Class Struggle continues as long as Exploiting Classes Exists and
Banner of October Revolution Flies High! Viswam
The 1917 October revolution of Russia stood
as a hope to all of humanity and as a great inspiration
to world proletarian revolutionaries. It stood as a
pointer to the earth shaking changes to occur in
human history. It is a war cry of the new on the old,
for the complete transformation. It is a revolution
that shook the feudalism of kulaks and aristocratic
and capitalist systems.
It is a great revolution that put an end to the
system of exploitation of man by man that establi-
shed the power of the proletariat and the rule of the
toiling people. It is a qualitative change brought out
as a legacy of many a bitter struggles mankind has
fought. This qualitative change is a big milestone in
the history of mankind. Its impact on the process of
development of humanity and society is so great and
extraordinary.
Those who have eyes but blind, who have ears
but deaf, who has brain but selfish, may not accept
this historical fact; may reject it; may cry foul that it
is dictatorship, it is anarchy of the underdogs. They
may even curse that ‘Communists should be
doomed,’ ‘Lenin to die and Stalin be reduced to
ashes.’ Who are these people who have eyes but
are blind, who have ears but are deaf, who has brain
but selfish? These are the kulak Bourgeoisie,
Capitalists, Imperialists, their lackeys, and the
intellectuals under their spell.
The efforts made by Lenin and Stalin to organize
and lead the democratic revolution to victory and to
implement socialism are tremendous and
multifaceted. They defeated all types of opportunist
trends ideologically, politically and practically. They
waged resolute and dedicated struggles within and
outside the party.
Continuous Ideological Struggles:
One: They brought various Marxist groups and
circles that were existing from the beginning of 20 th
century in Russia on to a single platform. In 1902
the Russian Communists waged an uncom-
promising struggle to establish an All Russian
Communist Party. The Russian revolutionaries
waged unrelenting struggles against all ideologies
which sprang up with questions like ‘what is to be
done’ and ‘where to begin’. Lenin resolutely fought
against Economism, spontaneity and trends like
those which negated, class politics, organization,
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ideology and advocated tailism. He united many
unorganized and scattered revolutionary forces, lead
them into a single organization and led them unitedly.
He organized the Russian Communist Party
(Bolsheviks).
Two: The 1905 first revolution of Russia faced a
defeat. Lenin and Stalin fought uncompromisingly
against the left opportunism of the Otzovists which
rose on the heels of this defeat. On the other side,
Lenin and Stalin waged an uncompromising struggle
against economism and individual terrorism that
raised their heads in the working class movement.
Lenin called the 1905 revolution as a rehearsal to
the glorious October Revolution of 1917.
The Tsarist government introduced some
reforms after the defeat of the 1905-1907 revolution.
(In the same way the Indian ruling classes also
introduced some reforms after the glorious
Telangana peasant armed struggle and the
Srikakulam armed struggle of the tribals and
peasantry). Explaining the attitude to be adopted by
the communists towards the reforms introduced by
the tsarist govt., Lenin said, “If a communist
revolutionary doesn’t want to be carried away by the
government policies he has to be a revolutionary and
not a reformist”.
Three: During the 1914-17 First World War the
parties of the Second International took the line of
defending the ‘father land’ and supported the
Imperialists of their respective countries and their
war preparations. Thus they became National
Chauvinists. Lenin and Stalin strongly opposed their
stand. After the victory of the Glorious Russian
Revolution in 1917 they waged a firm struggle against
the Trotskyist theory of Permanent Revolution. They
reduced to dust the argument of Trotskyist bloc that
“Socialism won’t withstand up unless world
revolution occurs” and proved that it is possible to
establish and cherish socialism in Russia.
Four: The Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik)
doesn’t become crestfallen with the untimely death
of Lenin in 1924. They meticulously implemented the
principle of dictatorship of the proletariat and
developed Russia into a state free from exploitation
and oppression.
The conspiracies to destroy this Socialist
revolution were hatched within the party and the
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