Summary Report to the 6th Congress of the Albanian Party of Labor

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by  Enver Hoxha

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ENVER HOXHA’S REPORT TO 6th CONGRESS
OF ALBANIAN PARTY OF LABOR
On November 1st, 1971, the 6th Congress of ing. China and Albania are successfully building
the Albanian Party of Labor opened with the socialism, getting stronger, and helping libera­
main report delivered by Enver Hoxha, First tion struggles everywhere.
Secretary of the Central Committee. This report
New Marxist-Leninist parties are springing
has been hailed as a programatic document of
up and growing. The betrayal of the Khrushch-
historic importance which makes a scientific
ovite revisionists, which greatly damaged the
analysis and sums up the experiences of the past
period on the basis of Marxist-Leninist dialec­ revolutionary movement, was a temporary ad­
tics. It discusses the new problems and phenom­ vantage for the capitalist system. But it did not
ena which have emerged, and indicates the key rescue capitalism from its general crisis, nor did
to their correct solution. it change the course of history.
We bring you here a very brief summary, GENERAL CRISIS OF WORLD CAPITALISM
paraphrasing only some of the highlights of this The capitalist economic crisis has become
report. The whole report is now available in very sharp and chronic. The dollar crisis is an
English from Albania Report (see inside back expression of the general crisis - economic, po­
cover). It was carried in full in Chinese in the litical, military and ideological - of the entire
Peking newspapers. capitalist system. The contradictions among the
imperialist countries are sharpening, and they
The report can be divided into three main
are challenging U.S. supremacy in the world
sections: (1) the general international situation
market. The growth of state monopoly capital­
and foreign policy; (2) the economic situation
ism, the concentration of capital and of produc­
and future tasks; (3) questions of ideology and
theory. tion internationally, the militarization of the
economy, the technological and scientific revo­
* * * * * lution — none of these measures can save capi­
talism from inevitable collapse.
THE INTERNATIONAL SITUA­
TION AND FOREIGN POLICY The revisionist camp too is facing serious
difficulties-economic, political, and ideological
The trend of the present world development decline and degeneration, conflict, squabbles,
is toward revolution and the triumph of social­ confusion, disintegration. The events in Poland
ism. The world situation today is favorable to last year show that the workers in the revision­
revolution. Revolution is becoming the general ist camp are ready to rise in open revolt.
aspiration of the peoples.
Despite their powerful appearance, imperial­
The class struggle in the capitalist world is ism and revisionism are weak. They are decay­
broadening and sharpening. In the U.S. itself the ing and degenerating. They can't solve a single
political, social and economic crisis is deepen­ fundamental internal problem, or achieve any
ing; this bastion of imperialism is shaken by the major external objectives.
revolt of the black people for equality and civil
rights, and by the whole people opposing the U.S. IMPERIALISM CHIEF ENEMY
war in Viet Nam. U.S. imperialism remains the chief enemy of
The workers everywhere are breaking away all peoples, the greatest oppressor and exploiter
from the influence of social-democratic and re­ of other countries, the bastion of international
visionist opportunism. Anti-U.S. feelings and op­ reaction. It cannot live without economic ex­
position to Soviet social-imperialism are increas­ pansion, without political intervention and mili­
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tary aggression, without oppressing and exploit­ The two imperialist super-powers have a
ing other people. It is intensifying its barbarous common counter-revolutionary strategy. The
war in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos; it incited struggle against the two must merge into a com­
Israeli aggression against the Arab countries. The mon current. You cannot rely on the one imper­
struggle against U.S. imperialism is the supreme ialism to oppose the other.
duty for all revolutionary forces, for all peoples.
The duty of the revolutionaries is to make the PEOPLE WANT LIBERATION
masses of the people politically and ideological­
The peoples do not want an imperialist
ly clear, to raise their vigilance, to show them
"tranquility". They want revolution, national
where the enemy is.
and social liberation. This will not come every­
SOVIET REVISIONISM-A SECOND FRONT where on the same day. It will have its ups and
AGAINST SOCIALISM downs. But wherever there is oppression and
exploitation there will be class struggle, there
Soviet revisionist imperialism is an enemy will be revolution.
