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 Nihar Mukherjee, 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 PROLETARIAN ERA 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.