The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-21


that, that is absurd. And this has
nothing to do either with Marxism
or with Leninism. If they, do not
mean this, then their whole train of
reasoning is senseless confusion.
We have not selected all these
passages at random. The point is
that these quotations lead to the fol
lowing conclusions;
''This is the clearest of Leninism. "
This is specimen of the grossest
and clumsiest substitution of the
purest menshevism for Leninism. Len
in is represented by the comrades of
Superior as the most stupid and
feeble-minded of petty bourgeois dem
ocrats, who is to use an expression of
Marx, most respectfully engaged in
contemplating the backsides of the
proletariat. That is a SANDER against
Lenin. He never expressed such
monstrous opportunistic humbug. The
Bolshevist principle of party organiza-
ton ever was and remains today DEM
ocratic centralism. And the Superior
comrades say the ''clearest of Lenin-
ism" is this genuine menshevist de-
mocracy.
opportunlsts Are Worried.
The Superior comrades themselves
seem to feel that all is not well. And
therefore they hasten Immediately
after this conclusion to add:
This does not in any manner con
fiict with the principles of Commun,
ism, nor with the Capitalization Oh
Communism
The comrades of Superior have CIV
en- themselves away. 1t turns out
with them that :the clearest of Len
inism' does not lin any manner con-
flict with the principles of Commun-
ISM" If it is necessary to prove
that "The clearest of Leninism" does
not in any manner conflict with the
principles Of Communism, this means
that the clearest of Leninism" of the
Superior comrades is not Leninism
at all, but something quite different.
How do these comrades picture
Communist Capitalization?
I'm decisive situations when it is
question of life or death, strict cen
tralization and discipline are neces.
sary. But we are not at this time in
any decisive situation here, only an
artificially created, little scrap within
the party"
1t is not necessary to prove that
such concept of Capitalization has
nothing in common with Leninism.
Democratic centralism is the basic
principle Of Bolshevik organization
for the entire epoch of the proletari-
an revolution for all Communist
Parties, for the entire Communist
International. The proportion be-
tween the democracy and the central
ization can alter according to the cir
cumstances. Democracy can be per-
mltted in more or less degree, in Ger.
tain circumstances tan illegal organ
Ilzatlon, period of armed uprising or
civil war; it is limited to its mini
mum. But not only in the period of
the preparation of the proletarian re-
Volutlon, but also a long time after
the seizure of power by the proletari-
at, completely developed democ-
racy cannot be realized. The party
remains in all periods a centralized
party with strong inner discipline.
with mobilization of the membership.
that is to say, that the party is to a
certain degree like an army. Who
ever has not understood these funda-
mentals of Communist organization is
destined to wander into the swamp.
OF menshevism. Let us analyze fur,
Their the considerations of the SupeA
Tor comrades on the question Of tie
masses.
The Masses" they write, "nay
and do make mistakes. But thew
themselves can correct them; bud in
dlvlduals cannot correct their his
taxes in that manner in behalf of khe
masses and individuals make his
takes more readily than the mass4s -
Contradiction to Leninisn,.
1t is a lucky thing that the com.
RACES from Superior did not add that
this reflection is the "clearest of Lsn.
infsm" or "one of the corner stoSes
OF Leninism." Because this reAec-
ton represents direct contradiction
to what Lenin said about the eIehen-
tai character of mass movementsIand
OF the consciousness of the vanguard
Those who wish to study this que 4tion
can hnd 1t in the pamphlet whats
10 De DONE and in the articles hat
were written in connection with the
events Of January, 1905. But the Su.
perior comrades regard themselyAs
, as the most mature party mem
bers" and the greatest experts on Len.
inism. And therefore, it is very ma.
tural that they present these 100 DER
cent menshevistic viewpoints as "the
clearest of Leninism."
Lenin shows in the above-mention.
ca writings that the masses left 10
themselves, without the bringing in
OF Communist consciousness by the
Communist Party, can rise only n
the point of trade unionism,> and that
the Communists do not have IN s,n