Events in Georgia and communistsТ response

The confrontation between Russia and Georgia, which continues for 17 years, is developed into armed conflict. Russia has invaded into Georgia in defiance of even bourgeois standards of democracy, hypocritically named this aggression Уcoercion Georgia into peaceФ (young communists joked well in Internet, that the next operation will be Уthe coercion Ukraine into friendshipФ). The entry of Georgian troops into South Ossetia served as a casus belli. Russian bourgeoisie alleges without adducing any proof, that South Ossetia demands the independence from Georgia. Then the surge of anti-Georgian hysteria in Russian mass media took place, which overshadowed the rest news, even from Olympic Games.

We, conscious proletarians, understand perfectly, that for Russian imperialism with its Уadministrative resourceФ, which allowed it to juggle the wills of tens of millions voters at the last election, which alleged, that 99% of Chechens vote for Putin, itТs no trouble at all to juggle the will of South OssetiaТs population, the more so as it amounts only 100,000. We understand perfectly, that the tears of Russian imperialists about South OssetiaТs Уwomen and childrenФ are crocodile tears: how many proletarian women and children in Russia suffer from malnutrition, from the absence of primary sanitary code, how many proletarian women and children are tortured in police stations, how many women and children are martyred by Russian troops at North Caucasus?

What is the cause of Russian aggression and hysterical cries of Russian bourgeoisie?

Today it is no secret that the cause is oil and gas pipelines, which the West has built through Georgia at last years. It becomes possible to transport oil and gas through these pipelines from Central Asia, Caspian Sea and Afghanistan to the West bypassing Russia, i.e. Russian oligarchy lose the part of superprofits, which is gained from the plunder of Central Asian and Caspian oil and gas. Incidentally, 10 years ago, when there are no these oil and gas pipelines, and Georgia demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops, Russia simply has stopped gas supply to Georgia, and Georgia was compelled to resign the claim. Today Russia already canТt act so УliberallyФ, so it uses force.

All progressive people condemned Russia. Western imperialisms condemned it too, however, naturally, not from principle position, but from competitorТs one.

The aggression against Georgia is in fact the first step of new president. We see, that the hopes of many liberals (and even some communists), that Medvedev will be more democratic than Putin, that Medvedev is УintellectualФ as distinct from УtyrantФ Putin, turned out naïve illusion: УsonФ has copied from УdadФ not only the gait and the intonation, but pig-headed police brutality too. УIntelligent boyФ turned out Уobedient boyФ.

What is the position of Russian communists and of the opposition in general?

Far right wing of them Ц Limonov, Zyuganov and lately Уturned his coatФ to oppositionist YeltsinТs ex-adviser Delyagin, naturally, hiss at Georgia and even if they criticize Russia, they do it for Russia still hasnТt Уbumped offФ Georgian independence. Limonov has even written the open letter to government, where he gives it advices! Even 150 years ago, when liberal revolutionary Herzen has written the letter to tsar in connection with the abolition of serfdom, all revolutionaries turned away from him with disdain, but to repeat that absurd HerzenТs act today means to kiss the government in public.

аа Delyagin is outraged: communists, such fools, support Georgia instead supporting Russia in the conflict with USA for Georgia. Then he argued as usual, that communists donТt understand Lenin; that Russia is not empire, but the poor country as Somali; that one should advocate not RussiaТs defeat, but, on the contrary, its УliberationФ.

аааааааа It is funny! The official communist leader Zyuganov, on the contrary, supports Russia against Georgia. 90% Russians, according to official public opinion poll, support Russia against Georgia too.

As we see, bourgeois Delyagin have blabbed out in a fit of hysterics, that Russian proletariat, which voice is suppressed both by authorities and opportunists, advocates RussiaТs defeat in the conflict with USA, advocates the independence and territorial integrity of Georgia (because communists express the interests of the broad stratum of society; communistsТs views emerged not from nowhere, but crystallized from spontaneous aspirations of lower masses of people).

It pleases, that today such extreme chauvinism has minority vote, no matter how mass media try. It is the considerable progress in this respect for the last years. Today even many extreme chauvinists hesitate to express their chauvinism openly, and mask it by internationalist phrase, because they understand, that Russian proletarians donТt support barefaced chauvinism today. For example, there is an article of Michael Molotov УThe response to the article of Michael Delyagin УAbout left supporters of УGeorgian HitlerФФФ at the site of RKSMB, where Molotov criticizes Delyagin from the position of allegedly revolutionary defeatism, however, he writes:

 

УLet Delyagin points out concrete Lefts, who approve of genocide, if he states thisФаааа

 

As we see, for Molotov Уthe genocide of South Ossetian peopleФ, which is mentioned by Russian mass media 100 times a day, is the obvious fact, which doesnТt need any proof.аа аа

Then Molotov writes, that УRussian government is subjected to large capitalФ, which is Уinternational absolutelyФ, and perform only the role in its world stagingФ. According to Molotov, Уour government donТt represent national bourgeoisieФ.