just as dangerous and aggressive. When the re­
The true peace and security of the peoples
visionists seized power in the Soviet Union, a
are achieved through struggle against U.S. im­
"second front" was opened up by the enemy
perialism and Soviet social-imperial ism. Indo­
against socialism and communism. The foreign
china is the main battlefield of liberation strug­
policy of the Soviet revisionists is the same ex­
gle against U.S. imperialism. The lesson of Viet
pansionist policy as that of the old czars. Like
Nam is that people's war can win against a big
the U.S. imperialists, they have spread their
power, that even a small country can defeat a
planes, tanks, warships, bases, markets, rubles,
super-power, provided it is determined to make
corruption and blackmail wherever they can.
all the necessary sacrifices. Nixon's "Vietnami-
They invaded Czechoslovakia by force; but in a
zation" is bound to fail too. Nor can the Soviet
quiet way they also intensify their military oc­
revisionists succeed in putting out the fire of
cupation of Poland, G.D.R., Hungary, Bulgaria,
anti-imperialist struggle. The U.S. must with­
Mongolia. These countries have been turned in­
draw all their forces and bases. The Vietnamese
to military provinces of the Moscow empire.
people will certainly win, and their victory will
They justify this great-power chauvinism with
be achieved on the battlefield. The Albanian
phoney theories of "limited sovereignty", "in­ people give their full support to the Govern­
ternational aid”, "socialist community", "social ment of North Viet Nam and to the P.R.G. of
ist integration", etc. The ideological struggle South Viet Nam.
against revisionism remains a prime duty. The
Soviet Union must be considered as an imperial­ ISRAELI AGGRESSION AGAINST ARABS
ist state power.
In the middle east, the imperialist-lsraeli ag­
gression has been aggravated by the interference
SOVIET U.S. IMPERIALIST ALLIANCE
of the Soviet revisionists, who pose as friends
The Soviet-U.S. alliance is the greatest coun of the Arab people in order to gain strategic po­
ter-revolutionary force in the world. In all sitions and domination over the area. The im­
fields the two are drawing closer and embrac­ perialists want to completely liquidate the Pal­
ing. Their strategic aim is to destroy socialism, estinian revolution, but they will not succeed
strangle revolution, and rule the whole world. The Albanian people consider the Arab peo­
Their main spearhead is against People's China. ple as traditional friends and brothers. The So­
They have divided up the world into their viet revisionists are trying to stab them in the
spheres of influence. They collaborate with back.
each other as much as possible. But they also
have contradictions, discord, rivalry, as imperi­ THE "SECURITY" OF EUROPE
alist powers. The Soviet imperialists try to pose The peace and security of Europe was not
as anti-imperialists, but this is a hoax designed advanced by the Moscow-Bonn Treaty, which
to deceive the people. violated the interests of the G.D.R. and the
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rights of all those who fought against Hitler south of the 17th parallel.
Germany in World War Two. The threat to the
We will continue to develop further good re­
security of Europe is now greater because of
lations with the P.D.R. of Korea, on the basis
Soviet revisionism and W. German revanchism.
of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian interna­
The chief threats to the security of Europe are
tionalism, in the interest of building socialism
the two super-power blocs, the NATO bloc and
in both countries. We support their struggle
the Warsaw Pact bloc. They are designed to
against U.S. imperialism for the defense of the
keep the peoples of all the countries under the
country and the re-unification of their father­
heel of one or the other super-power. Albania
land.
walked out of the Warsaw Pact and publicly de­
nounced its aggressive nature. As long as these
two blocs exist in Europe with their bases, ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA
there can never be real security for Europe. We will always support the peoples of Asia,
As a Mediterranean country, Albania de­ Africa, and Latin America in their struggle for
nounces the activities of the U.S. and Soviet national and social liberation, against imperial­
fleets in the Mediterranean as a threat to the se­ ism, racial discrimination, colonial oppression
curity of the countries in the area. All progres and exploitation. We support the just struggle
sive forces demand the withdrawal of the*e of the heroic Cuban people against the threats,
fleets. blockades, and provocations of yankee imperial­
ism, for the defense of their national indepen­
"DISARMAMENT" TALKS AND ARMS RACE dence and state sovereignty.
