Herasymchuk
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| Prof. Vladimir Herasymchuk |
It’s a complicated problem – History. Not everyone is capable of sitting in the seat on the crooked turns of the road. Yes, but there are people that always like to be in the air. This is a much better position to be in and to rise up. But even an unpredictable storm has always brought dirt on to the garbage heap.
In this regard the report by Alexei Prigarin as a delegate from the RCP-CPSU to the World Congress last September in Canada for "Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People" was not too accurate or correct. The idea behind his speech at the Congress was that he believes in the truth, the logical development of the Communist movement in the former USSR, under the leadership of Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev (?!). Alexei Prigarin factually put the mark that the politics of Stalin and Trotsky are equal (?!). Therefore it is not understandable, were not the policies of Lenin and Stalin and that of the Bolshevik party responsible in successfully defeating the Trotskyite-Bukharin counter-revolutionary block? Is not the leader of the RCP-CPSU familiar with the work of J.V. Stalin "Questions of Leninism"? Did not Prigarin read the "Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR", written by the leader at the beginning of 1950’s? Or are these thoughts of Lenin and Stalin foreign for the full development of the communist society in the world?
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The question at present stands like this, that contemporary imperialism with the help of all opportunists are doing everything possible, to defeat, to erase from the memory of people the name of the Soviet leader. Because Stalin – this is socialism and communism, this is equality and brotherhood of all people. The logic of his teachings to this day is relevant and the most important factor in the struggle for the victory of the workers over capital. That is why just the mention of the name of Stalin (already dead since 1953-Editor) panic overcomes those, who stump on and are pushing our Motherland backwards, against the logic of the development of humanity. With the help of lies, falsification and debunking historical facts, the contemporary mutants of Humanity desperately try to paint a picture of Stalin as an antipode of the real Stalin. The idealists of terrorist organizers in the young Soviet state called Stalin a terrorist. The present followers of "Kulak Socialism" and hunger in 1933 blame the Bolsheviks for the "hunger-terror". The new "leaders" of the present Russian totalitarian pseudo-democracy blame Stalin for totalitarianism. The traitors and those responsible for the dismemberment of the USSR, and leading our country along a catastrophic path, which are dictated to by USA and NATO, are spreading lies about our heroic history.
But why dig constantly into the past, stating falsehoods against your own people, is it not better to analyze the present problems? Let us start by analyzing the total robbery of the Soviet people and of thousands of people dying from hunger and lack of medicine and medical support, is this not genocide, not "hunger-terror"?! J.V. Stalin – he was a leader, the genius that is recognized by the whole world, friend and foe alike! Under his rule our Motherland practically rose from backwardness and ruin to become one of the leading economic powers in the world. Is this not the truth?
But it is not enough to clear the name of this great man from all the lies heaped upon him. He is not in need of this. In what is the essence of Lenin-Stalin ideas? Let us just take a couple of their thesis at random.
FIRST: The economic essence of socialism and communism, and the ownership of the means of production.
Yes, of course, we as Bolsheviks are being blamed, that we oppose private ownership. What lies! Are not the industries such as factories and industries not owned by all the people? Why should all these industries and production facilities belong to one or two individuals?
But if you look now at the contemporary capitalist society, it certainly shows that imperialism and its monopoly capitalism takes away ownership of the means of production! It’s a fact now that the present multi-millionaires in former USSR have already siphoned their ill-gotten gains to the Canary Islands and to Miami banks (USA), where they have built castles and mansions for themselves. Were not the natural resources, such as gas and oil and timber not have been "privatized" and taken over by a small group of the present criminal bourgeoisie? Are these elements not taking away jobs from workers of Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, the right to rest, to medical services, schooling for their children? Our people lived much better before under Socialism than many capitalist countries. So, who is it that takes away the ownership from a person – socialism, or is it not always capitalism?
SECOND: The essence of government by the people in the transition period from socialist to a communist society is the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Many people are scared by the use of the word "dictatorship". But is there any society that hasn’t got some sort of dictatorship through its laws and the government constitutional laws? Government – means to dictate its policies! In modern society such dictatorship is through the laws of the country, even though in capitalist countries such "democratic laws" are often broken by the government itself, that has brought on these laws in the first place. But most important is the fact, as to whose dictatorship is in place, the peoples or the bourgeoisie?
The actual fact of the present Russian bourgeois "democracy" is the cannon fire and tank bombardment of the Supreme Soviet building in Moscow with elected deputies inside it and hundreds of killed. This was done by the Mafiosi structures of the uncontrolled government of President Yeltsin. This was and is a bourgeois totalitarianism and rule of capitalism. This is the rule of the mafia structures, which made slaves of the working class.
Dictatorship of the proletariat – this is the government by the whole people. This government of the workers is called upon to defend its state against the bourgeoisie, from the internal and external enemies. This is the rule of the working class over capital. Therefore, the dictatorship of the proletariat is the highest form of democracy. It enacts policies that are beneficial for the working class, the majority of the population and tries to supply all the necessities of life for the people.
Yes, sometimes it is said by the enemies or those who say they’re "Marxists" that now, in the contemporary society there is no such thing as the "working class". What a damn travesty of truth! Yes, the present proletariat is different from the working class of the 19th century. But the majority of mankind is workers and peasants, where capitalism has taken away the means of production, that was built by the Soviet people during the time of USSR. Are these people not the workers? The future should belong to them!
THIRD: Bolshevik, Communist, a dedicated Stalinist - these are all dedicated Internationalists. Soviet Union – was the perfect picture of unity and friendship of all people- dedicated to one goal and to its future. Soviet patriotism was the highest step of ethic-psychological and political victory of the Soviet State. Typical of this patriotism is the well known remarks by Alexei Cherednik of the national soccer team players of USSR, when in 1988 at the Olympic games in Seoul, Korea, the USSR won the gold medal. " No matter how others would disclaim this, but the patriotism of our players living on the one sixth of the surface of the world, the Soviet flag, with the hammer sand sickle proudly hangs on my wall as it does on most of the sportsmen. And I, to this day think and call myself a Soviet person!" Known all over the world as a light athletics star’ Sergei Bubka, 32 times held a world record in jumping: "Although now I am forced to perform on behalf of the present "Independent Ukraine" I remain a Soviet person. I will not change." Reported in the newspaper "Communist".
The great strides made by the Soviet Union and the Soviet people, the heroism of Soviet people are printed in golden letters in the history of the world. The total dedication of Soviet Union and all of its people, will always be remembered by the working people of the world. The genius of J.V. Stalin is now admitted not only by friends of the Soviet people, but also by its enemies.
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