb in China. the US imperialist economy is supply of money, goods are getting Euro by the end of 2005 or 68% of Perhaps the most shocking story to enmeshed in is also getting reflected stockpiled because there are no the GDP; her GDP rose by a meager emerge from all this media exposure in the menacing flaunting of takers. This is bound to happen 1.4% annually over the last decade; is of the freed slave labourers who military might, aggressive posture, when the bulk of the wealth gets her fiscal situation deteriorated so did not want to leave their one-time overlordism and carrying out concentrated in the hands of a few drastically that the federal coffers prisons, arguing that at least there brigandish acts with impunity by the rich and affluent and the myriads of were short of $22 billion and these they got some food and shelter. Contd. on page 3 PROLETARIAN ERA AUGUST 1, 2008 PAGE THREE mankind as a whole from Globalization has triggered worst exploitation of all sorts and after it sparked off fire in the prairie, economic assault on common people kindled revolution first in Soviet Contd. from page 2 US, or the European are united in bureaucratic-military complexes, Russia and eventually in one third US ruling class. Through a set of their opposition to the working class precipitating local, regional and of the world and brought to height noxious machinations, the US and proletarian revolution. Yet partial wars in relatively weaker the revolutionary struggles of the imperialists have been trying to contradictions within contradictions countries, escalating tension and downtrodden in the rest of the earth, assert their political domination to drove the European imperialists to strife among the world populace and was such a stifling situation seize and appropriate all natural seek for unity among themselves full-fledged implementation of the inevitable? To seek the correct wealth of various countries, exploit against the US imperialist much-trumpetted globalization to answer and chart out the correct their cheap labour and hold the domination and in their common annexing foreign land — US course of action, one needs to have world people in ransom to provide interest of regaining market formed imperialists tried everything to the thoughts of Comrade Ghosh as oxygen to their gasping economy. first EEC and then EU. Though artificially stimulate their crisis- the beacon. On the testimony of The US administration openly from their class position the US ridden economy. Yet neither the US history at the present phase, his proclaimed in its ‘National Security imperialism could compel and drag imperialists nor their capitalist- thoughts would provide the strategy of the United States of the European capitalists-imperialists imperialist friends throughout the guidelines in the struggle against America’ that the US has the right to join NATO with a view to world have not been able to rid imperialism-capitalism-fascism, to use military force anywhere in containing the Soviet Union and themselves from this aggravaling modern revisionism, private the world, at any time it chooses, communism, yet the European market crisis and cannot do so property mental complex, and a host against any country that it believes capitalists-imperialists strove to free because this predicament of theirs is of intriguing questions the to be a threat to US interests. This themselves from the US endemic of the very capitalist bourgeois propaganda machine, assertion in words was matched domination. Even in their so called system itself. More they are failing bourgeois intellectuals and modern with action in the savage military ‘unipolar’ world, the contradiction to stave off the crisis, more despotic revisionists are raising to confuse attacks on Yugoslavia, overrunning between the US imperialists on one and ruthless they are becoming in and misguide people. Afghanistan, illegal occupation of hand, and the European powers on their approach to the suffering Dwelling on the post-second Iraq under fraudulent pretext and in the other was apparent in different humanity. As the ruling imperialists- world war economic situation, he the continuous economic sanction global issues, like that of the naked capitalists by dint of their being the said way back in 1962 that with and threat of military action against aggression on Iraq by the US-UK controller of the economic system advent of a parallel socialist market, Iran, Syria, Libya, North Korea, and imperialist combine being opposed and in command of the state power the world imperialism-capitalism Cuba. Using Zionist Israel as the by the French or German are controlling every sphere of life could sense that total collapse of launch pad, it is mounting assault on imperialists. Attempts to consolidate — be it economic, political, social capitalist system was in the offing. Palestine people and Lebanese the EU further, with adoption of a or cultural, a total opacity is So instead of pursuing old colonial freedom fighters. US imperialists, constitution and giving it a shape of enshrouding life to make living a policy, they switched over to neo- the author of the doctrine of state, are also indicative of the dreadful experience. It is also true colonial policy which is colonial globalization had long back cracked hectic move of European powers to that the oppressed masses round the exploitation without direct rule over down on the hapless people of Latin consolidate their strength obviously globe are not taking such menacing the colony. Though the political American countries trying to bully against the domination of the US attack lying low. Protests and power was vested with the them under gunpoint and indirectly imperialists in the present world of agitations are growing everyday. respective national bourgeoisie of establish their hegemony by globalized economy. The Even within the US and other the former colonies, they were anointing some of their stooges in contradictions particularly between powerful imperialist countries bound by so many onerous terms