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

goslavia opposed their anti-Leninist revisionist programmeto the Declaration of 1957; they set the L.C.Y. against theinternational communist movement as a whole. . . .It says:[The leaders of the L.C.Y. were] dependent on so-called“aid” from U.S. and other imperialists, and thereby exposedthe Yugoslav people to the danger of losing the revolutionarygains achieved through a heroic struggle.It further says:The Yugoslav revisionists carry on subversive workagainst the socialist camp and the world communist movement.. . . they engage in activities which prejudice theunity of all the peace-loving forces and countries.The Statement is absolutely clear, and yet the leaders ofthe CPSU dare to say: “In accordance with the 1960 Statement,we consider Yugoslavia a socialist country.” 1 Howcan they say such a thing!One would like to ask:Can a country be socialist when, as the Statement says, itis guided by a variety of international opportunism, a varietyof modern revisionist theories?Can a country be socialist when, as the Statement says, ithas betrayed Marxism-Leninism and sets itself against theinternational communist movement as a whole?Can a country be socialist when, as the Statement says, itcarries on subversive work against the socialist camp and theworld communist movement?Can a country be socialist when, as the Statement says, itengages in activities which prejudice the unity of all thepeace-loving forces and countries?1“For the Victory of Creative Marxism-Leninism and Against theRevision of the Course of the World Communist Movement”, editorialboard article in Kommunist, Moscow, No. 11, 1963.143