third part
Post modern-opportunists and the communist party
Comrade Mao said that party is the most important and primary weapon which would wield the peoples
army and united front in order to liberate the people. He further said that party unity can be build only
with an ideological clarity. Comrade Mao said “Our Party will be better united on this basis, that is, on
the basis of our common understanding of ideology, politics and various policies.” Without ideological
centralism within the party there can not be a party to be called communist party. Such should be the
spirit of any organizer who wants to build a party. For a party organizer ideology should always come
first. A party organizer is the one who gives first preference to ideological work over all other work. In
context of our party, the work at ideological front have gained yet more importance. Because on one
hand we are facing the most severe deadliest assault on our party leadership while on the other hand the
opportunist-liquidation-revisionist elements are trying to turn the party into a meaningless organ
suitable for the ruling class. If we want to revive the party, if we want to liberate the oppressed and
exploited people from the murderous comprador feudal fascist onslaught then the only thing to cling
upon is M-L-M. We have to root out all the non-Marxist ideology and practices among us. If we cling
to our ideology then tomorrow if not today we will be victorious but if we for a moment became lazy
on the ideological front of our struggle then we will invite destruction of all that which our martyrs had
achieved through their bloods.
We have to remember that right opportunism is the main danger before us. Our CC-PB too had
recognized the right deviation as one of the reason for the setback. But some among the opportunist
section are parroting that left opportunism too is equally dangerous for the party. This emphasis on left
opportunism is basically a cover to hide their attack on the genuine Marxist line. For they have shifted
rightward to such an extent that correct Marxist path appears left to them. Regarding this comrade Mao
in an pamphlet titled ‘Things are beginning to change’ said “There are also a number of people whose
thinking errs on the side of revisionism or Right opportunism. They pose the bigger danger because
their ideas are a reflection of bourgeois ideology inside the Party, and because they yearn for bourgeois
liberalism, negate everything and are tied in a hundred and one ways to bourgeois intellectuals outside
the Party. Over the last few months, people have been criticizing dogmatism but have allowed
revisionism to go unchallenged. Dogmatism should be criticized, or else many mistakes cannot be
rectified. Now it’s time to direct our attention to criticizing revisionism.” Dogmatism is the reflection
of petty bourgeoisie ideology inside the party while the right opportunism is out and out bourgeoisie
ideology. Though left opportunism or dogmatic is dangerous and needs to be corrected immediately but
in the present condition when there is no left deviated political force in the country or at the world
level, its influence is minimal. The talk of left dogmatism comes up largely from the right opportunist
who wish to attack the correct Marxist line. The real enemy before us is the opportunist-liquidationist-
revisionist ideology. After having recognized the main danger, we must then mark its manifestation in
our party. The right opportunist trends/deviations finds their reflection in following manner:-
1. Attempt to make the party legal and open by deserting the ug life and the path of armed struggle
this they do by raising doubts on ug practice, they say that may be open work too is very
important and equally important to the ug work. They say that situation has changed, state has
become stronger therefore we must reflect seriously on our old form of work. (Here it is
important to note that they have neither said that one should desert the ug life nor have they said
that due to changed situation ug life and armed struggle is not possible)
2. Give importance to democracy at the cost of begetting the more important role of centralism in
the party method of democratic centralism. In the name of democracy they want to rob the
power of the higher committee to get the party line implemented at the local committee level.
They say that we will follow the HC but the HC should ask us before taking any decision
framing this as a pretext they will stop coordinating with the HC. They will swear on the name
of the martyred comrades that they are with the party and are only against the high handedness
of the HC. They say I follow the CC but the HC here is unfit to be followed.
3. They put more emphasis on the language, words, symbols, letters, inverted commas etc.. in
order to find the power gaps between the higher committee and the comrades/lower committees.
They say that the content wise the letter or whatever have been said is okay but the form of the
the language is highly problematic, that it is subjective, bureaucratic and authoritarian. Thus the
whole discussion is wished to be shifted toward the form of power in the language and the
bureaucracy inherent in it.
4. They despise any structure, they do not form a structure or if there is one then they deliberately
keep it authority-less and spineless by not linking it up with the HC. When confronted on this
question they say that when casually an issue can be resolved then what is the need for formal
meetings and reportings to the HC. They say that it is important to get the work done, structure
or no structure is a secondary aspect.
5. They oppose the party stand on gender and sexuality; they are for free love and free sex. They
are for sexual anarchism. They say that party's stand on sexual opportunism and LGBT question
is feudal and patriarchal.