power. Since the ‘80s “Neo- the British imperialists and the people are taking to the streets and treaties so as to ensure that the liberalism” was a new catchword in French, German and other voicing opposition against war, economic interests of these big Latin America to mean thereby imperialists, remain, amply aggression of foreign lands, imperialist colonial powers were ‘structural adjustment’, dismantling demonstrated even of late on progressive curtailment of various maintained. At the same time, of social protections for toiling questions of the Constitution or the welfare measures, job loss, wage handing down power to the national people, trade liberalization, EU budget or ‘subsidies to farmers’ freeze, infringement on democratic bourgeoisie, could also frustrate the financial deregulation, privatization issue. It will depend on an ever- and civil rights and so forth. possibility of the national liberation of state-run enterprises and varying complex set of factors as to Communists are also trying to struggles culminating straight into ‘mercerization’ of everything. which of these contradictions will regroup and resurrect proletarian anti-capitalist revolution through Globalization made things yet more assume determining role at a movement. establishment of working class harrowing for Latin American particular historical moment in the leadership (as happened in China) populace. Nowhere in the world the international politics. Thus Europe Brilliant analysis of on them. Comrade Ghosh also in policy of ‘globalization has been so may come closer at a moment Comrade Ghosh course of his penetrating analysis, expansibly and rigidly implemented against the US; at another it may When people round the globe he brought to the fore the fact that as in Latin America. US imperialists show clearer signs of mutual strife. are earnestly desiring to free the crisis of capitalism had become are now openly bragging that any At one moment, one imperialist themselves from this stranglehold of so accentuated that it virtually country refusing to obey their power may succumb to the pressure imperialist-capitalist rule and the became not only a daily but hourly dictates would be branded as of a mightier another; but that does thinking people are searching for one. The bourgeoisie was trying to ‘enemy’ authorizing suo moto the never mean that it won’t come up as appropriate political direction for somehow stave off a particular Pentagon rulers to take any a viable contender for prominence shaping out the world anti- crisis through manipulation only to ‘punitive’ measure against it as or hegemony at another suitable imperialist struggle, the brilliant be mired in a still graver crisis. He deemed fit by them. It seems the moment. analysis of international situation also explained that “in the changed freedom and sovereignty of all the But the fact is every capitalist- that Comrade Shibdas Ghosh situation, distinguished by absence countries of the world is at the imperialist country as well as the provided 32 years back based on of relative stability of capitalist mercy of US imperialist tyrants. world imperialism-capitalism are Marxist methodology is proving to market and faced with ever- On the other hand, the sparing no efforts, manoeuvres, be so penetrating and revealing. increasing internal and external imperialist camp is also not a united ploys and sleights, plots and After the proletariats had got hold antagonistic contradictions, the family per se. From their basic class intrigues to come out of this grip of of the invincible science of powerful capitalist countries find it instinct and interest, all these accentuating market crisis. Starting Marxism-Leninism as a glittering impossible to get over their crisis capitalist-imperialist powers, the from building up industrial- weapon to win emancipation of Contd. on page 4 PAGE FOUR AUGUST 1, 2008 PROLETARIAN ERA

production and circulation are also Current world situation corroborates there, the seeds of capitalism remain embedded within society. And as Comrade Shibdas Ghosh’s analysis long as these remain, the tendency Contd. from page 3 serve the ruling bourgeoisie better it was manifest in the report of the of restoration of capitalism th otherwise than by an all-out because with revolutionary 20 Congress of the party. It was remains…. revisionism came about concentration of capital, enhancing vocabulary and apparent militant Comrade Ghosh who was the first to in the Soviet Union all of a sudden thereby their power of competition posture, they would be able to observe that if the defects in the just (not) because the seeds of in the field of international trade. As deceive the people much easily. So report were not removed in time, it capitalism were there…. such centralization of capital is he commented that in history once would open ‘the floodgate of revisionism could appear because gaining unprecedented dimensions, “fascism came out from the womb revisionism’. Severely criticizing the the economic ingredients conducive the development of monopoly of social-democratism, now social- way the Krushchevite leadership to breeding of revisionism were capital into state monopoly democratism is the last prop of unleashed a malicious propaganda there. Had there been no such capitalism is being accelerated; the fascism.” against Stalin and sought to reverse economic elements in the society, interests of the monopolists are, Reflecting on the US economy, the socialist policies adopted by this phenomenon could not have more commonly, being identified he showed that the whole structure him, Comrade Ghosh in a brilliant appeared there. But just the with the interests of the state. But of US economy was standing on analysis of each and every step of economic ingredients by themselves all this exactly constitutes the rock- quicksand. The US imperialists had this revisionist clique conclude that could not have brought it about bottom foundation of fascism.” no market but huge surplus capital such an attempt to black out Stalin, automatically; revisionism