Shawgi Tell; What is modern Communism? Extremely interested in how it got their also. Bob malecki >Why is it that not a day goes by without the bourgeoisie attacking >communism, through its media, think-tanks, universities and in a >million and one other ways? If communism is "finished," "dead," >"utopian," "dictatorial," "totalitarian," "the antithesis of human >rights" and any number of other colorful epithets which come to >mind, what are imperialism and the bourgeoisie worried about? > The real issue is that imperialism and the bourgeoisie can only >continue to keep themselves in power so long as the working class >and all the forces in society which stand to gain from coming to >power themselves are confused about the significance of what is >going on in the society and their consequent line of march. >The aim of the ideological and political confusion-making of the >bourgeoisie is to ensure that the workers, women, youth, students >and others do not seriously think about the causes of the problems >as they exist in the society and how to deal with them. The >bourgeoisie makes communism and the communist party the targets of >its attack because they are the main instruments of >enlightenment and of the new arrangements which are required to >open society's path for progress. > Modern Communism is the profound revolutionary condition for the >complete emancipation of the working class and all of humanity, in >which people are the creators of their own history. It emerges out >of the concrete conditions of capitalism in which production is >social but appropriation is private. It is this contradiction >between the character of production and the means of its >appropriation which is accentuating the contradiction which is >tearing the society apart - the contradiction between the >productive forces and the old moribund relations of production. The >condition of Modern Communism comes into being after a >thoroughgoing resolution of this contradiction. The stage of >socialism is the transition period between capitalism and >communism. But imperialism and the reactionary bourgeoisie present >Modern Communism as if it is a set of lunatic principles >conjured-up and imposed on the objective world by self-serving >power hungry maniacs or utopians who are simply out of tune with >the "harsh realities" of life > In other words, without Modern Communism the workers and >people cannot find their bearings. The bourgeoisie does not want >people to embrace communism and the communist party for no other >reason than to keep them disoriented and unable to direct the >strength of their numbers and organization in a manner which >benefits them, not the bourgeoisie. > > >Shawgi Tell >University at Buffalo >Graduate School of Education >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
