The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-12-16
TrOtzky States Position to Plenum
of Comintern; Bukharin Makes Reply

ton within the capitalist world. In
spite of our relative dependence we
are growing less dependent every day
The world revolution is long irregu-
lar processes and the permanent paral-
lei existence Of socialist and capital
istic states is impossible.
Two Economies.
The second problem is the depend
ence of our economy upon the CAPT.
talistic economy. Exports, imports,
credits, concessions all mean certain
dependence but the tempo of our de
velopment is more rapid than in CAPT
talistic countries and will remain
more rapid even if we imagine the
worst case, full economic blockade,
because our trump card is our cor
rect relations between town and coun.
try. Our difficulties may grow but
they are not insurmountable.
zinoviev wrongly asserted that we
forget the laws Of the world market:
these laws never we're absolute. Zino-
view himself forgot the existence Of
the foreign trade monopoly. Zinc
view, quoting Marks statement that
revolution in Europe without revo-
luton in England will be storm in
teacup, ignored that Marx said this
in 1S49 since which time a different
situation has arisen.
Can Build Socialism.
AS to the third problem whether it
is possible or impossible to build S.
cialism under the given conditions, the
essential question, Bukharin said, is
whether our own forces can conquer
the bourgeoisie and build socialism in
spite of the backwardness of our coun.
try. Lenin answered this clearly by
saying that "our country has every
thing that is necessary towards the
building of socialism" There is no
middle line-either we OF the social
democrats are right.
Bukharin gave a number of exam
pies which showed that the economic
progress of the U. S. S. r. was grad.
ually winning over the peasants, and
pointed out that the apprehensions Of
the opposition about the kulak peas
antry have failed to materialize.
He remarked that the grain deliv.
cries for the current October-Novem-
Der were 95 per cent higher than last
year. The opposition is entirely mis-.
taken because of its wrong estimation
of class and economic forces. The
DOGGY of "Thermidor" in the U. S.
S. R. where the workers are holding
supreme power, big industry and COM
merce and are running planned pro-
duction, is absurd.
The danger of decay of the Com
munist Party bound up with the Blu
decentralization of the state apparatus
would be promoted by the policy OF
high prices as advocated by the OPP
position itself, he said. Zinoviev
wrongly accuses the Comintern Of
overdrastic anti-left measures that he
himself supported and extolled in the
open letter to the German Commu.
mist Party. Today the danger is
greater of the ultra-left tendencies
degenerating into counter-revolution
and therefore the Comintern cannot
allow this. The Comintern criticizes
the rights more sharply than Zinc
view.
In his conclusion, Bukharin charged
the opposition with supplying a full
platform for all opposition elements
in the Communist Parties. The Com
munist Parties are at present consol-
idating their forces, maturing, and adj
vancing towards Bolshevization in
the belief in the possibility of the
revolutionary development of the U.
s. S. r. They will overcome the
fractional strife in the Comintern and,
under the leadership of the Commu-
mist International, will achieve our
aim and task under all conditions.
(Stormy applause).