The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-13
Theses of Comrade Stain for
Propagandists approved of by
the Central Committee of the C.
p. of the u. S. S. r.
The Perspectives of the Chinese
Revolution.


character of the Chinese revolution
are:
(a) The semi-colonial situation of
China under the financial and eco
nomic dominance Of the imperialists.
(b) The yoke imposed by the rem
nants of feudalism to which is added
the yoke imposed by the militarists
and the bureaucracy.
(c) The growing revolutionary
struggle of the millions of the Chi
nese people, both workers and pea
SAINTS, against the yoke imposed by the
feudalists, the bureaucrats, the mill
tarists and the imperialists.
(d) The political weakness of the
national bourgeoisie, it's dependence
upon imperialism and its fear in face
of the advancing wave of the revo-
lutionary movement.
(e) The growing revolutionary
activity of the proletariat and the
growth of it's authority amongst the
toiling millions of China.
From these facts present them
selves two possibilities of develop
nnent for the events in China. Either
the national bourgeoisie will defeat
the proletariat and come to an agree
ment with the imperialists and then
undertake a joint action with the
latter against the revolution in order
to make an end of it by the establish
ment of capitalism, or the proletariat
will push the national bourgeoisie on
one side, consolidate its hegemony
and lead the toiling millions in town
and country, break down the resist
ance of the national bourgeoisie and
achieve a complete victory for the
bourgeois-democratic revolution in
order then to push it further along
the lines of the socialist revolution
with all the consequences arising out
of the latter.
One thing or the other. The crisis
of world capitalism and the existence
of the proletarian dictatorship in the
Soviet Union whose experience can
be utilized successfully by the Chi
nese proletariat, make the chances
to- Sne second course of development
Tor the Chinese revolution much
brighter.
Put the fact that the imperialists
sre attacking the Chinese revolution
rnitedly as fer 5s all essential ques-
ticn: are concerned, shows that at the
present moment the imperialists are
uct 50 divided and rot so weak in
consequence, as they were, for in
stance, before the October revolution.
This fact indicates that the Chinese
revolution will meet with far greater
difficulties on the way to victory
than did the revolution in Russia, and
that during the course of the Chinese
revolution there will be far more
cases of treachery and disloyalty than
was the case during the civil war in
the Soviet Union.
The struggle between these two
possibilities is therefore the char
acteristic feature of the Chinese revo-
luton.
The First Stage of the Chinese
Revolution.
During the first stage of the Chi.
nese revolution, the period of the
first campaign against the North,
when the MISUNDERSTANDING army
neared the Yangtse and won victory
after victory, although it was not yet
possible for it to be supported by
powerful movement of the workers
and peasants, the national bourgeoisie
went together with the revolution.
This was the revolution Of the united
rational front. This does not mean
that there were no differences be-
tween the national bourgeoisie and the
revolution. 1t means merely that the
national bourgeoisie supported the
revolution and at the same time en-
deavored TO utilise the revolution for
its own ends and to limit it's swing
by directing it towards external
demands.
Inc struggle pelWeeH lne flBnl ana
left wings in the Kuomingtang in this
period was the reflection of these
contradictions. The attempt of Chang
Kai-Shek in March 1926 to drive the
Communists out Of the Kuomingtang
was the first serious attempt of the
national bourgeoisie to bride the
revolution. CAS- will be remembered,
the Central Committee of the G.:
p, of the Soviet Union was al
ready at that time Of the opinion
that the policy of keeping the Com
munist Party inside the Kuomingtang
must be maintained" and that "the
expulsion or the resignation of the
right-wingers from the Kumingtang
must be contrived.' April 1926
The aim of this policy was TO con.
tinue the development Of the revolu-
ton. to work closely together with the
left-wingers in the Kuomingtang and
in the national government, to con-
solidate the unity of the Kuoming-
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