did not He then went on articulating the which, if remained idle, would disown his authority and reject his have the ability to come about this exact nature of fascism as a increase inflationary pressure. So interpretation of Leninism, which is way. It is the low level of “historically conditioned form of they are investing capital in the present-day understanding of consciousness that increased this counter-revolution in which continual augmentation of Marxism-Leninism, meant invitation tendency…. By referring to the capitalism seeks to stave off armaments through militarization of to all sorts of counter-revolutionary prevailing mechanical process of revolution by an anticipatory move” the industries, termed such military ideas to pass off as Marxism- thinking and the low standard of and “designed to save the crisis- brigandage in other countries as Leninism and ‘objectively uncrown consciousness in the communist ridden, chaos-discredited capitalist fight for peace and under the garb Lenin himself’. Subsequently when movement, we have been repeatedly order from collapse in the face of of maintaining peace, stoked and serious ideological differences sounding notes of caution for long”. mounting dissatisfaction of the prolonged localized and partial developed within the communist Deducing the reason behind such people against the existing system.” wars to release stockpile of arms camp in general and between the serious fall in standard, he observed Comrade Ghosh explained that in and thereby avert sinking into yet Soviet and Chinese parties in that, “The lowering of the general anticipation and fear of the masses deeper crisis. particular over the questions standard of consciousness of the in the imperialist countries as well Returning to the question as to concerning war, peace, peaceful communists was, according to us, being dragged on the path of what enabled the imperialists- transition to socialism and such mainly due to two factors. Firstly, struggle because of unbearable capitalists headed by US other issues of substance, it was the philosophical development of onslaught on their job, wage, imperialists to regain control of again Comrade Ghosh who in his Marxism-Leninism which ought to security and standard of living, the world affairs, it is quite obvious that appeal to the international have been made in the face of imperialist rulers had for long been weakening of international communist leaders provided the multiplicity of newer problems of systematically injecting the poison communist movement reversed the scientific process of resolving the life and class struggles and in of individualistic, egoistic, careerist current and paved way for the differences so that they did not keeping with the spectacular mentality as also perversion, sex maniacal superpowers to be snowball into a kind of progress of natural sciences that and violence for slowly killing unbridled in their overlordism, recrimination within the socialist marked the post-Lenin period was rationality and sensitivity of the machinations and felony with a camp much to the delight of the not made. There might be so many people, emasculate them from self-righteous gusto. It was imperialists-capitalists and reasons for this deficiency, but it is, within. This is the last resort of Comrade Ghosh who as far back as detriment of the revolutionary no doubt, a fact the truth of which imperialism-capitalism to fascisise in 1948 raised first voice of concern working class movement. Tracing can be proved by a simple example. society. This is why fascist when commenting upon the way the root of modern revisionism, he Nobody would, perhaps, deny that tendencies are today more vivid in Cominform handled the issue of said: “Soviet leadership has been at present the phenomenon of all imperialist and capitalist Tito’s deviation, he alerted of a treading the revisionist path. What individualism and the bourgeois countries. He observed that once mechanical process of thinking as do we mean by this? We mean that, sense of liberty are in the fascism would set in, the very against dialectical thought process by disregarding the law of socialist ideological sphere stiff obstacles in process of development of MAN in the leadership of the then economic development in their bid the path of development of class would be ruptured. Elaborating international communist movement. to anyhow increase production, they struggles in advanced countries. The further, he showed that fascism He found this to be an indication of are virtually fostering the capitalist situation calls for a critical always and everywhere adopts a serious shortcomings in the trend and tendency and have thereby discussion of the sense of humanist dual policy of suppression and ideological and political fields of not only given the scope of revival moral values vis-à-vis proletarian persuasion or deception” so that it activities in the world communist to the social force which sustains moral values. But not a single work could deceive people with radical movement and hence drew attention capitalism, but have actually walked that can claim to have dealt with the slogans and at the same time of all to the fact that unless this into its trap, although this social problem authoritatively and advocate “its own fascistic culture, problem of non-Marxist mechanical force had not totally died out there comprehensively has come out in a queer admixture of social- outlook was not resolved in right but had diminished almost to the the post-Lenin period. Secondly, democratism, national jingoism and earnest, a far deeper crisis might stage of elimination… Lenin has like the proverbial one-eyed deer, mysticism in its crusade against creep in the international working repeatedly cautioned that even after the communist leaders in general, to communism… in the field of class struggle and a possible rift the socialist revolution and a very large extent, neglected the philosophy and culture, fascism is a within the socialist camp. The establishment of the dictatorship