Dear G
Tariq Ali once wrote – in a Foreword to a text by Marx – something along the lines of “Now that the corrupt USSR is no more – it remains for China – and all the other [capitalist] pretenders at Socialism – to be destroyed!” Tariq Ali is a Trotskyite and views ALL regimes that follow-on (uncritically) from the lineage of Lenin and Stalin as a distortion of what Trotsky thought Marx (and Engels) actually meant. Trotsky (ironically) always draws the workers back to the bourgeois (capitalist) political mid-ground of politics – with a preference for a centre, centre-left of that position. Trotsky had something in-mind to what modern (post-1991) Russia is today.
The way Trotskyites bring-down trends of thought they do not like is to use logical “disinformation”. Adherents to this religion construct entire edifices of supposed “theory” as to “why” China is “this” or China is not “that”. It is a relentless disinforming toward the re-establishment of bourgeois capitalism. As Trotskyites use “Entryism” (infiltration) – their arguments can be unsettling to the unwary. I can sniff-out a Trotskyite at 100 yards – and deliver the coup de grace. If China really is capitalist – why are the Trotskyites still trying to bring it down? After-all, modern Russia receives virtually zero attention from these pests.
Obviously, we can work-out the true intention of Trotskyites by observing the shadows they throw – whilst analysing the imprints they leave behind in their nests. We can also study their droppings (that which passes as their intellectual arguments). A smelly process, I know, but a process that must be carefully repeated time and time again until the threat is revealed and removed. The Trotskyites are using the economic argument against China – so we can ascertain that this cannot be their actual – or intended – target. No, just as Socialism grows out of capitalism – and is entirely economically driven – the answer must lie elsewhere.
You shake the bush – and as the Trotskyites break-cover – I will open up with both barrels! In reality, the capitalist establishment has tasked the Trotskyites with bringing-down the (Marxist-Leninist) “Centralised-Democratic” system the PRC operates. This is no different to that constructed by the USSR and the greatest strength of any Socialist country(s). This People’s Democracy must be destroyed (example, Cuba and the DPRK) as it is the strongest resistance to US-style capitalist endeavour. This is why the EU strips each constituent country of its Socialist institutions – in preparation for the spread of Zero Hours Contracts, no Unions, and no workers’ rights, etc.
Robert Maxwell interviewed Deng Xiao Ping in 1979 – I have a copy of this book – and published the interview in English translation. Deng rants and raves for a few hours – expressing Marxist-Leninist rhetoric whilst steering clear of anything directly “Maoist”. China has developed away from dialectical Maoism – not Socialism – and herein lies the difference that the Trotskyites are misreporting. Classical Maoist thinking (in its original mode) is now viewed as a pre-Revolutionary ideology – which must be replaced by a different (developed) dialectical approach post-Revolution (requiring a developed “Maoism” if you like – which manifests beyond what would normally be identified as Classical Maoism). This is due to the difference in dialectical reality. Gaining control of the means (and forces) of production is only the first stage – not yet attained in most parts of the world (where Classical Maoism is still directly relevant). China now exists in a post-Revolutionary reality (requiring a developed Maoism) – and it is this reality that its leaders must address. This suggests that the development of “Maoist” ideology is an ongoing project – a spectrum if you like – which sees a histoical development that can be accessed at various points in its manifestation – dependent upon dialectical need.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 