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Imperialism
 
and
 
Socialism
 
in
 
the
 
21
st
 
Century
 
Part
 
One
 
 
The
 
Historical
 
Legacy
 
of
 
the
 
Great
 
October
 
Socialist
 
Revolution
 
By:
 
Don
 
Currie
 
Chair
 
Canadians
 
for
 
Peace
 
and
 
Socialism
 
Editor
 
Focus
 
on
 
Socialism
 
June
 
15,
 
2007
 
www.FocusOnSocialism.ca
 
 
 
“Marxism’s
 
call
 
to
 
revolutionary
 
actions
 
was
 
music
 
to
 
the
 
ears
 
of 
 
a
 
 freedom
 
 fighter.
 
The
 
idea
 
that
 
history
 
progresses
 
through
 
struggle
 
and
 
change
 
occurs
 
in
 
revolutionary
 
 jumps
 
was
 
similarly
 
appealing.
 
In
 
my
 
readings
 
of 
 
Marxist
 
works,
 
I
 
 found
 
a
 
 great
 
deal
 
of 
 
information
 
that
 
bore
 
on
 
the
 
type
 
of 
 
problems
 
that
 
 face
 
a
 
practical
 
politician.
 
Marxists
 
 gave
 
serious
 
attention
 
to
 
the
 
national
 
liberation
 
movements
 
and
 
the
 
Soviet
 
Union
 
in
 
particular 
 
supported
 
the
 
national
 
struggles
 
of 
 
many
 
colonial
 
peoples.
 
This
 
was
 
another 
 
reason
 
why
 
I
 
amended
 
my
 
view
 
of 
 
Communists
 
and
 
accepted
 
the
 
 ANC
 
position
 
of 
 
welcoming 
 
Marxists
 
into
 
its
 
ranks.”
 
Nelson
 
Mandela,
 
“Long
 
Walk
 
to
 
Freedom”
 
page
 
105.
 
Little
 
Brown
 
and
 
Company
 
The
 
90
th
 
Anniversary
 
of
 
the
 
Great
 
October 
 
Socialist
 
Revolution
 
will
 
be
 
celebrated
 
around
 
the
 
world
 
on
 
November 
 
7
th
.
 
2007.
 
Much
 
will
 
be
 
written
 
and
 
said
 
that
 
is
 
both
 
inspiring
 
and
 
bitter.
 
The
 
vast
 
imperialist
 
network
 
of
 
ideological
 
and
 
theoretical
 
disinformation
 
is
 
already
 
at
 
work
 
on
 
a
 
renewed
 
anti
communist,
 
anti
Soviet,
 
anti
socialist
 
campaign.
 
The
 
international
 
Communist
 
movement
 
is
 
bracing
 
for 
 
the
 
onslaught
 
and
 
preparing
 
its
 
counter 
offensive.
 
The
 
work
 
began
 
at
 
the
 
Lisbon
 
Conference
 
of
 
Communist
 
and
 
Workers
 
Parties
 
last
 
November 
 
that
 
called
 
upon
 
all
 
Communist
 
Parties
 
to
 
organize
 
meetings
 
and
 
seminars,
 
to
 
develop
 
contemporary
 
analyses
 
of
 
the
 
revolutionary
 
significance
 
of
 
the
 
October 
 
Revolution
 
for 
 
the
 
struggle
 
for 
 
socialism
 
in
 
the
 
21
st
 
Century.
 
The
 
Main
 
Resolution
 
and
 
the
 
documents
 
of
 
the
 
Lisbon
 
Conference
 
of
 
the
 
International
 
Communist
 
and
 
Workers
 
Parties
 
warn
 
of
 
the
 
resurgence
 
of
 
anti
communism
 
and
 
the
 
danger 
 
it
 
poses
 
to
 
democracy
 
and
 
human
 
progress
 
and
 
calls
 
for 
 
a
 
sharp
 
struggle
 
against
 
it.
 
Anti
communism
 
is
 
the
 
world
 
view
 
of
 
finance
 
capital
 
and
 
the
 
private
 
owners
 
of
 
the
 
means
 
production.
 
It
 
is
 
the
 
ideology
 
of
 
the
 
exploiters
 
of
 
the
 
labouring
 
masses
 
and
 
as
 
a
 
theory,
 
is
 
the
 
method
 
used
 
to
 
emasculate
 
the
 
crimes
 
against
 
humanity
 
and
 
nature,
 
the
 
predation
 
and
 
wars,
 
the
 
dehumanizing
 
role
 
and
 
the
 
reactionary
 
essence
 
of
 
the
 
practice
 
of
 
imperialism.
 
The
 
answer 
 
to
 
anti
communism
 
is
 
the
 
world
 
outlook
 
of
 
the
 
working
 
class,
 
scientific
 
revolutionary
 
socialism.
 
The
 
struggle
 
between
 
the
 
two
 
world
 
views
 
is
 
irreconcilable,
 
is
 
epochal
 
and
 
resolvable
 
only
 
in
 
the
 
world
 
wide
 
victory
 
of
 
socialism.
 
Consistent
 
partisanship
 
for 
 
the
 
sum
 
total
 
of
 
the
 
historic
 
experience
 
of
 
the
 
struggle
 
of
 
the
 
working
 
class
 
for 
 
socialism
 
is
 
the
 
minimum
 
required
 
of
 
each
 
and
 
every
 
Communist.
 
Communists
 
concede
 
nothing
 
to
 
the
 
anti
communist
 
revision
 
of
 
working
 
class
 
history.
 
