Shawgi writes!
>Some communist parties and organizations at this time are behaving
>as if the counter-revolution, the present period of retreat of
>revolution is actually a golden opportunity for them to make a
>headway. How can this be the case?
Turmoil in the Swedish CP! (Euro-Communist)
Something is going on in the former Swedish Communist Party.(Euro-Communist)
In my articles on the Swedish CP recently i said that they were making a
turn to the right in changing their name and program to include feminism and
the envionmental activists in the Greens in their future plans. But also to
become the reformist Social democracy that the Social Democrats once were
during the late 60ties and early 70ties. As the Social Democrats leap into
the arms of the bougeois parties.
The CP party leadership (based in Stockholm) and the south of Sweden are
trying not unlike the Mandelite USec to build a broad "left" current based
on the politics of the new left and the traditionalists and back to the good
old days of Social Democracy.
However a "left" opposition is developing up here in the north of Sweden.
The north of Sweden has historically always been both the proletarian and
red belt of both the Social democracy and the Swedish CP.
As the militant voices of protests from the workers up here in the north
begin to grow louder and louder especially among the mine workers and
building trades the pressure on the CP cadre up here in the north is growing.
It is partially anti Stockholm and anti-southern Sweden feelings that run
through the workers movement up here. Partially because all of the base
industries are in the north (mines, electricity, papper and forestry
industries) and all of the profits and decisions are down South in the
capitol of Stockholm. On the other hand it is the proletarian bastions of
both the Social Democracy and the Swedish CP that are being hit the hardest
by the cuts in just about everything. And the workers are starting to not
only grumble, but are getting very very angry!
Thus the Northern districts of the Swedish CP have come out in and open
fight about the right turn of the Swedish CP against the central party
bodies in the south. It is also centered around how many places in the
governing party bodies that the representatives from the north recieved at
the recent Congress. In fact 1 position on the central apparatus. While at
the same time they represent both the historical proletarian base and
natural left wing of the party. And in fact have some of the largest
sections of the party in the country!
Now they say that they are preparing a program in opposition to the right
wing politics of the CP leadership in Stockholm who are completely
capitulating to the Social Democracy in order to gain bougeois
respectability and cover their pro Stalinist past. Naturally this coming
from the Euro Communists CP means that they want to sound a little more to
the left because they are feeling the pressure of the proletarian rage that
is growing up here.
As to how this will develop we will have to wait and see. The same process
is takling place in the Social democracy up here.
Naturally a Trotskyist party of anyworth would intervene in this new and
developing situation in order to win the best cadre to a vanguard party and
program for revolution. Perhaps the possibility of a short term entry could
arise or cooperation on a program of struggle against the cuts and
unemployment. In fact a tactical electoral alliance could be possible under
the conditions of being very clear that any such electoral program is not
nearly enough to solve the crisis but....
However at this point it is unclear as to how this all will evolve.
Partially because their is no Trotskyist party in this country. We have two
"trotskyist" groups of any size here. A Mandelite Usec group. And a militant
group. Both are unfortunately completely incapable of seeing or doing
anything other then perhaps building a rotten electoral block on a minumum
program at best. Both of these groups have given up on the politics of
Trotsky and the TP as being outdated. In fact they are just tailing the
backwardness of the workers long dominated by Social Democratic and
Stalinist politics.
Unless a Trotskyist cadre develops here who are prepared to fight around the
politics of the LO and TP in the present turmoil on the left, a great
opportunity if not the best since the Stalinists ursurped the October
Revolution will be missed, thus
opening the door to a *real* revolutionary Trotskyist party here in Sweden
or a whole new round of defeats for the workers movement.
Forward to a Trotskyist Party in Sweden.
Forward to the creation of Trotskyist Parties everywhere.
Towards a new and reforged Communist International.
Bob Malecki
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