Paul Mattick-Anti-Bolshevik Communism-Merlin Press

248 Pages·2017·3.08 MB·English

Anti-BolsChoemvmiukn ism

AntBio-lshevik
Cotntnunistn
PauMla ttick
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Contents
Introduction vii
KarlK autskFyr:o mM arxt oH itler 1
II Luxembuvregr sLuesn in 19
III TheL eniLne gend 49
IV BolshevainsdSm t alinism 61
v CouncCiolm munism 73
VI OttoR iihlaen dt heG erman LaMboovuerm ent 87
VII SpontanaeintdOy r ganisation 117
VIII KarKlo rscHhi:sC ontributtoiR oenvo lutioMnaarrxyi sm1 39
IX Humanisamn dS ocialism 157
X Marxiasnmd t heN ewP hysics 169
XI MonopoClayp ital 187
XII WorkerCso'n trol 211

Introduction
Ther eprinotfit nhgic so llecotfie osns aaynsdr eviewwhsi,cw he re
writtdeunr itnhgle a 4s0ty earmsa,yf inidtj su stifiicnta htceiu ornr ent
fermeonfti deabsy whicah newl eft-wing wsiotchiianl itshte
movemeanttt emtpotd se riavt eh eoarnydp ractmiocreae d equtaot e
thpe resseintt uaatnidto hnne e edosfs ocicahla n-gAeys.e mte reolfya
theoretniactuarlte h,it sr enhda sl edt oa growiinngt erients hte
comprehenosfpi aosnrt e volutimoonvaermye nHtosw.e ver, although
itpsr oponetnrtyts o d ifferentiate frtohmte hmeso elldav neds
discreldaibtoemudor v emetnhte,hy a vneo ta sy etb eeanb lteoe volve
at heoarnydp ractoiftc hee oiwrn w hiccho ulbdec onsidseurpeedr ior
tot hosoeft hepa sItn.f actth,e' lessoofh niss tosreye'tm o b el argely
wastoendt hen ewg eneratwihoinco,hf temne rerleyp eianta sm ore
insolent afnadws ihtilhoe nss so phistitchapetr ioovmnei ns taokfte hse
pasItn.s teoaffd i ndingo rtiheenitria ntt ihoaenc tual csooncdiiatli ons
andt hepiors sibitlhient eiwle esf,t biassttesh eciorn cemranisn olnya
seotf i deolotghiahetas v neo r elevtaont cheer equireomfes notcsi al
changienc apitanlaitsitoT nhse.yf intdh eiinrs pirnaottii ontn h e
developmpernotcaels osfte hse iowrn s ociebtuyti nt heh erooefs
populraerv oluitnif oanr awcaoyu ntrtiheesr,er beyv eatlhianttgh eir
enthusiiasns omta sy eta reaclo ncefronrd ecisivec hsaoncgiea.l
Ofc oursteh,e rset anad tsh eobreyh intdh isst ranagbee rration,
nameltyh,ea ssumpttihoaantn ti-impesrtiraulgoigfslt teh se' Third
Worlwdi'la lb etth es ociraelv oluitnci aopni tnaaltiisottn hsul,se ading
tow orld-wsiodceit arla nsftoiromAnal.t houtghhit sh eomrayy o nly
indictahteer evolutiopnraersiefenrusts' t ratiint ohne g ivenno n­
revolutisointaurayti itwo ansa, t o net imteh ea ccepdtoecdt roifna e
revolutimoonvaermyew nhti cbhr ietflryi ebdu,tf ailteoed x,t etnhde
Russiiannta o w orld revoIlntu htiriseo snp.et chtei, d eoafst he new
revolutisotniarlrelil eatstot e h oel dL eninism, which Stalin described
ast h"eM arxiosftm h pee rioofid m perialism".