of important task of conducting peculiar fusion of technical science correctness of his forewarning took the proletariat, so long as small ideological struggles inside the and spiritualism.” And today the no time to be reaffirmed by turn of production is not totally eliminated, party to raise the ideological bourgeois outfits would assume a events. After Stalin’s death, the so long as private property exists in standard of thousands and radical cloak and mouth progressive leadership of the Soviet Communist any form without complete thousands of young communists slogans to bring fascism. And in this Party fell in the hands of modern transformation into social who were drawn into the vortex of regard, the social-democrats would revisionists led by Khrushchev and ownership, and commodity Contd. on page 5 PROLETARIAN ERA AUGUST 1, 2008 PAGE FIVE Ruling capitalism wreaking havoc in Indian people’s life Contd. from page 4 its glory and in the process the making life hell for the peasantry. down throwing away 2.1 million out communist movements and kept imperialist tyranny could be Lack of cold storage facilities of job. Job loss is massive themselves busy mostly in combated as well as reportedly leads to wastage of about throughout the country. Jamshedpur organizational activities.” accomplishment of proletarian 40% of the farm produces causing steel plant of the Tatas originally Elaborating further in his revolution in the different countries an annual loss of Rs 50, 000. employed 85000 workers to discussion on the Chinese Cultural expedited. Middle and marginal peasants are produce1million tons of steel worth Revolution which he termed losing land. Number of agricultural 0.8million U.S. dollars. In 2005, the ‘magnificent’ as an attempt to weed National Economic Scenario labour is on a galloping rise. Unable production rose to 5 million tons, out bourgeois class-thought in the Alongside grave international to get work in the villages, there is worth about 5 million U.S dollars, realm of mind and culture, he drew situation, national scenario mass exodus of rural poor to the while employment fell to 44,000. attention to two very important obtaining today is equally grim and cities to die as beggars on the Same is the case with their Pune issues, the features of a new type of horrid with ruling Indian roadside. With globalization factory. Haldia Petrochemicals in ‘economism’ of hankering for monopolists, as inalienable part of extending its paws to agriculture by West Bengal promised employment ‘material incentive’ and ‘benefit’ decadent moribund world way of subsidy withdrawal, opening of one lakh while fact is that only growing among the common imperialism-capitalism, wreaking up the sector to MNCs, introduction 923 persons are employed workers and a new type of havoc in people’s life. While the of contract farming, export permanently and 1200 are casual ‘individualism’ which he termed rich is becoming richer, poor is orientation in crop selection and workers. No new jobs are created as ‘socialist individualism’ appearing being doomed to yet more penury increased cultivation of so-called labour-intensive units have become in socialist societies. Such a and impoverishment. A cursory cash crop, things are turning worse a thing of the past. Few industries mentality, in his words, breeds a glance at bare facts will be for the poor peasants . With no that are being set up here and there typical individualistic and revealing. While the number of access to institutional credit and are all highly sophisticated opportunistic trend among the Indian billionaires rose from 9 in deprived of any support from the technology-driven capital-intensive workers and obstructs the process of 2004 to 40 in 2007, more than 3 in corrupt government administration, employing a handful of skilled conducting the essential “intense 4 Indians do not have a daily the peasants are getting increasingly labour. More than 90 per cent of the and arduous struggle for complete income of 2 U.S dollars. Nearly 77 enmeshed in debt trap. More than a labour force is in the “unorganized identification of the self-interest per cent of the people i.e. 836 hundred thousand suicides by sector”, i.e. sectors which don’t with the interest of (socialist) million live on less than Rs 20 per farmers over the last decade bears provide with the social security and society through unflagging day. A quarter of them spend less testimony to the harrowing other benefits of employment in the dedication and constant vigil.” This than Rs 9 per day. On the contrary, condition of rural India pursuant to “organized sector.” was the “new standard of ethics and since 2000-01 to date, each the policy of pampering the rich Hence, unemployment is human values” he set before the additional per cent growth of GDP who use their growing economic mounting. In our country, more than proletarian revolutionaries as has led on an average to some 2.5 power to dominate increasingly the 70% people stay in the rural areas against hitherto considered highest per cent growth in corporate profits. multitude of poor. where besides millions of standard of communist moral values India’s FDI abroad (investment by Globalization has also had an unemployed, there is a sizeable which called for surrendering Indian monopolists overseas) shot adverse effect on our food security. number of under-employed or half- individual interest to social interest up to $8.68 billion in the first three Our per capita food availability employed. Considering that along or in other words, subordinate quarters of 2006-07, four-and-a-half (taking cereals and pulses together) with urban unemployment, more individual interest to the cause of times of $1.94 billion in this period has declined from 510 gm to 445 than half of the population is today revolution and revolutionary party. a year ago. gm between 1996 and 2006. Black- either starved or semi-starved. To He exhorted to develop a powerful Economic globalization which marketing and hoarding of food make the situation yet more