All the current (fragmented) so-called “Communist” movements in the UK – are not fit for purpose. There is no point naming and shaming – as the onus must be on sweeping it all away. Workers simply need to abandon a false consciousness – and set their thought processes and actions on the right path to Revolution. We can waste our time micro-managing all the errors and mistakes of these entities – but this is becoming pointlessly bogged-down in unnecessary detail. It is like an infantryman taking his time examining clods of earth around his feet – when the depths of No Man’s Land must be traversed in the quickest time possible. Lives are saved (at least in theory) the quicker the dangerous spaces are traversed and the enemy neutralised. Do not become distracted by the minutiae of existence. Fake Communist groups mimic the bourgeois tactic of halting the advancement of the workers by bogging these individuals down in irrelevant discussion and pointless justifications. These fake Communist groups, like the religions they deny, like to assume a higher wisdom that the ordinary rank and file do not supposedly possess. What this usually amounts to is that the bourgeois has infiltrated the working-class movement. White, middle-class men (it is always “men”) sit in supreme judgement over the proletariat membership – and term this privilege “Centralised Democracy” (which means in this distorted instance – that you must not judge the status quo – as someone wiser than you has decreed it).
How is this problem to be solved? Read. Read (or listen) to books written by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Mao Zedong, and any other leader who has also a) read these books, b) corrected their thought processes, and c) put into practice their new mentality. Avoid narratives comprised of false criticism. This will be a broad body of work. At the same time, retain your capacity for freedom of thought. Always reject Leon Trotsky and learn to clearly perceive how his method of deception operates throughout the working-class. Today’s Communist movements are in fact Trotskyite in nature (that is, they oppose Lenin and Stalin – whilst misrepresenting Marx and Engels). These are movements of deception designed to mislead the working-class, misdirect its honest intentions, and shift it collectively toward the bourgeois centre-ground, and then further toward the right-wing, etc. Trotsky was a fascist and he used a misunderstanding of Marxism to divert the workers toward fascism, capitalism, and totalitarianism. This is abit like a well-known left-wing newspaper in the UK which features professional boxing on its sports page – eulogising working-class men beating one another up for the entertainment of the middle-class. This is why only amateur boxing (fighting for honour – and not for money) was permitted in the USSR – and is permitted in China and Cuba, etc. On the contrary, Trotsky wants the working-class continuously beaten about the head!
Another tiger-trap is the “National Bolshevik” movement. To be clear, I am a Bolshevik (from the Chinese perspective) – but I am not a nationalist (Indeed, I am an “Internationalist” – a Maoist no less). The “Naz-Bol” movement evolved out of a fascist-infected (post-1991) Russia. This movement integrates Hitler’s ideology with a post-1945 US (Cold War) misidentification of Joseph Stalin. This flawed ideology misinforms that there is “no difference” between historical Hitler and a fictional Stalin. Well, 41 million dead and wounded Soviet citizens would beg to differ. Naz-Bols combine Marxist-Leninist economics with Hitler’s warped theories on race. This rejects the Marxist idea of “Internationalism”. On the face of it, these deluded individuals will talk highly of Stalin (as I do) – and then state he is no different to Hitler (which I definitely do not) – claiming both were ruthlessly racist (a complete lie – Stalin wasn’t even Russian). When I was young, I was told a fake story perpetuated in the US, which stated that a “Mongolian” Soviet soldier raised the Red Flag on the Reichstag roof – but when Stalin heard this – he had the event re-filmed using only “White” Red Army soldiers. When older – and able to check if this story was true – I discovered that it was a pure fiction. Stalin – as an “elected” functionary of the Communist Party – simply did not possess that type of direct power. If anything, he would have welcomed an Asian soldier – but he would not have fabricated such an occurrence.
Also be aware of the problem of modern (or post-modern Russia). Contemporary Russian nationalism misrepresents Soviet history – by conflating it to “Russian” history. Nationalist Russia came to an end in 1917. From that point onwards, the International Working-Class (of 15 different countries) combined together to spread Socialism across the world. Even the otherwise outrageous Trotsky advocated the training of Revolutionary Brigades that would be sent out of the USSR across the world to assist the working-class of other nations (I like this idea)! This was when he was drunk on the Revolutionary spirit – an envelop of several months in 1918 – before Lenin realised he was a complete idiot. Russia misrepresents the Soviet achievement of WWII as a “Russian” war – but at that time – “Russia” in this nationalist sense did not exist. Yes – the bourgeois countries still referred to the USSR as “Russia” – in the hope that the Revolution would collapse (how “racist”). Modern Russia, ironically, would agree with this position. It turned-out that the Revolution in the USSR was not a permanent transformation of humanity. This is despite the USSR winning the “Civil War” (1918-1921) after being invaded by the UK, US, and twelve of their allies (and Imperial Germany and four of their allies) – causing 10.5 million deaths. Interestingly, this war was excised from UK and US history due to the Soviet victory – to the point that virtually no one in the West even knows it happened. Despite 57,000 British troops fighting in Soviet Russia – I have never encountered any War Memorials dedicated to their sacrifices.
There is much to study. Take the time to read Marx – he says much of textured interest. The thought processes of the mind will be clarified and directed toward a proper and material scientific process. Once the thinking processes are turned the right way around – then wise courses of action can then be formulated. When such individuals are gathered together – this inner strength is magnified toward a common (outer) goal. Lenin studied Marx and interpreted its underlying ideology to suit the conditions that then existed in Russia. In many ways – Lenin demonstrates “how” the insights of Marx and Engels can be lifted out of its 19th century (European) thinking – and applied to very different socio-economic conditions. In many ways, perhaps Mao Zedong possessed the most difficult re-application of Marx and Engels’ ideology – but he did achieve this – which opened the door for Ho Chi Minh, and Fidel Castro, etc. If Mao Zedong can translate this foreign ideology into the Chinese language – then how easy must it be for the rest of us? Of course, Karl Marx spoke German – and wrote all his books in the German language. Although living in the UK since 1849 until his death in 1883 – he thought the British workers at that time were difficult to motivate – and so he did not bother. It was only after his death that much of his work was translated into English. Even Lenin did not have all of the work of Marx at his fingertips – with many texts not being translated into Russian until after Lenin’s death. Putting the mind into its correct orientation is the proper foundation of Marxism – the further content only applies this correct placement.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 