While making big talk about disarmament, We have good relations with Algeria, Egypt,
the U.S. imperialists and the Soviet social-im- Syria, Libya and the other Arab countries. We
perialists are continuing their unbridled arms always strive for normal relations with all coun­
race. Continuous arming is necessary for the ex­ tries with different social systems on the basis
istence of imperialism, stemming from the char­ of the five principles of peaceful coexistence.
acter of its economic system and its aggressive Our relations are based strictly on the principle
nature. So long as imperialist and social-imperi­ of non-interference in internal affairs, and strict
alist states exist, there will never be disarma­ equality, whether big or small.
ment in the world. The imperialists and social-
imperial ists arm themselves to dominate and re­ NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES
divide the world, to suppress revolutions, to We pay special attention to good relations
destroy socialist countries, to enslave the peo­ with our neighbors. Albania will support the
ples. They want the other peoples to disarm so Rumanian people's efforts to defend their inde­
that their conquest will be easier. The socialist pendence from outside threat. Good neighborly
countries must also arm themselves in these relations are developing with Yugoslavia too, in
conditions to resist the intervention and black­ trade, cultural and tourist exchanges, etc. Des­
mail of imperialism and social-imperialism, and pite our ideological differences, we strive for
also to help other peoples win their freedom improvement of state relations in those fields
and national independence. where mutual interests exist. We wish to see the
Yugoslav people remain free and independent,
SUPPORT FOR VIET NAM AND KOREA and oppose the maneuvres, blackmail, and
threats of the imperialist powers against our
Albania supports wholeheartedly the Viet­ Yugoslav neighbors.
namese people in their struggle againsi imperial­
ist aggression and to unify the country. We sup­ We also have good relations with Italy and
port the efforts of the Democratic Republic of Turkey, and this year we established relations
Viet Nam to build socialism, and we support with Greece, ending a long abnormal situation
the P.R.G. of South Viet Nam as the only real and strengthening peace and security in the Bal­
representative of the Vietnamese people living kans.
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PEACE IN THE BALKANS DEVELOPMENT OF THE
We do not intend to form any "Balkan ECONOMY
bloc". Our friendly relations with countries are
The targets of the 4th five-year plan adopted
based on friendship with the peoples, on the ba­
by the 5th Congress of the Party (1966) were
sis of peaceful coexistence. We do not interfere
fulfilled with honor in 4 years and 7 months.
in the internal affairs of any country, and they
Over 200 major works were built in this period,
should not interfere in ours. If anyone violates
in industry, agriculture, transport, etc. This in­
our borders, they will find the Albanians united
cludes the Mao Tsetung hydroelectric plant on
as one man.
the Drini River; the new oil fields; the chemical
The Balkan peoples can determine their own fertilizer plants; the Rrogozhina-Fieri R.R., etc.
relations. We did not make the Balkans "a pow­
Agricultural production rose significantly on
der keg" - it was the foreigners, the imperialists
the basis of intensification, higher yields, more
who did it in the past, and they held the detona­
irrigation, mechanization, chemical fertilizers,
tors in their hands. They would like to do the
selected seeds, etc. In 1970 average grain yield
same today, but we will cut all their fuses with
was 17.3 quintals per hectare, a record for the
our sword, so that peace and security may reign
country. [This equals about 1540 lbs. per acre-
in the Balkans.
ed.] The 5th Congress raised the slogan, "Go to
Of course, if the imperialists instigate some the hills and the mountains, make them as beau­
Balkan state to attack another Balkan state, this tiful and fertile as the plains." This was accom­
would inevitably involve the other Balkan coun­ plished, and collectivization was completed in
tries, and the conflict would not remain local, the mountains too.
but would become world-wide.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF PAST PERIOD
WARSAW PACT AND THE SOVIET UNION
National income rose 55% during those five
Our relations with the countries of the War­ years, and real income per capita rose 17%.
saw Pact are at a low level. This is not our fault. More social and cultural services were set up in
Their leaderships, completely subservient to the cooperatives, and the daily life of every fam­
Moscow, have followed a hostile policy towards ily in the city and the countryside improved.
us, which has caused Albania considerable dam­ Compulsory 8-grade schooling was completed in
age. Although they have failed to intimidate us, the whole country, and great victories were
they persist in their pig-headed stand. As for the scored in further revolutionization of the school
peoples of these countries, we wish them well, system. Electric power was brought to every vil­
we shall always be friends. lage one year ahead of time. 73,000 new apart­
ments and houses were built. To repair the dam­
We condemned the Soviet aggression agai age caused by the earthquakes in the Dibra and
Czechoslovakia, and we support the people's re­ Tepelena districts, 1600 new houses were built
sistance against the occupationists. We support and 11,000 were repaired in record time. All dir­
the Polish people and the other peoples ruled ect personal income taxes have been abolished.