movement centering round this new was heralded two decade ago as “a articles is rampant. Pilferage from harrowing, the governments both at concept of communist morality. rising tide that will raise all boats” the nearly defunct public Centre and in the states are now Otherwise, he forewarned that, is now rocking the boat for the poor distribution system in connivance embarking on the agenda of creating “apprehension of the reappearance and have-nots. Prices of essential with corrupt officials is a common Special Economic Zones, slaughter- of the trend of individualism in commodities are soaring. Inflation feature. India’s retail sector is house of labour, by forcibly future … will remain…it would has broken all records to reach 12% facing the onslaught of national and acquiring fertile agricultural lands give birth to revisionism and that as per official declaration. multinational corporations which evicting the peasants. Thus, the would only let in the restoration of Consumers are currently paying as will lead to the destruction of toiling masses have no means to eke capitalism.” much as 60 per cent more than the livelihoods of over 40 million out a bare living. They have no So it is clear that dismantling of wholesale price of essential people in the country. Multinational work, no money, no food, no shelter, the socialist camp has not been auto- commodities, which marks a chains have started selling not even an iota of security. It is generated but caused by deliberate threefold increase over the normal vegetables at predatory prices, only a tightening noose of savage distortion of time-tested Marxist average difference between retail threatening the livelihoods of economic assault that they principles and subversion of and wholesale prices. On the other hundreds of thousands of hawkers experience everyday. The very socialist programmes by the modern hand, peasants are not getting fair who make a subsistence income on survival of the toiling masses is revisionists. It indicates no price for their produces. The this work. under serious threat. demolition of scientific socialism middlemen and traders are minting Capitalist globalization has but only reconfirms the correctness money by inflating retail price. wrought havoc in the industrial National political and cultural of its postulates which the modern Rising cost of seeds, pesticides and front as well. One after another scenario revisionists as agents of the diesel used for running shallow factories are closing down. In West Nothing could be murkier than imperialists-capitalists within pumps coupled with non- Bengal alone, over 56 thousand Indian political scene today. The working class movement have given availability of irrigation facility are industrial units have been shut stench of rotten bourgeois power a decent burial to to buttress their politics, without least of scruples, ulterior agenda of restoring In a letter sent to the (Marxist) on morals or principles, is vitiating the capitalism. August 1, Comrade Nihar Mukherjee, General Secretary, SUCI, air all around. In order to fulfil its It is only by inflicting a crushing expressed deep grief at the demise of , aspiration to immediately emerge as defeat to modern revisionism that former General Secretary of the CPI (M) and conveyed a regional superpower and then world communist movement could condolence to the CPI (M) and the bereaved family. gradually as an imperialist power of be resurrected and brought back to Contd. on page 6 PAGE SIX AUGUST 1, 2008 PROLETARIAN ERA Pseudo-Marxists have joined bandwagon of murky bourgeois politics

Contd. from page 5 fomenting communal disharmony and mass struggles with the help of movements, agitations must reckoning at the global arena, the and engineering fratricidal police-military and criminals. To conduce to this basic objective by ruling Indian bourgeoisie is bloodbaths. stay afloat in the corridors of power, intensifying the class struggles. blatantly aligning and conniving When the vaunted parliamentary they are indulging in all kinds of After a “thorough analysis of with the US imperialists as evident democracy is giving out a stench of undemocratic, unethical and the history of the struggles of this from strategic military cooperation, a cancerous wound, divisive paro- opportunistic activities, entering party, namely the Communist Party joint military exercises, Indo-US chial-regional-casteist-communal into unscrupulous unholy alliances of India, right from its very nuke deal, voting against Iran in forces are let loose to disunite the with reactionary forces, inception, its method of conduct and IAEA and a host of such other masses and perpetuate decaying compromising with communal outlook governing all these incidents. Taking full advantage of bourgeois class rule, a floodgate is elements and spreading struggles, its strategy and tactics of the absence of democratic mass opened alongside to an onrush of parliamentary illusions and revolution formulated on different movement—thanks to the treachery rotten degraded imperialist pandering to all kinds of reactionary occasions, its analysis of the of the pseudo-Marxists— the ruling consumerist culture to emasculate thoughts to intellectually and fundamental political situation of bourgeoisie here also is snatching the people particularly the youth lest morally cripple people from within. the country as also the one after another the hard-earned they revolted against the bourgeois Both in their actions and conduct, characterization of the Indian state democratic rights of the people, conspiracy. Permeation of crude these sham Marxists not only lack and, above all, the ethical-cultural concentrating absolute power in the individualism in every mind is politeness, modesty or decorum but standard reflected by its leaders and hands of the state, robbing the glaringly manifest. On the other indulge in arrogance, narrow cadres in their day-to-day behaviour democratic institutions of their hand, age-old obsolete creeds, mindedness, sectarian outlook, and outlook