Polemic on General Line of International ... - From Marx to Mao

The Yakyirs, Balyitskys, Lyubehenkys, Zatonskys andother scum wanted to bring Polish landowners to theUkraine, wanted to bring here the German fascists, landlordsand capitalists. . . . We have annihilated a considerablenumber of enemies, but still not all. Therefore, it isnecessary to keep our eyes open. We should bear firmly inmind the words of Comrade Stalin, that as long as capitalistencirclement exists, spies and saboteurs will be smuggledinto our country.Why does Khrushchov, who was in the leadership of theParty and the state in Stalin’s period and who actively supportedand firmly executed the policy for suppressing counterrevolutionaries,repudiate everything done during this periodand shift the blame for all errors on to Stalin alone, whilealtogether whitewashing himself?When Stalin did something wrong, he was capable of criticizinghimself. For instance, he had given some bad counselwith regard to the Chinese revolution. After the victory ofthe Chinese revolution, he admitted his mistake. Stalin alsoadmitted some of his mistakes in the work of purifying theParty ranks in his report to the 18th Congress of the CPSU(B) in 1939. But what about Khrushchov? He simply doesnot know what self-criticism is; all he does is to shift theentire blame on to others and claim the entire credit forhimself.It is not surprising that these ugly actions of Khrushchov’sshould have taken place when modern revisionism is on therampage. As Lenin said in 1915 when he criticized the revisionistsof the Second International for their betrayal of Marxism:This is not at all surprising in this day of words forgotten,principles lost, philosophies overthrown, and resolutionsand solemn promises discarded. 11V. I. Lenin, “Preface to N. Bukharin’s Pamphlet, Imperialism andthe World Economy”, Collected Works, Eng. ed., Progress Publishers,Moscow, 1964, Vol. XXII, p. 104.129