The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-08
Comrade Stains Recent Letter and the Fight
Against Centrism

truth. It is obvious that it does not mean that
Comrade Radek spoke in the fraction of the
Marxist historical researchers. He confessed TO
a number Of mistakes; he admitted that Rosa
Luxembourg had not always adopted a correct
Bolshevst standpoint He did not however con-
meet the false standpoint he adopted when he
collaborated with Rosa Luxembourg, with the
false standpoint he adopted later when he col
Elaborated with Trotzky.
He elaborated the theory that Rosa Luxembourg
formed bridge over which the best social de-
mocratic workers could come to U.s. and there
fore she must be criticized more mildly. IN
the first place this theory is false: 1t is not
absolutely necessary that the workers come to
us over the Luxenburgian bridge.
Secondly: those workers who are still con-
nected with this bridge must be informed of
the mistakes Of the Left social democrats in
order to learn from these mistakes and to be-
come real Bolsheviki. Otherwise this bridge, II
we cloak over the mistakes of Rosa Luxembourg,
will become bridge to the social democracy
and not to Communism.
If, however we expose Rosa Luxemburg's mis-
takes, III Bolshevist manner, then this bridge
will be for the workers bridge from the social
democratic mistakes to the Bolsheviki. This is
the way in which the Bolshevih must approach
this question. Comrade Radek, however, has
not gone the whole way This is apparently
due to the fact, which he has not completely
revealed, that he himself was either bridge
between Rosa Luxembourg and Trotzky, or has
gone over the bridge from Rosa Luxembourg to
Trotzky, lie. the general non-Bolshevist way.
Uaughter)
Wherein lies the Importance OF SlutZkys ar
tcle? 1t lies in the fact that it is, an open at
tempt to smuggle the Trotzkyist plumber through
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the pre-war period under the flag Of Luxenl-
burgism. In this sense Slutzky's article is a
characteristic phenomenon Of the present stu
alton. Slutzky for long time a Menshe-
vik; then he was outside of the Party and 1t
was not until 1880 that he became candidate
for membership of our Party.
1t is fact that this man. who had only re
Gently become Party candidate, was given the
possibility of publishing an article against Lee
nn in which he accused Lenin of having under
estimated the danger Of centrism, Of having right
to the last not supported the Left German so
cial democrats who were near to Trotzky, and
that therefore he was not a genuine revolu-
tionary.
1t would be doing Slutzky too much honor
If we were to engage here in serious criticism
OF this Hbellous nonsense. It suffices that Com
raoe Stain, in passing, Las torn this nonsense
to shreds. The point here is not that Slutzky
has written libellous nonsense.
What Is more serious is that Bolshevist pa
per has given space in its columns TO this non
sense. 1t is question OF rotten liberalism on
the part OF Some Of our Communists towards
the Trotzkyist minded writer's. When Trotzky,
in his contemplate and boastfuY book my LIFE
describes himself as the centre Of revolution and
does not mention that he has long gone over TO
the camp Of the enemy, there Is nothing re-
narkable in this Ior what Is there left Tor
bankrupt and renegade 10 do than 10 comfort
himself with boasting and self-glorificaton7
When Slutzky attempts in his article TO make
use Of the Luxemburgian flag in order to SNUG
gle his Trotzkyist plumber into our press there
Is nothing remarkable in this, for what is there
left for bankrupt Trotzkyist than to comfort
himself with such contraband? M
When, however, the Bolshevik paper "Prole-
tarskaya Revoluzis" considers IL possible TO place
its columns at the disposal Of Trotzkyist SNUG
glers, then this is no longer trifle. II means
that there exists in our ranks rotten liberal
ism towards devations from Bolshevism and
towards distortions Of the history Of our Party
II means chat there are stll people in our ranks
who In their stupidity are ready, for the sake
Of rotten liberalism TO render voluntary aid In
the Justification Of the history Of Rolshevism
For these reasons, comrades, believe that the
fight against the rotten liberalism Ill our ranks
must be constituent part Of our fight against
the Justification and distortion OF Shs history
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