in every aspect of life”, essence, crushing people’s struggles obscurantism, religious bigotry and falsehood, doublespeak and do not he concluded that despite the ruthlessly and thus is on the such other backward thoughts are feel ashamed in using vulgar and honesty, dedication and self- threshold of establishing total being tacitly fomented and nurtured filthy language even in media glare. sacrifice of many of the founding fascism keeping a façade of to retrograde the mental process. An The states under rule of these leaders and following certain parliamentary democracy. aimless desperateness, despair and pseudo-Marxists teem in bride practices like writing a party The crisis of capitalism has frustration, impulsive disposition are burning, rape, woman and child constitution or holding periodic brought the parliamentary system devouring the youth. trafficking, molestation, eve teasing, party congresses, the party known tottering on its legs, its servitor Excommunicated from the rich ‘witch’ hunting and obscene as the Communist Party of India bourgeois and social-democratic cultural heritage of the country and displays of various kinds. Thus they (now disintegrated in so many parties reduced to vulgar outfits of unable to grasp the emerging new have bidden farewell to even to the factions), the said party failed to rank self-seekers and tricksters. progressive cultural outlook, the vocabulary of social change and develop as a correct revolutionary Elections have been reduced to present generation is, so to say, revolution and completely surren- party following correct Marxist farce with money, muscle and media swinging in a cultural vacuum. The dered to the ruling class for securing methodology and hence emerged as power calling the shots. Open horse- awful economic assault and berth in the corridor of power. And a petty-bourgeois outfit. Realizing trading, flashing of bribe money unspeakable misery stemming projecting them as Marxists-leftists, the need of Indian revolution inside the parliament, criminals therefrom is also having its toll on the ruling class is also unleashing a marked by absence of a genuine becoming legislators and law- the socio-cultural arena. Family malicious campaign to vilify communist party, he took upon makers, rampant misuse of suicides, female foetecide, dowry Marxism before the people. himself the historic task of building government funds and so forth has deaths, bride burning are galore. up a correct revolutionary party of turned the parliamentary system into Debauchery, sex-slavery, rupture in Vindication of Comrade the proletariat. Integrating all the a mockery. In order to ensure that marital life, drug addiction, Ghosh’s teachings teachings of Marxist authorities and genuine voice of the people does vulgarism, teen-age murder and This unfolding national scenario concrete experiences of history as not get reflected inside the atrocities on women have shows how correctly Comrade also to cope with the need of the legislature, there is full-fledged overwhelmed the nation. Mother is Ghosh analyzed the post- time when the working class attempt to incapacitate the true selling new born baby for a pittance, independence era on the anvil of movement was faced with representatives of the people from father auctioning daughter in Marxian science and concluded that completely exhausted bourgeois even contesting in the polls. exchange for a trifle, husband all miseries and malice were human moral values and ethics and Alongside, efforts are being made to forcing wife into prostitution, son stemming from the capitalist order as its consequence, dangerous virtually replace the multi-party hacking old mother to death for bestriding the country like degradation in moral-ethical life, system by a two-party democracy property—such is the grim spectacle deadweight. In the process of giving birth to utterly reactionary on the models of US or UK so that of Indian society today. concretizing Marxism-Leninism on individualism, Comrade Ghosh people’s choice in the husting It is disquieting to find that the this soil, he pointed out that with developed and enriched the remains confined to two parties or pseudo-lefts and sham Marxists like transference of state power through Marxist-Leninist concept of two combinations propped up by the the CPI (M), CPI in their avid compromise to the Indian proletarian party. In course of his ruling class and thus governmental pursuit of governmental power have bourgeoisie, the stage of Indian historic struggle, he also enriched power alternates between these two also joined the bandwagon of revolution became that of anti- the understanding of Marxism- only allowing the bourgeois class stinking bourgeois vote politics and capitalist socialist revolution with Leninism in the light of modern rule to continue unchallenged even its associated vices throwing away the objective of overthrowing ruling science and showed how the new on the floor of the house. On the the banner of democratic capitalism. With impeccable logic inventions like the theory of other hand, whenever the people’s movement. Openly, they are backed by facts, he showed that relativity, space-time continuum, wrath and ire against the rising appeasing and applauding the solutions to all problems—be it of quantum mechanics and latest onslaught is seeking to burst forth in exploiting bourgeoisie, holding brief unemployment, unfettered discoveries in genetics and life agitation, the ruling class is either for capitalism, vending dream of industrialization, rural economy, science were only confirming trying to diffuse the same through ‘industrialization, development and price rise, education and healthcare, dialectical materialism as science of use of sheer force or divert the same prosperity’ in capitalist way, women freedom or all-pervading all sciences. There was not a single towards casteist-communal- preaching hated theory of class cultural degradation—are issue or problem related to the parochial-separatist line by covertly collaboration and where in power