It is similar to the false KautskyТs theory of ultra-imperialism, which denies the competition of national imperialisms in the struggle for world domination; which represents competitive contradictions between imperialist powers along with the probability of world wars as a thing of the past. Modern Russian reactionary professors (Plimak and the like) along with opportunist bosses add that theory to their arsenal today in order to represent Russia as subjected to America; in order to conciliate the contradiction between Russian proletariat and Russian national (not УinternationalФ, sir Molotov!) bourgeoisie. It is evident from above mentioned words, that Molotov is indignant over the fact, that Russian authorities represent the interests of international bourgeoisie (Molotov and the like understand by this term American bourgeoisie, naturally) instead of the interests of their own, national, bourgeoisie. What ever distinguishes Molotov from Delyagin? Nothing unless the fact, that Delyagin is straighter, more frank.

As a matter of fact, it is funny, that Molotov overlooks the obvious Ц the repeating of УCold WarФ between Russia and the West at last years, all the more at such moment, when this УCold WarФ is within a hairТs breadth of УhotФ one.

Now letТs examine the statement of the Bureau of Central Committee of RKSMB УOn imperialist war in South OssetiaФ. It starts from the words about Georgian (not Russian!) aggression. Russian government is condemned for the fact, that Уwhen from the beginning of August during a week there are exchanges of fire from other sidesФ, it Уeven donТt thought about the protection of Russian citizensФ; and also for the fact, that it havenТt profited by powerful economic instruments, which allow to influence Georgia stronglyФ (instruments are broken, sirs from RKSMB!)

 

УWe respect the right of the people of South Ossetia of self-determinationФ аааа

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Indeed! Social-chauvinists suddenly recollect the right of self-determination! But, unfortunately, they do it inappropriately, out of place. As Lenin correctly emphasized, this right is not the absolute for Marxists, it is subjected to the interests of proletariat; one should consider this right in connection with definite historical circumstances.

УWe respect the right of the people of South Ossetia of self-determinationФЕ It is as good as if American communists said in 2003: УWe respect the right of IraqТs Kurds of self-determinationФ. Or it is as good as to say: УWe respect the right of the people of Rybinsk (town in Russia Ц A. G.) of self-determinationФ (incidentally, the latter for all that absurdity is less absurd, than Уthe self-determination of South OssetiaФ, because the population of Rybinsk is 2.4 times larger than the population of South Ossetia. Our communists somehow forgot that Marxists always opposed the feudal disunity, they advocated large states; that Marxists said about self-determination only in that case, when there is inequality in the level of economic development, which inevitably produces oppression.

But is there that inequality between Georgia and South Ossetia? No. Both of them are under-developed regions. Is the friction between Georgians and South Ossetins (if it really exists) really stronger than the friction between Caucasians in whole and Russia? Are South Ossetins in Russia really less tormented by police and labor aristocracy in the persons of skinheads, than Georgians?

But our УcommunistsФ, such nihilists in national question, equate the aspiration of oppressed Georgian nation to the unity (which is overcoming feudal disunity) with the aspiration of oppressor Russian nation to colonial conquests.

Yes, Saakashvili is the puppet of the West, like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro are the puppets of Russia and China, but in this case the will of USA coincides with the will of Georgian people (Russian mass media blab out, that the opposition to SaakashviliТs regime and Georgian people are much more oppose Russia and advocate united Georgia than Saakashvili himself). If American communist stresses overly the fairness of GeorgiaТs aspiration of to the unity, then we should naturally suspect that he is American chauvinist, who wishes the victory of America over Russia in this region. But we as Russian communists must emphasize the progressiveness of GeorgiaТs unity, otherwise we should be not communists, but the puppets of Gazprom, Lukoil and KamAZ (Russian corporations Ц A. G.).

It is impossible to act in politics without compromises. Georgian people compromise with the West like Soviet Russia compromised with Germany, concluding Brest peace treaty. I shall give another example from the history. During World War II Subhas Chandra Bose, the fighter for the freedom of India from England, who didnТt share fascist ideology, has formed an army out of Indians with the help of Germany, then Japan in order to fight against English oppression. In 1945 England captured this army and decided to try its members by the military tribunal, which provided for severe punishments (exactly as Russia, which already opens criminal cases for the УcrimesФ, which committed at GeorgiaТs territory!). All Indian people Ц both Indian National Congress headed by Gandhi, Muslim Congress and all other progressive organizations together supported Subhas Chandra Bose despite the contradictions among them. This event served as a motive for the national liberation revolution in India.

All Indian people supported Subhas Chandra Bose exceptЕ Indian communist party, which acted by order of Moscow. УSubhas Chandra Bose and his army are Nazis, so they must be convictedФ Ц Indian УcommunistsФ said, thereby in fact supported English imperialism.