The
 
working
 
class
 
creates
 
its
 
own
 
history
 
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struggle
 
and
 
it
 
will
 
decide
 
what
 
is
 
relevant
 
and
 
what
 
is
 
to
 
be
 
learned
 
from
 
that
 
history.
 
Imperialist
 
ideologists,
 
theorists
 
and
 
apologists
 
have
 
nothing
 
to
 
teach
 
Marxism.
 
Wresting
 
the
 
Great
 
October
 
Socialist
 
Revolution
 
from
 
the
 
Anti
Communist
 
Detractors
 
Since
 
the
 
counter 
 
revolutionary
 
undermining
 
and
 
fall
 
of
 
the
 
Soviet
 
Union
 
and
 
the
 
European
 
Socialist
 
system
 
of
 
states
 
in
 
1989
93,
 
anti
communist
 
analyses
 
and
 
theories
 
have
 
dominated
 
public
 
discourse
 
on
 
those
 
tragic
 
events.
 
The
 
purpose
 
is
 
to
 
discredit
 
the
 
historic
 
achievements
 
of
 
the
 
Soviet
 
Union
 
from
 
1917
 
to
 
1990
 
and
 
the
 
post
 
war 
 
achievements
 
of
 
the
 
East
 
European
 
Socialist
 
states
 
that
 
arose
 
after 
 
the
 
defeat
 
of
 
Hitler 
 
fascism
 
in
 
1945.
 
It
 
is
 
also
 
designed
 
to
 
cast
 
doubt
 
on
 
the
 
sacrifices
 
of
 
the
 
hundreds
 
of
 
millions
 
of
 
Communists
 
and
 
pro
Soviet
 
forces
 
that
 
stood
 
in
 
international
 
solidarity
 
with
 
the
 
USSR
 
from
 
its
 
founding.
 
Today,
 
the
 
democratic
 
left
 
is
 
virtually
 
unanimous
 
in
 
identifying
 
the
 
reactionary
 
role
 
of
 
US
 
imperialism
 
spanning
 
the
 
period
 
of
 
WW1
 
to
 
the
 
present.
 
However,
 
there
 
is
 
no
 
such
 
unanimity
 
in
 
according
 
to
 
the
 
Soviet
 
Union
 
the
 
leading
 
progressive
 
role
 
during
 
the
 
same
 
period.
 
The
 
political
 
sanctuary
 
for 
 
all
 
those
 
who
 
either 
 
reject
 
or 
 
evade
 
identifying
 
with
 
the
 
historically
 
progressive
 
role
 
of
 
the
 
Soviet
 
Union
 
is
 
the
 
two
 
superpower 
 
theory.
 
The
 
two
 
superpower 
 
theory
 
rejects
 
the
 
Leninist
 
definition
 
of
 
imperialism
 
as
 
the
 
final
 
stage
 
of
 
capitalism.
 
It
 
also
 
rejects
 
the
 
class
 
struggle,
 
the
 
law
 
governed
 
revolutionary
 
historical
 
response
 
of
 
the
 
international
 
working
 
class
 
and
 
its
 
allies
 
destined
 
to
 
replace
 
imperialism
 
with
 
a
 
new
 
stage
 
in
 
human
 
development,
 
revolutionary
 
socialism.
 
The
 
two
 
superpower 
 
theory
 
defines
 
imperialism
 
as
 
a
 
policy
 
not
 
a
 
system.
 
This
 
centrist
 
theory
 
is
 
the
 
excuse
 
used
 
by
 
all
 
anti
Sovietism
 
to
 
gloss
 
over 
 
and
 
in
 
the
 
final
 
analysis
 
absolve
 
imperialism
 
of
 
its
 
primary
 
responsibility
 
for 
 
fomenting
 
the
 
major 
 
wars,
 
aggressions,
 
occupations,
 
regime
 
changes
 
and
 
counter 
 
revolutionary
 
atrocities
 
of
 
the
 
epoch.
 
And
 
more
 
deplorable
 
than
 
that,
 
it
 
trivializes
 
the
 
enormous
 
sacrifices
 
of
 
the
 
Soviet
 
people
 
and
 
their 
 
Government
 
that
 
for 
 
seven
 
decades
 
provided
 
selfless
 
and
 
steadfast
 
support
 
to
 
the
 
anti
imperialist
 
struggles
 
of
 
the
 
people
 
of
 
the
 
world.
 
Anti
Sovietism
 
 
Prototype
 
for
 
Modern
 
Anti
Socialism
 
Imperialist
 
hostility
 
to
 
the
 
Soviet
 
Union
 
is
 
the
 
prototype
 
for 
 
the
 
hostility
 
that
 
continues
 
today
 
against
 
the
 
remaining
 
and
 
newly
 
emerging
 
socialist
 
states
 
and
 
with
 
the
 
same
 
aim,
 
their 
 
undermining
 
and
 
fall
 
and
 
the
 
restoration
 
of
 
capitalism.
 
The
 
attack
 
on
 
the
 
Soviet
 
form
 
of
 
socialism
 
was
 
from
 
its
 
inception
 
and
 
continues
 
to
 
be,
 
an
 
attack
 
on
 
revolutionary
 
socialism
 
wherever 
 
it
 
arises,
 
in
 
all
 
of
 
its
 
forms
 
and
 
in
 
all
 
of
 
its
 
stages
 
of
 
development.
 
From
 
that
 

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