COMMUNIST COMMENTARY To this date, the contradictions in Ukraine remain unresolved. With the oligarchs holding power, just as they have in the past, production will be geared not on the basis of human need but private profit. Even if putting a muzzle on the separatist gangs preserves the jobs of Ukrainian steelworkers and miners, the economic situation will continue to be perilous for the average person. The only solution for Ukraine’s woes is to forge a workers party that can pose clear class demands. As utopian as that may sound right now, it will become more “practical” as the unresolved contradictions of Ukrainian society persist. Keep in mind that Ukraine had its own revolution in 1919-1920 that was as powerful as the Russian one next door. It is a 20th century tragedy that the Bolsheviks did not respond to it in the fashion it deserved. Let’s try to make amends for that by building a solidarity movement in the 21st century that reasserts the principles Lenin fought for (https://marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1919/dec/28.htm) until his last breath on his dying bed: He who undermines the unity and closest alliance between the Great-Russian and Ukrainian workers and peasants is helping the Kolchaks, the Denikins, the capitalist bandits of all countries. Consequently, we Great-Russian Communists must repress with the utmost severity the slightest manifestation in our midst of Great-Russian nationalism, for such manifestations, which are a betrayal of communism in general, cause the gravest harm by dividing us from our Ukrainian comrades and thus playing into the hands of Denikin and his regime. Consequently, we Great-Russian Communists must make concessions [emphasis added] when there are differences with the Ukrainian Bolshevik Communists and Borotbists and these differences concern the state independence of the Ukraine, the forms of her alliance with Russia, and the national question in general.
Posted on: Sat, 17 May 2014 19:33:19 +0000
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