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a reservation which made him closely
related to Kamenev and Zinoviev. In
June, 1917, Trotsky found it wise to
republish in Leningrad his old
pamphlet, Program of Peace In
this pamphlet he polemises against
Lenin on the possibility of victory of
victory of Socialism in one country,
regarding Lenin's view as wrong.
"Trotsky was for insurrection with
reservations, making him closely re-
lated to Kamenev and Zinoviev who
claimed that in itself the proletarian
power cannot amount to much with
out timely assistance from without;
Lenin, on the contrary, was for in
surrection wi t h out reservations,
maintaining that the proletarian
power in our country must serve as
basis for helping the proletarians
of other countries to emancipate
themselves from bourgeois oppression.
Deny Socialism in U. S. S. R.
"That is how the Opposition's de-
NAL of the possibility of victorious
construction of Socialism in our coun-
try developed. This denial means
the capitulation, obviously, to capital
list elements in our country and to the
international bourgeoisie.
Secondly, the Opposition (never-
theless) raises the question of the
proletarian dictatorship in every dec
laration. The Opposition says we
suffer from 'Thermidorian' degener-
alton. This means we have no pro-
letarian dictatorship.
"Trotsky's Clemenceau thesis is
based on this: the Opposition has
come to Menshevism.
Against Peasantry.
Thirdly, regarding the question of
the alliance of the workers with the
middle peasants, the Opposition has
always concealed it's negative atti-
tude toward the idea of such a bloc.
IS platform, it's counter-theses, are
remarkable not so much for what
hey say as for what they endeavor
to conceal from the working class.
But one man in the Opposition, Smir-
nov, had the courage to say the truth
about the Opposition and expose it
in broad daylight. What was the
result? The result, according to him,
is that we head towards ruin, and if
we want to rescue ourselves we must
break with the middle peasantry. Not
very wise, but clear. The Menshevik
nature to the Opposition revealed it
self as in a mirror.
"Fourthly, the question of the char
acter of our Revolution. If the pos
sibility of the construction of Social
ism in our country is denied, if the
existence of the proletarian dictator
ship is denied, if the necessity of al
lance between the working class and
the peasantry is denied, what remains
of our revolution? What remains
of it's Socialist character? Nothing.
The proletariat seized power and
completed the bourgeois revolution,
the peasantry has no interest now in
revolution and hence the proletaMat
can withdraw, clearing the road for
other classes.
Revising Lenin.
Filthy, the question of feminist
orientation in guiding colonial revo-
lutions. Lenin proceeded from dis
tinction between imperialist coun-
tries and oppressed countries, between
Communist policy in imperialist coun-
tries and Communist policy in col
onial countries. Based on this dis
tinction, he said that even in time
of war that the idea of national de-
Tense is unacceptable and counter
revolutionary for Communism in inn
perialist countries and perfectly ac-