InL enivni'esiw t,w asn ott hset ronbguetts htwe e akelsitni knt he
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Anti-BolshCeovmimku nism
chaionf i mperinaaltiisottnh saw to ultdh,r ouigthos w nr evolution,
releaas weo rld-revolpurtoicoenMsaosrr.ye ovaesri ,m periahlaids m
becomaen absolunteec essfiotrcy a pitaltihseam n,t i-imperialist
strugwgalsae to ncaes trugagglaeiw nosrtl cda pitalHiese mn.v isioned
thew orld revaosal k uitniodof rn e petiotfti hoeRn u ssRieavnolution
ona g lobsacla lJeu.sa tst heR ussiRaenv oluhtaidob ne ean 'peoples'
revolu,te imobnr'a cing workearnsd,t help iebaesbraoanultr sg eoisie,
withotuhte refionrL ee,n inm'isn dl,o siintgss o cialist scoh aracter,
thew orld revcooluultbdie o ns eaesan u nitafriyg ohftn ational­
revolutimoonvaermye nts and wsotrrkuigniggnlt- ehcsiel mapsesr ialist
natioAnnsd. jaussa,tc cordtioLn egn itnh,ee x istoefnt cheBe olshevik
Partiyn R ussia guatrhaent treaends formoaftt ihoe'n p eoples'
revolutiinotano c' o mmunriesvto lustoio,on nt ,h ew orlsdc ale, the
BolsheIvnitke rnatwiaostn oat lr ansftohrenm a tional-revolutionary
struggilnetssot rugfgoliren st ernational socialism.
Morteh ahna lafc entuhrayps a ssseidn tcheit sh eowraysc elebrated
asa necesseaxrtye nsoifot nh et heoroifeM sa rxw,h od id· not
emphastihseei mperiadliifsftiiccuo lfct aipeist abluitsb ma sehdi s
hopefso ra s ocialist ornet vhoeil nuhteirocenon ntt radiocftt ihoen s
capitaslyisstteo mfp roductIinoM na.r xv'ise wa, f uldleyv eloped
capitawlaisas pmr econdfiotaris oonc ialist reevvetonhl ouutigohn ,
het hougihtpt o ssitbhlaest u cah r evolumtaiyro enc eiitvisem petus
fromt heo utsitdhea,it s f,r omr evolutioocncaurryr ein-clnee ss s
develonpaetdi oWnhsa.Mt a rhxa ds pecifiincm ailnwlday s ar evolution
inR usswihai ccho ulcdo nceivlaebaltdyo a Europeraenv olution.
Shoultdh el attseurc ceiedtw, a sr easontaoba lses umteh atth e
characotfe trh ei nternational asra e wvhoolluweto iuolnbd e
determibnye tdh ec apitalisticanlaltyi-oaHndosvw.ae nvceterhd,e
RussiRaenv olutdiiodnn o ts pretaodt heW esatn di ni tiss olation
coulndo tr ealai sseo ciasloicsiteb tuytm erelay f ormo fs tate­
capitalistmh aeuu ntdheorr irtualoreift a hnBe o lshePvairkt y.
Iti so fc ourtsreu teh abto urgeois reivnto hletu rtaidointsi onal
sensaer en ol ongpeors siTbhleem .o nopolciosnttircoo ftl h ew orld
econombyy theg reacta p.itaploiwsetr asn dt heiprr oductive
prepondereaxnccleu dane s independneantti oncaalp italistic
developmiennu tn derdevenlaotpieodTn os .a spitroet higso al
nonethelreesqsu itrheesip ro litliicbaelr aftrioomin m periraullies,t
asw eJaIsf rotmh eniart irvuel icnlga ssaelsl,ia estd h eayr wei tthh e
foreiogpnp ressBoercsa.ut shees trugfgolrle i berahtaisto onb ase
itself on the ibtcr aonanudos ttem r aasdsietsci,ao pniatlia dleioslto gies,
butm usbte c arroinew di tahn ti-impaenrdti haelriesfto re anti-capitalist
ideologies.
