China’s Quick Transition to Capitalism

There is a growing mass struggle in China against the present conditions there and also growing severe criticism of the pro-capitalist line being followed by the present leadership of the Communist Party of China.

There was a news item that in October of 2004 a group of veteran Communist Party of China members, cadres, military personnel and intellectuals have co-authored a document, which they sent to the General Secretary of the CPC.

In spite of thousands of protests by workers and peasants, plus simmering criticism from the left intellectuals, which do not get mass publicity and which is not allowed to be published in the mass media – until now, these CPC cadres and military personnel haven’t been as vocal as they should have been in recent years - in criticizing the pro-capitalist process that is steam-rolling over China.

In this letter to the General Secretary Hu (Jintao), there are listed deep analytical reports of the flaws, the dangers, the charges of mass corruption, the danger of a complete departure from any semblance of socialist construction.

We have not the space to outline in full the document that was sent to the CC of CPC, but we quote some excerpts:

• Even though there are economic gains in China, the price of all these gains have been enormous for the majority of the working class and peasants. The privatization of state enterprises and the new ruling class violation of the rights of the masses is a frequent method of outright exploitation. Overwhelming number of the masses cannot even afford to see a doctor, access to education or to get a job. The unemployment is staggering. The CPC credibility has sunk to a dangerous new low.

• This letter charges that the CPC line now is outright revisionist, since in the name of socialism, its representatives actually practice capitalism. To put it down to earth, these newly baked capitalists claim that they have a Marxist Lamb to offer the people in front of the shop, but they are actually marketing a Revisionist Dog Meat under the table.

• We propose a systematic and people supported mass movement against this corruption that has swept China. When masses are involved, most of the problems are solved.

• Get back into Marxism-Leninism and involve the working masses and peasants to block the evil gale of privatization that is sweeping China.

• There must be a return to collectivization as we had before.

• Restore the leading position of Marxism-Leninism into the workings of the Communist Party of China. The present phenomena that the writings of Marx-Lenin and Stalin weren’t being studied in China must be corrected.

• We must establish that it is the workers and peasants who must be masters of the state and state enterprises must be restored

• There must be a cleansing of the Communist Party of China and criticism and self-criticism must be followed to the letter.

We, as veteran party members, cadres, military personnel and the intellectuals who feel deeply for the party and the people, have for a long time have been deeply concerned where the party is going and where it is heading. There fore we feel that we have the responsibility to present to you some of our views.