by revisionist cliques, in their struggle against
the big-nation chauvinism of the Soviet social- The victories of the last five-year plan came
imperialists. as a result of the great initiative and mass
heroism of the people, under the leadership
As for relations with the Soviet revisionists,
of the party, the enthusiasm of the mass ac­
they owe Albania great debts—political, ideolog
tions, the tremendous power in the ranks of the
ical and economic. There will be "normaliza­
working class and peasantry, the youth and the
tion" only when the Soviet people and the genu­
women. This revolutionary enthusiasm stems
ine Bolsheviks intervene to establish Marxist-
from the heroic struggle of the party and the
Leninist revolutionary justice.
people to smash the blockade of the imperialists
and revisionists; it springs from an ardent patri­
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otism and confidence of the people in their own to 69% higher than 1970, or about 3 times as
strength. much as 1960. The number of fruit trees will be
28% higher than 1970. 58% of the arable land
MAIN TASKS OF NEW 5-YEAR PLAN will be under irrigation. There will be 40% more
The new 5th five-year plan will be based on tractors. There will be more fertilizers and farm
this same enthusiasm and revolutionary spir'r. machinery, selected seeds and pedigreed breeds
The general line of the plan is to continue with of livestock. Thousands of additional middle
the complete construction of socialist society. and higher specialists will be trained.
The main tasks during the next period will be:
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 8t EDUCATION
(1) to strengthen our people's economy on the
road to turning Albania from an agricultural- Investment for capital construction during
industrial country into an industrial-agricultural these five years will be equal to the total invest­
country, with a view to raising the independent ments during the past eleven years (1960-1970).
functioning of our economy to a higher level; Secondary and higher education will be extend­
(2) to further strengthen the socialist system; ed, and revolutionization of the schools will
(3) to raise the material well-being and cultural continue. In the next five years, 20,000 more
level of the people, especially by reducing the specialists will be trained in higher institutes
essential differences between town and country; than during the 26 years from the establishment
and (4) to increase the defense potential of the of people's power to 1970.
country.
All our new construction will be closely
In order to accomplish this: to develop new linked with scientific research. During the com­
branches of production especially heavy pro­ ing period, the number of new apartments to be
cessing industry; to expand the power and raw built will accommodate a population equal to
materials base; and to utilize the resources of the present combined population of the cities
the country more rationally. of Korea, Elbasan, Shkodra, Durres, Vlora, Be-
rat, Fieri and Lushnja. About 270 major econo­
To increase agricultural production by fur­ mic and social-cultural projects will be built.
ther intensification based on scientific organiza­
tion and management, strengthening the materi­
al-technical base; to quickly develop technical-
scientific progress in all branches of the econo­
my; to improve socialist relations in production; SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY AND
to deepen the socialist revolution in ideology DICTATORSHIP OF THE
and culture; to resolutely apply the principle of PROLETARIAT
self-reliance.
The key question in the revolution is state
BASIC TARGETS OF 5th PLAN
power; that is, the dictatorship of the proletari­
During the 5th plan, industrial production at. The class struggle between the two roads-
will increase 61% to 66% over 1970. In 1975 socialist and capitalist-goes on in all fields, po­
alone, the industrial production will be 12% litical, economic, ideological, cultural, military.
more than the total industrial production of the This struggle decides whether the dictatorship
whole five year period of the 2nd plan (1956- of the proletariat will be preserved and streng­
1960). New projects will be built for the extrac­ thened, or will degenerate and be overthrown
tion and heavy processing industry, such as: the as in the Soviet Union. Our experience shows
iron and steel combine; the petrochemical plant; that where the party gives correct leadership,
big mines for iron-nickel, chromium, phosphor­ the dictatorship of the proletariat can withstand
ites and coal; the Fierza hydroelectric station; all tests.
the ore concentration factories; etc.
But all the dangers are not eliminated once
Agricultural production in 1975 will be 65% and for all. The fight against bureaucracy is one
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of the most important aspects of class struggle servants of the people. They should think and
under socialism. It remains a permanent task of work as revolutionaries to the end of their days.
the party, the state, and all the working people. Socialism does not need bureaucrats and tech­
Bureaucracy is a great and deeply rooted evil. nocrats who believe only in their own "genius";
It leads to separation of the state from the peo­ it needs cadres that merge themselves with the
ple, to placing leading organs and cadres above masses.
the masses and beyond their control, to erosion
of socialist democracy, to bureaucratic central­ DEFENSE OF THE FATHERLAND
ism.