Fortunately, Indian people didnТt follow the advice of УcommunistsФ.

Let us return to RKSMB.

 

УRKSMB condemns the aggressive actions of Georgian authorities in unleashing new, possibly, protracted conflict in CaucasusФ

 

УArenТt Russian authorities should be condemned?Ф Ц Russian proletarian would ask severely these УproletariatТs servantsФ. RKSMB, anticipating this, slips out cunningly:

 

УRussian authorities are responsible for this war tooФ

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We shall not discuss all confusion Ц wild chauvinism in some sentences and coward internationalism in others. We shall discuss only the slogans, which are italicized at the end of the statement:

 

УDown with imperialist war!

No support to Georgian and Russian authorities in the war at South Ossetia!

No to aggression and militarism of Georgian ruling regime!

Down with capitalism Ц permanent source of wars!Ф

 

From the 1^st sentence one can conclude that Georgia is the same empire as Russia.

At the 2^nd sentence Russia is modestly moved away by Russian communists to the 2^nd place after Georgia.

At the 3^rd аsentence it is more logically to expect the word УRussianФ from communists Ц from communists, but not from RKSMB.

The 4^th sentence is non-committal general phrase of the sort УVolga flows into Caspian seaФ. Opportunists constantly dismiss by this phrase the consideration of contradiction between oppressor and oppressed nations, the consideration of the point, which war is progressive and which is not.

As a matter of fact, Engels called Russia Уpermanent source of warsФ (see his work УForeign policy of Russian tsarismФ). One can object: УRussia is not unique source of warsФ. I agree with that completely. But we are Russian communists, and we work not with abstract proletariat, but with Russian proletariat, which is still under the influence of Russian bourgeoisie in many respects. So, we must condemn first of all Уour ownФ, Russian, imperialism, not in the least justifying at the same time Western one.

Now letТs consider УThe Statement of Left FrontФ, which was received from the left opportunist Udaltsov. We shall not consider all statement (it is similar to the statement of RKSMB in many respects), but only one point:

 

УAgainst the background of hostilities (military operations) it is possible easily and with impunity to go further on the way of decline in living standards of population, beginning from price increase and ending by limitation of civil liberties. And it is possible to represent opposition by the efforts of salaried talker-propagandists nearly as the Уnational traitorsФЕ We demand the immediate cease-fire and the entering into negotiations from all sides. We advocate real peaceФа а

 

So, we see that the sense of this phrase comes to the following: Уwar reduces living standards, sharpens class contradictions, class struggle, but we have something, and we donТt want to lose it, therefore, we are afraid of it, we, oppositionists, who always serve loyally toа Russian nation, are afraid to be accused of Уnational treasonФ, therefore we advocate peaceФ.

We, Marxists-Leninists, respond to this pacifist-populist (-narodnik) whining: USA with Russia begin world war? Very good! Let them break their necks in that fight! Living standards are reduced? Fine! It will free people from reformist illusions! Freedoms are abolished, bayonet come on the agenda? Excellent! It breaks those who are blinded of their pacifist illusions! Bourgeoisie will accuse us of Уnational treasonФ (as Lenin wrote, there are two nations Ц bourgeoisie and proletariat - within every nation)? Very well! All the more sure that proletarians will support us, because such УnegativeФ publicity from the bourgeois side will be the best publicity in the opinion of proletariat and even of many labor aristocrats, who will be embittered by the decline of living standards and by cutting of freedoms. In fact, Lenin didnТt slip into pacifism for fear of the accusation him as a УGerman spyФ!

P. S. Incidentally, 3 years ago I wrote, that it will be better for the peoples of poor nations to refrain for the time being from military operations until Уcounter-terroristФ (counter-revolutionary de facto) coalition collapsed, until wolves tear up each other. We see that today, when the alliance of imperialists crumbles, oppressed nations make the best use of this moment:

At North Caucasus almost every week there are killings of policemen, recently Office of Public Prosecutor was fired. 1,500 policemen put in an application for retirement, fearing for themselves.

In Afghanistan recently several French soldiers was killed. Sarkozee, who donТt differ from Medvedev in the police stupidity, calls his soldiers to fight Уtill final victoryФ Ц we have heard already that phrase in 1917 from Provisional Government in Russia.

In Algeria several days running explosions of police stations occurred; several tens of policemen were killed. The struggle in Algeria continues from 1992, when radical Islamists have won an election, but military, which is supported by imperialists (Russia, USA, France), perpetrated coup dТetat and revoked results of the election.

Thus, it is no reason for us, proletarians of the rich nations, to lose heart and to sob: УOh, when will revolution occur?Ф. We coolly, with patience (although our fists are clenched through the impudence of УourФ cops and military, through chauvinist cries of УourФ bourgeoisie, through the evasiveness of УourФ opportunists) will carry on propaganda in proletariat, not reckoning on momentary success, but preparing solid, deep success.а аааааа

 

August 22^nd, 2008

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