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Introduction
Thesnea tional-revomlouvteimoennaatrrseyn ots ignosf a n
impendwionrgl d-wsiodcei arleivsotl ubtuitoj nu,ss tom anya ttempts
ata ni ndepencdaepnitt adleivsetliocp -meanltb eiinat state-capitalist
formT.o t hed egrteoew hicthh el ibernaatteidos nusc ceienfd r eeing
themseflrvoemsf oreicgonn trtohle,dy o i ncretahsede i fficoufl ties
capitaalnidfs umr thietdrsi ssoluTtoit ohna..te xtetnhte,my a ya lso
aidt hec lasstsr ugigntl hee d ominatcianpgi tacloiusntt rBiuetts h.i s
doenso ta lttehrfe a ctth atth geo aolfst hper oletraervioalnu itnti hoen
capitanlaitsitoa nrsen ecessadriiflfyer fernotmt hosteh acta nb e
realiisnbe adc kwacrodu ntries.
Itw oulbde i deanlod ,o ubtto,c ombitnheae n ti-caapnidta anltiis­t
imperisatlriusgtig nlteoosn eg reamto vemeangta inaslflto rmosf
exploitaantdoi popnr essUinofno.r tuntahtieislso y n,l ayn i maginary
possibiulnirteya;l ibseacbalueos fet hea ctumaalt erainadls ocial
differebnectewset ehne v arioduisf ferdeenvtellyo npaetdi oTnhse.
19,1 7
histoofrR yu sssiian ce ast hep rototoyf'p seo ciraelviosltu tions'
in backwacrodu ntriilelsu,m intahteoe bsj ectliivmei tattoit ohnesi r
transformTaotdiaoywn,e. e venex perietnhces eo rrsyp ectaocfl e
so-calsloecdi acloiusntt raileolsf ,t hema dhertiont gh eL eninist
ideolfoagcyi,on ngea nothedre aidenln ym iatndyp repatroid negs troy
onea nothIetri .sq uitoeb viotuhsat th en atioinnatle roefss ttsa te­
capitsaylsitset- mlsi kaeln la tioinnatle r-ecsotnst aiintn h emselves
theiorw ni mperiatleinsdteinccI itie sts h.u nso l ongpeors sitbol e
speaokf commonn eedosf t hen ational-revaonldut thieo nary
internationmaolv-esmoecnita.l ist
Thei nternatsioocinaamlloi vsetm emnuts to fc ourbseea na nti­
imperiamloivsetm enBtu.t i th ast oa ctuailtiassne t i-imperialism
throutghhe d estrucotfit ohnec apitaslyissttei mnt hea dvanced
countrWieerse.t hiasc compliasnhteid-,i mpewroiuallbdie scmo me
meaningalnedst sh es ocisatlr ugignlt ehseu nderdeveplaorpotef d
thew orlwdo ulfdo cuosn i ntercnlaalds isf fereTnocb eess u.r teh,e
weakneosfas n ti-capitalisitn t hmedo evveemleonptesd countries is
one morer easofno rt hee xisteonfc nea tional-revolutionary
movemenFtosrt. h el attcearn nwoati fto rt hep roletraervioalnu tion
int hed ominatcianpgi tcaoluinsttr yieetws,h; e rteh esyu ccetehde,y
canr eacahtb esotn lpya rtriealle farsoefm o reign expbluoti tnaotti on
thec onditoifos nosc ialOinst mh.eo thehra nds,u ccespsrfoulle tarian
revolutiint ohnecs a pitalidsetvieclaolnplaeytd i ocnosu llde atdot he
intetrinoanaliosfaa tlsiloo nc isatlr ugagnldpe rso greshsaisvtetelhnye
integraotfui nodne rdevenlaotpieoidnn sta o s ociawloirslstdy stem.
Thatth eraer en ational-revmoolvuetmieonintnats rh yeb ackward
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