The defense of the country under imperialist-
We must develop more mass democracy. revisionist encirclement is a supreme duty, and
Without socialist democracy there is no dicta­ preparation is a continuous and permanent task.
torship of the proletariat; just as there can be Our defense is based mainly on the internal fac­
no real democracy for the working people with­ tor, not on any international political situation.
out a dictatorship of the proletariat. The It is based on the heroism of our people. Our
Khrushchov revisionists liquidated the dictator­ army has modern equipment and knows how to
ship of the proletariat and established a bureau­ use it well. The fatherland is defended not by
cratic dictatorship of the new bourgeois class the army alone but by the whole people, who
over the working masses. are armed, organized and trained. Our party is
concentrating on learning the art of people's
WORKING CLASS CONTROL war.
To build socialism, we must involve the Our party is the leading spirit of the army,
broadest masses in running the country. The the brain guiding it. In our army, the party is al­
working people must become ever more con­ ways in command. The party should always ed­
scious that they are the absolute masters of the ucate all the people in the spirit of prepared­
country. Check-up by the masses from below is ness, vigilance, seriousness and training.
very important, and we must constantly im­
prove the forms for doing this. The direct con­ NEED FOR NEW CONSTITUTION
trol of the working class is decisive, and remains
We have been building socialism for 27 years.
a necessity for the whole historic period of so­
Many revolutionary changes have taken place.
cialism. This control, which is carried out under
The old constitution, despite amendments, is
the leadership of the party, is one of the con­
outdated and no longer reflects the socialist re­
crete expressions of the leading role of the
ality of today. We propose the drafting of a new
working class. It is a safeguard against revision­
constitution, which is an important part of the
ism. political superstructure, so that it can better
The working class is not only the decisive serve the economic base. It will reflect the line
productive force, but also politically the van­ of the party as embodied in our revolutionary
guard class. It sets the example to the whole practice, and will stimulate the complete con­
people in the proletarian spirit, discipline and struction of socialist society. It will be the con­
culture, both in work and life. Working class stitution of socialist Albania.
control means also self-control of the workers,
criticism and self-criticism in its own ranks, a
struggle against self-complacency, indifference,
and running after narrow personal interest. THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE
AND THE EDUCATION OF
THE LEADERS AND THE PEOPLE THE NEW MAN
We must steadily improve the relations be­
tween the cadres and the masses so that the The basic aim of the struggle to develop the
cadres will always remain revolutionaries and revolution in the field of ideology and culture
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is to revolutionize the minds and consciousness COMPLETE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN
of the people, of their spiritual world, to affirm
Marxist-Leninist ideology, proletarian morality Women and girls had been oppressed more
and socialist culture. This requires a frontal at than any other sector of our old society by re­
tack against all alien ideology, both old hang­ ligious and patriarchal laws and customs. With
overs from the past as well as the influence of establishment of people's power, women escap­
modern bourgeois and revisionist ideology. ed from capitalist exploitation together with all
the working people; they won political freedom
Our revolution overthrew the old relations and equal rights with men. Today they contri­
of production, the economic base; but the in­ bute their mental and physical work in every
fluence of the ideology of the old exploiting field and every construction project. They com­
classes is still strong. We must constantly and prise 45% of all employed in town and country.
strenuously deepen the ideological and cultural
revolution; if we don't, the revolution is in dan­ Formerly backward and despised, today hun­
ger of bourgeois degeneration and turning back. dreds of thousands of women take part in man­
aging affairs of state. But the achievement of
The education of the new man is a complex full equality of women with men in all social
task. It can't be done only through propaganda; and family life is still a matter that needs atten­
it requires creating the proper conditions, and tion. The main obstacle was backward feudal
is realized through practical activity in struggle and patriarchal ideas of women's inferiority,
and work to build socialism. which to some extent are not completely oblit­
erated. Our party has spearheaded its ideologi­
cal struggle at smashing these concepts. Our
STRUGGLE AGAINST RELIGION AND achievements have been great.
BACKWARD CUSTOMS
We must continue to raise the cultural, edu­
We launched a successful campaign against cational, technical and professional level of the
religion, and in a short time eliminated all women so that they can develop equally with
churches, mosques, priests and hodjas, who tried men. We must create conditions in society and
to keep alive the worst obscurantist mysticism. the family so that women will have equal possi­
This was a great victory towards the further bility to learn and create. They must not be
emancipation of people's consciousness; but it worn down by household drudgery. Much of
does not mean the complete liberation of all the household work can and should be social­
the working people from religious opium; this ized step by step.
will require a long process of education.
