The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-13
(comrade rr0tzky,s BOOK: n191T'.l

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The Fifth World Congress and the
Thirteenth Party Conference Of the
Russian c. P. unanimously con
demned the political line Of the Rus
sian opposition, with Comrade Trotz-
ky at the head, as petty-bourgepis
and oppoTtunist. In spite of this,
Comrade Trotzky is carrying on his
struggle still further, but in new
form. Under the flag of Leninism,
he aims at revision of Leninism.
His book on Lenin was the first
attempt of this sort. Many COM
rades allowed themselves to be
dazzled by the literary side of the
book, but the scientific organs off
the Communist Party of Russia andA
of the Communist Party of Germany
Immediately recognized its tendency
and repudiated it with sharp critic
isms.
There now follows the second at
tack. Comrade Trotzky has written
a preface of about sixty pages to the
recently published third volume of
his work: 1917. AS in their time,
those who came after Marx sought,
under the flag of Marxism, to revise
Marx, so Comrade Trotzky here at
tempts a revision of Bolshevism in
the same of "Leninism". The Prav-
da, the central organ of the Com
munist Party of Russia, replied to
this attempt with the following ar
tieIe which we reprint n full
Editors Note.
NOMRADE TROTzKY'S recently
~ published book: 1914 which is
devoted to the Lessons of October"
will soon become the mode. This is
not to be wondered at, as it amied at
becoming an inner party sensation.
After the events Of the past year,
which have proved the incorrectness
of the standpoint of our party opposi-
ton, after the facts, which have again
and again proved the correctness of
the leadership of our party, Comrade
Trotzky again reyives the discussion,
altho with other means. The preface
to the book (and it in this preface, as
well as in the annotations, that there
lies the "Iernel" of the book is writ
ten in a semi-Aesopic language, SO
that the totally inexperienced reader
will fail to observe the hints and al
lusions with which the preface is in
terlarded This peculiar cryptic Ian
guage, for which Comrade Trotzky, in
spite of the fact that he himself de-
mands Critical clearness," has a
strong preference, must be deciphered.
For the work of Comrade TrOtzky,
which claims to be a guide to the
Study of October" threatens to be-
come guide for every present and
future discussion" It takes upon it.
self the responsibility to fight against
the line of the party. as well as of
the Comintern, in which it in no way
bears the character of a theoretical
analysis, but more resembles a pol
itical platform, upon the basis OF
which it will be possible to under
mine the exact decisions adopted by
the respective congresses.
Comrade Trotzky's book is not only
written for the Russian reader; this
can be recognized without difficulty. 1t
is to a large extent written for the
information" Of foreign comrades.
Now, when the problem of "Bolshevis-
ing. stands on the order Of the day in
whole number of Communist parties
when the interest for the history OF
our party is undoubtedly increasing,
the book Of Comrade Trotzky can
render great disservice. 1t is not
only not a text book OF Bolshevism,
but II will much rather become fac
tor for misunderstanding" the foreign
Communist narties--go biaaaad ona-