intertwined with the question of struggle for emancipation of the backing the divisive forces of with the blessings of the ruling overthrowing Indian capitalism. So proletariat, not any branch of different hues even to the extent of class, butchering legitimate class he exhorted that all activities, Contd. on page 7 PROLETARIAN ERA AUGUST 1, 2008 PAGE SEVEN Emancipation lies in correct grasp and application of Comrade Ghosh’s teachings Contd. from page 6 their aim was to use people’s increasing spread of degraded consistently carrying out the epistemology which was not grievances for riding to power and culture if these sham red flag struggle to organize the Indian illumined by his profound wisdom backstab the cause of struggle. waivers increased their strength is proletariat for anti-capitalist acquired in the process of As true exponent of higher also proved to be correct today. revolution by imbuing them with conducting a conscious painstaking Marxist philosophy, he held that no the noble life philosophy of socialist struggle covering all amount of sacrifices and sporadic Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Marxism-Leninism-Comrade aspects of life. In course of handling battles in numbers totally divorced thought provides the beacon Shibdas Ghosh thought and the new and newer problems of life from higher ethics and culture can It is true that people are involving them in united conscious that appeared in the post-Lenin bring about revolutionary desperately seeking relief from this class and mass struggles on the period, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh transformation of the society. The all out strangulation. A whole lot of edifice of higher ethics, morality developed, elaborated and enriched nation can stand up with firm questions are agitating the minds of and culture. In the process, the the understanding of Marxism- determination against all sorts of the thinking persons. What is the thought of Comrade Ghosh has Leninism, made definite injustice only when the movements way to stem the rot? How can spread across the length and breadth contributions to its treasure-house are conducted on the edifice of emancipation from all sorts of of the country and iron-strong party and brought it to a new height. higher ethics, culture and morality exploitation of man by man be organizations are developing in He showed that due to definite as well as a correct base political brought about? Is it that reverses rapid strides and gaining strength historic reasons, the nation building line. “The essence, the living soul, suffered by socialism in Soviet with every passing day taking away process remained half-baked and the kernel of any great and Union, China and other countries sleep from the ruling class and its truncated and despite such a great revolutionary ideology of every age proved futility of communism? Was servitors. Nobility and invincibility national upheaval, we could not is ingrained in its higher cultural such bouncing back by imperialism- of Marxist science is taking firm accomplish in its stride the task of and ethical standard”, said Comrade capitalism a foregone conclusion? Is root in people’s mind and the sham social revolution, of Ghosh. He further added: “Had captivity in the thralldom of capital Marxists are getting isolated. Not democratization of the society. these parties been really Marxist- to be taken as perpetuity? It is also only in the country, Comrade Hence even after attainment of Leninist, true to their assertion, it true that though pursuant to naked Ghosh’s thought has transcended political independence, the people could well be expected then that as exposure of these aberrations and national boundary to inspire of our country has remained a sequel to their growing influence filth the people out of disgust are fighting people and proletariats in disunited over language, religion, there would have been a temporarily turning away from various countries. Authority of culture and customs which, as we corresponding and perceptible parliamentary system, the Comrade Ghosh as an outstanding find today, are being used at will by decline in the influence of the most parliamentary illusion does persist. Marxist thinker in the post-Lenin the ruling bourgeoisie and its agents rotten and vile bourgeois culture, at It is in this context that the period and worthy disciple of Marx- to spread disaffection among least among the masses, students illumining thoughts of Comrade Engels-Lenin-Stalin-Mao is getting communities, cause fratricidal and youths participating in the Shibdas Ghosh, his brilliant analysis decisively established. This is the bloodbath and disrupt people’s democratic movements, and they of the national and international sparkle in the pervading darkness. unity. The widespread casteist- would have reflected a new higher situations on the anvil of Marxist communal conflagrations and cultural and ethical standard at the science and methodology assumes Build up struggle based on divides as well as raising of ugly same time. But the reality tremendous importance. So the Comrade Shibdas Ghosh heads by parochial-chauvinist- underlines just the reverse…. So need to study, cultivate and thought separatist forces with the patronage long as the left and democratic mass assimilate Comrade Shibdas Ghosh In his exhortation to the of the ruling class which are movements will be conducted under thought and use it as a guide to countrymen, Comrade Shibdas disrupting the desired unity of the the leadership of these so-called action in today’s complex situation. Ghosh said, “Out of the discontent struggling masses today only go on Marxist-Leninist parties, it would During his lifetime, his thoughts of the workers and peasants in the corroborating his views. Refuting not be possible to put a halt to this had made decisive impact on the society, time and again, the false propositions of the pseudo- trend of continuous deterioration in various sections of toiling people revolutionary tide will try to surge Marxists, he