A truly democratic life must be created with­
This victory did not happen by itself, nor in the family. Family relationships must be built
was it the result of a decree. The people did it on socialist principles and communist morality.
of their own free will, after the proper cond - We must not permit the family to lag behind
tions had matured. The patriotic and freedom
the general development of our society.
loving Albanian people know that religious in
stitutions always serve the feudals, the bourge The Albanian family is a valuable foundation
oisie, the foreign occupationists. We must root of our education in patriotic and moral quali­
out all those threads which keep the people ties. We must actively revolutionize family life,
bound to the old world and hinder their march getting rid of remnants of conservative and pat­
forward. riarchal ideas. We must be concerned with prob­
lems of family life; but we would condemn un­
In the social-imperialist countries, the revi necessary interference in intimate family affairs
sionists are using the church to strengthen their as something alien, vulgar and tactless.
power. Religious propaganda is spreading
churches and clergymen are increasing, the re PETTY BOURGEOIS CONCEPTS
actionary rubbish of medievalism is being rear
tivated. We must sharpen our attack against petty
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bourgeois mentality and psychology, which We do not disparage the work of the intel­
sprang from the old small peasant property lectuals and specialists, who have a role to play as
and artizan private enterprise. We must streng­ auxiliaries to the working class. We want our in­
then proletarian labor discipline and increase telligentsia to remain pure and revolutionary, to
productivity. We must combat petty bourgeois link itself closely with the workers and peasants,
individualism, which places personal and family to defeat the foreign bourgeois and revisionist
interests above the common interests of society. influences.
Our country is surrounded by a bourgeois
and revisionist world which fills the air we REARING OF SOCIALIST YOUTH
breathe with deadly germs. We must not let a
The education of the new man requires spe­
new enslaving ideology replace the old one,
cial attention to the communist education of
even though it may be disguised as "modern''
our youth. Our youth are closely linked with
and "liberal". Their ideology must be fought 'he party, politically clear and morally pure,
constantly; we are not immune. We must not correctly orientated, secure in their future, bold
forget the revisionist treachery of the Soviet and courageous fighters. They pour out their
Union. boundless energies for the socialist revolution
The class struggle goes on continuously, and and for the benefit of the people.
there is no room for complacency and liberal­ In the capitalist and revisionist world the
ism. problem of the youth is quite disturbing. They
seek a way out of the crisis of their rotten so­
LEADING ROLE OF WORKING CLASS ciety. Repeatedly they launch revolutionary ac­
Political power in our country is in the hands tions. But many of the youth are benumbed,
filled with spiritual emptiness and futility, liv­
of the working class, which plays the leading
ing a life of dissipation and degeneration, de­
role in our society. Our party strives to educate
void of ideals or prospects.
the working class to effectively carry out this
role. The results are seen in the militant spirit The bourgeois and revisionist ideologists tell
of the workers, their revolutionary initiative the youth it is useless to fight. They preach pes­
and creativeness, their tremendous achievements simism and corruption. They incite the youth
in productive, the strengthening of direct work­ to alcoholism, narcotics, sexuality, and have
er control, the rise in their ideological, cultural, made fashionable many low and beastly in­
technical and professional level. We must better stincts.
arm the working class with Marxist-Leninist
theory, linking it closely with every-day life and Our revolutionary younger generation,
struggle. grouped around the Labor Youth Union, is a
courageous fighter and shock force in the ideo­
The bourgeoisie and the revisionists regard logical class struggle, combatting the outdated
the workers as only a productive force, while traditions of the old world and struggling for
the bureaucrats and technocrats rule, make the social and cultural transformations. Our party
law, suppress and exploit the workers in the guides the youth, nurturing Marxist-Leninist
interests of the capitalist and revisionist bourge­ ideals, and encouraging its initiative.
oisie. The "technocrats" deny the need for so­
cialist revolution of the proletariat; they advo­ MARXIST-LENINIST WORLD OUTLOOK
cate instead the technical-scientific revolution.
But the technical-scientific revolution cannot The ideological struggle is a life and death
change the nature of either capitalism nr social­ struggle between our ideology and hostile alien
ism. In our country the technical-scientific revo­ ideology, between the new and the old, be­
lution is led by the dictatorship of the proletari­ tween the revolutionary and the reactionary.
at; the technocrats and bureaucrats can never Against bourgeois and revisionist concepts,
seize power; the working class will always rule we counterpose Marxist-Leninist views; against
until the complete triumph of communism. petty-bourgeois psychology-new socialist psy­