Volume 46 No. 3 Organ of the SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) September 15, 2012 Founder Editor-in-Chief : COMRADE SHIBDAS GHOSH Price : Rs. 2.00 Why did Comrade Shibdas Ghosh accept Marxism in his pursuit of truth [This is the English translation of the speech delivered in Bengali by and organizationally, with every head high. But I cannot put myself Comrade Provash Ghosh, General Secretary, SUCI (C), at the public passing day. The fighting people of up for sale. I may be shot dead. I meeting held at Rani Rashmoni Avenue in Kolkata on 5th August, 2012 on the country are getting attracted know I might die starving and there the occasion of 36th Memorial Day of Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, Founder towards us in large numbers. would be no one to even enquire if General Secretary of the Party and a great leader of the proletariat. The I am living or dying. But what is the responsibility of translation error as well as inadequate representation, if Historic struggle of Party alternative? I might at the outset fail any, solely lies with the Editorial Board of Proletarian Era.] formation in my endeavour. In that event, I At the outset, I would like to would think I lack ability to achieve We have assembled here today a cultivation of his teachings among recall under what an adverse success. The ignominy of inability to pay our deepest of respect to the revolutionaries of Nepal. The situation, Comrade Shibdas Ghosh is one thing. But it is a crime to sell Comrade Shibdas Ghosh, great communists of Pakistan are waged a historic arduous out conscience. I would take it as Marxist thinker and guide to the translating his Works into Urdu. revolutionary struggle to form this my failure but at the same time, I struggle for emancipation of the Revolutionaries engaged in building Party. Let me quote his words. In a would know I have not bent my proletariat. On this very day, the up struggles in Europe, USA, workers’ meeting in 1967, he said: head. Yes, I might have died Party activists as well as supporters- Africa, West Asia and Latin “What did we have in the early days starving. But have I not been able to sympathizers imbued by his America are contacting us with a of Party formation? We had nothing, achieve anything? Every teachings are observing his view to acquainting themselves with neither money nor manpower. Many revolutionary is aware that even his memorial day in 21 states of the Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Thought, had told us: Yes, your theory is death due to starvation would country. Notwithstanding virtual grasping and acquiring his correct. Your logic is sound. But is spread out the message that the absence of his name and thoughts in teachings. In various parts of our it that easy to build a party? You existing system has become the media, at least several lakhs of country, thousands of students- have no leader, no press publicity. obsolete. So this oppressive system the countrymen carry his name and youths, workers-peasants-women So, it is impossible a task. It can must be changed by revolution. This teachings in their heart of hearts inspired by his teachings are never be fulfilled. I did not argue appeal of a revolutionary never goes with profound respect and intense developing class and mass struggles with them much. I only asked them unheard, never is it proved to be emotion. His thoughts are gradually subordinating all the needs and one question: Ok. Let me agree for abortive. Slowly, one or two persons spreading even overseas. It is wants of their personal life. On 14th argument's sake that the task is come forward and respond to his Comrade Shibdas Gosh who of March last in Delhi, they impossible. What should I do then? appeal.” 1 In another discussion in enriched and developed Marxism- successfully organized a mammoth Become a slave or an agent of the 1969, he observed: “I can still Leninism and brought its protest rally of over a lakh of people vested interest and sell out recollect those early days when we understanding to a new height. with signatures of over 30 million conscience? Do I have to act started building up the Party — Based on his thoughts, a powerful countrymen on the charter of contrary to what I have understood there were very few people to proletarian revolutionary movement demands centring on the burning as truth? I would not be able to do support us; we could not even has been growing in the problems of life. The Party is that. If I die starving in the street, I arrange a room as shelter and, day neighbouring Bangladesh. There is gaining strength, both ideologically shall die with honour raising my Contd. on page 2 SUCI(C) strongly opposes the most draconian hike in Diesel price by Rs 5 per litre and restricted supply of subsidized cooking gas to six cylinders per household per year, calls for immediate countrywide resistance movement Comrade Provash Ghosh, General Secretary, SUCI(C) has issued the following statement on 14 September, 2012 : We strongly oppose the most deliberately avoided parliament to the entire burden of accentuating the pseudo-Marxists also are unjust and draconian decision of take such a sinister step making capitalist crisis on them. It goes remaining confined to customary the Congress-led UPA government mockery of their own proclama- without saying that absence of protest in words without taking to steeply raise diesel price by Rs tions. It once again proves that in much needed countrywide organi- any serious effort to build up 5 per litre and restrict supply of the name of so-called reforms and zed sustained powerful democratic necessary people’s movement to subsidized cooking gas to six under out and out fraudulent mass movement on the burning thwart such sinister schemes of the cylinders per household per year pretext of ‘economic compulsion’, problems of life, this pro-rich government. which is bound to push the already the sole objective of this government is daring to hold the We, therefore, call upon the spiralling price line of essential reactionary bourgeois government people into ransom and getting countrymen not to accept these commodities, transport fare and is to secure profit-making as well away with implementation of one fiendish moves lying low and power tariff to a record height, as unhindered prosperity of the oil after another devilish measures come forward to develop the putting bare survival of the behemoths, corporate sector and including limitless fiscal savagery. desired united prolonged move- common people at stake. What is the stock market speculators by While BJP, the other most trusted ment under correct leadership and worth noting is that the squeezing even the last drop of party of the ruling monopolists force the government to bend government which cries hoarse blood of the increasingly besides Congress, is expected to before people’s power and about democracy and sovereignty pauperized wretched toiling make a show of opposition with an withdraw all such atrocious of parliament has glaringly and millions and thus squarely pass on eye on reaping electoral benefits, impositions forthwith. PAGE TWO SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 PROLETARIAN ERA Question arose in Comrade Shibdas Ghosh if mere ouster of British imperialists would beget desired emancipation Contd. from page 1 funds from the people as we do his visit to Russia in 1930 was and practices while on the other after day, in our fierce battle to today. It is in this way our Party is amazed at the phenomenal progress hand the frustrated people finding build up a new party in the midst of advancing guided by Marxism- of Soviet socialism. Netaji no ray of hope in life are severe obstacles and a completely Leninism-Comrade Shibdas Ghosh Subhashchandra also observed that increasingly tilting towards adverse situation, we had to strive Thought. Some of you are aware, in the eighteenth century, the best spiritualism and divinity. That is hard even without food, but we had those who are new might not be, contribution of France was the why, there is a necessity for some no grievance for all this. For years that Comrade Shibdas Ghosh started French revolution. In the nineteenth philosophical discussion. I want to together we shared a grass-mat only, his political life at a very crucial century, the most significant confine myself mainly to that and so many winters we passed like juncture of Indian freedom contribution of Germany towards discussion in this meeting. I have that. Our old friends will bear it out movement. At that time, the country human civilization was Marxist elaborately dealt with the present even today. They will relate that was in ferment. Waves of freedom philosophy. In the twentieth century, political situation in the meeting of never could they trace any lack of movement were sweeping across the Russia had enriched human 24th April last. So, I would not like composure in us. How many days land. A boy of just thirteen, civilization and culture by to enter into that today. we went without food, but we felt Comrade Shibdas Ghosh plunged accomplishing proletarian I would like to focus on why ashamed to tell about it! That we into the freedom movement. The revolution, installing a proletarian Comrade Shibdas Ghosh accepted could not arrange our provisions, we then undivided Bengal was the government and acquiring Marxism and proletarian could not collect even the minimum citadel of revolutionism. He got proletarian culture. Saratchandra, internationalism as philosophy of was considered to be our own associated with that revolutionary the celebrated litterateur, was in knowing the truth in spite of the failing.