concretely proved that cultural standard of the masses in including honest leaders and rank of forth in waves following waves—in Indian capitalism had not only general and of the youths in other parties. The power of his waves after waves, it will burst attained monopoly character but particular just by these day-to-day thought was so decisive that it made out—the contradiction and conflicts reflecting traits of imperial capital struggles on political and economic dent into the bases of the pseudo- brewed up within society will time as well. Today, we find the demands — however militant they Marxists and caused fissures. It and again seek to express and imperialist features of Indian capital might seem to be. And if the masses continues to be so after his sad demand a fundamental change of quite manifest in both economic and remain slaves to the low standard of untimely demise as well. In his this order, will make fervent appeal political spheres. He also said that bourgeois and feudal culture, they absence, SUCI, the party he built to human conscience, will urge as the days would roll by, capitalism may fall victim to reaction at any up, reared and steered as the upon the human consciousness and would be more crisis-ridden and moment when faced with utter genuine revolutionary class organ of demand revolution. But there will malice and misery of the people failure of democratic mass the proletariat on the Indian soil and be no revolution. Again and again would increase several fold. Facts movements and countrywide a part and parcel of international the revolutionary tide will recede, speak for themselves. The present frustration, and may even turn into communist movement, was vested will go astray. Time and again utterly treacherous role of the CPI a counterrevolutionary reserve force with the historic responsibility to reaction will gain. Revolution will (M), CPI also confirm Comrade in the hands of reaction.” Viewed in widely disseminate his thoughts and have to wait until a revolutionary Shibdas Ghosh’s characterization the context of present day India, fulfil his unaccomplished task. party emerges with necessary that these parties carrying a Marxist these words appear like prophecies. Under the able leadership of strength to lead it.” On the occasion signboard were in fact As an exponent of highest Comrade Nihar Mukherjee, a of his 32nd death anniversary we compromising social-democrats communist character in the present revolutionary compatriot of take the firm resolve to carry the vying for power and serving era, he believed that “politics call Comrade Ghosh right from the message to every nook and corner bourgeois class interest. They were for a nobler heart… Nobler still is beginning phase of his magnificent of the country as well round the not serious in organizing genuine the feeling that spurs on to struggle, the Central Committee of globe to bring about the cherished people’s movement and lead them revolutionary politics.” The the SUCI braving all odds and emancipation of the mankind from to their logical culmination. Instead apprehension he expressed about overcoming all obstacles, has been the rule of capital. Regd. No. 13932/67 Postal Regd. No. SSRM/KOL/RMS/WB/RNP-145/2007-09 P. R. (FGN) No. SSRM/KOL/RMS/WB/RNP-145/FGN-036/2007-09 SUCI indicts turning parliament into a MP trading centre Comrade Nihar Mukherjee, Comrade Mukherjee. All these have floor-crossing against suitable price, to people’s cause by the CPI(M) and General Secretary, SUCI, in course once again brought to the fore the added Comrade Mukherjee. People its associates is to be condemned in of a statement issued on July 23, abysmal low depth Indian of the country, pointed out Comrade unequivocal terms, said Comrade 2008 expressed shock and parliamentary democracy has Mukherjee, have also been noting Mukherjee. indignation over the reprehensible stooped to where the democratic with consternation how the CPI(M) Calling upon the progressive- incidents of indulgence in worst conscience of the Indian people is mouthing slogans against the minded people to build up form of horse trading and bribery by being trampled underfoot with pernicious nuke deal purported to countrywide mighty mass all major parliamentary parties to alacrity by a handful of monopolists turn India into a strategic partner of movement in demand for annulment rustle up number of MP’s in their and their henchmen simply by US imperialists, worst enemy of the of the sinister deal, Comrade favour centering round the flexing their money power. The mankind today, has been instead of Mukherjee also urged upon them to confidence motion moved by the parliament once hailed as sovereign developing powerful democratic take into cognizance the perfidious UPA government led by Prime by the exponents of bourgeois movement to stall the treaty, game the CPI(M) and its allies, true Minister Manmohan Singh to push democracy and bearing footfalls of indulging in all kinds of frivolous to their compromising social- ahead the nefarious Indo-US nuclear esteemed freedom fighters and games and deceptive exercises to democratic character, have been deal. The very incident of some revered nationalist leaders has now turn such serious an issue playing not only on this issue but on MPs flashing bribe money on the been turned into a shopping mall, if concerning people’s interest into a all other matters having serious floor of the parliament bore not auction centre, by the ruling nasty parliamentary game thereby repercussions on people’s life and eloquent testimony as to what monopolists and their hirelings for allowing the ruling monopolists to thus providing extra lease of life to murky extent this game of MP free trading of members elected on manipulate and manoeuvre matters decadent moribund capitalist purchasing went this time, added people’s vote but up for sale and at their will. Such a blatant betrayal system, the root of all evils. SUCI protests against Nuclear Deal countrywide on July 18

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