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.