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

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een achieved under “c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> peaceful coexistence betweenstates with different social systems”. 1 They assert that“it was precisely in c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> peaceful coexistence betweenstates with different social systems that the socialist revoluti<strong>on</strong>triumphed in Cuba, that the Algerian people gainednati<strong>on</strong>al independence, that more than forty countries w<strong>on</strong>nati<strong>on</strong>al independence, that the fraternal Parties grew innumber and strength, and that the influence <strong>of</strong> the worldcommunist movement increased”. 27. They hold that peaceful coexistence is “the best way <strong>of</strong>helping the internati<strong>on</strong>al revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary labour movementachieve its basic class aims”. 3 They declare that under peacefulcoexistence the possibility <strong>of</strong> a peaceful transiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>to</strong> socialismin capitalist countries has grown. They believe, moreover,that the vic<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> socialism in ec<strong>on</strong>omic competiti<strong>on</strong>“will mean delivering a crushing blow <strong>to</strong> the entire system <strong>of</strong>capitalist relati<strong>on</strong>ships”. 4 They state that “when the Sovietpeople enjoy the blessings <strong>of</strong> communism, new hundreds <strong>of</strong>milli<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> people <strong>on</strong> earth will say: ‘We are for communism!’” 5 and that by then even capitalists may “go over <strong>to</strong> theCommunist Party”.Just c<strong>on</strong>sider. What do these views have in comm<strong>on</strong> withLenin’s policy <strong>of</strong> peaceful coexistence?Lenin’s policy <strong>of</strong> peaceful coexistence is <strong>on</strong>e followed by asocialist country in its relati<strong>on</strong>s with countries having differentsocial systems, whereas Khrushchov describes peacefulcoexistence as the supreme principle governing the life <strong>of</strong>modern society.1B. N. P<strong>on</strong>omaryov, “A New Stage in the <strong>General</strong> Crisis <strong>of</strong> Capitalism”,Pravda, February 8, 1961.2Letter <strong>of</strong> the Central Committee <strong>of</strong> the CPSU <strong>to</strong> the Central Committee<strong>of</strong> the CPC, March 30, 1963.3Open Letter <strong>of</strong> the Central Committee <strong>of</strong> the CPSU <strong>to</strong> All PartyOrganizati<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>to</strong> All Communists <strong>of</strong> the Soviet Uni<strong>on</strong>, July 14, 1963.4B. N. P<strong>on</strong>omaryov, “Some Problems <strong>of</strong> the Revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary Movement”,World <strong>Marx</strong>ist Review, No. 12, 1962.5Programme <strong>of</strong> the CPSU, adopted by the 22nd C<strong>on</strong>gress <strong>of</strong> the CPSU.277

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