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

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Between capitalist and communist society lies the period<strong>of</strong> the revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary transformati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>on</strong>e in<strong>to</strong> the other.There corresp<strong>on</strong>ds <strong>to</strong> this also a political transiti<strong>on</strong> periodin which the state can be nothing but the revoluti<strong>on</strong>arydicta<strong>to</strong>rship <strong>of</strong> the proletariat. 1Lenin frequently emphasized <strong>Marx</strong>’s great theory <strong>of</strong> thedicta<strong>to</strong>rship <strong>of</strong> the proletariat and analysed the development<strong>of</strong> this theory, particularly in his outstanding work, “The Stateand Revoluti<strong>on</strong>”, where he wrote:. . . the transiti<strong>on</strong> from capitalist society — which isdeveloping <strong>to</strong>wards communism — <strong>to</strong> a communist societyis impossible without a “political transiti<strong>on</strong> period”, andthe state in this period can <strong>on</strong>ly be the revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary dicta<strong>to</strong>rship<strong>of</strong> the proletariat. 2He further said:The essence <strong>of</strong> <strong>Marx</strong>’s teaching <strong>on</strong> the state has beenmastered <strong>on</strong>ly by those who understand that the dicta<strong>to</strong>rship<strong>of</strong> a single class is necessary not <strong>on</strong>ly for every class societyin general, not <strong>on</strong>ly for the proletariat which has overthrownthe bourgeoisie, but also for the entire his<strong>to</strong>rical periodwhich separates capitalism from “classless society”, fromcommunism. 3As slated above, the fundamental thesis <strong>of</strong> <strong>Marx</strong> and Leninis that the dicta<strong>to</strong>rship <strong>of</strong> the proletariat will inevitably c<strong>on</strong>tinuefor the entire his<strong>to</strong>rical period <strong>of</strong> the transiti<strong>on</strong> fromcapitalism <strong>to</strong> communism, that is, for the entire period up <strong>to</strong>the aboliti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> all class differences and the entry in<strong>to</strong> aclassless society, the higher stage <strong>of</strong> communist society.What will happen if it is announced, halfway through, thatthe dicta<strong>to</strong>rship <strong>of</strong> the proletariat is no l<strong>on</strong>ger necessary?1Selected Works <strong>of</strong> Karl <strong>Marx</strong> and Frederick Engels, Eng. ed., FLPH,Moscow, 1955, Vol. II, pp. 32-33.2V. I. Lenin, Selected Works, Eng. ed., FLPH, Moscow, 1952, Vol. II,Part 1, p. 289.3Ibid., p. 234.35

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