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Marxists. mical exchanges between the still commit in Albania' and give an acount of the origins of only ask that their staten Albanian Communist Party should be made available a re-writing of Soviet history Khrushchev, evidently international discussion. which would its part of a serious rift between political position.

Chinese and the Russians, It is Tito, the heightened anti-Stalin strong on workers' councils (and campaign summed up apr by leading well real power do they greess of the CPSU have made Pabloite luminary, Germain. have?) is also an adherent of this still more « We may assert that the 'the construction of socialism is the view, sired by Stalin, that present debate in the interIt can be national communist movement effort is being • made by the refracts the revolutionary Marxleaders of the CPs to prevent ist positions in a "split up" way, a full and frank discussion of as a crystal splits up a ray of sunshine into the colours which the problems by the rank and it contains. All the Trotskyist positions may be found among the different participants in the debate, but no tendency adopts all of them: the Russians are the 1956 revelations, liquidating the Stalinist legacy, ress of bottling-up is taking the Chinese approach the theory of the permanent revolution, the which can only have the Cubans affirm that a workers' of made meI state must call on the masses of bureaucracy for workers and peasants to make confronted by more a revolution on an international soft-pedalling on the the workers at home scale, the Yugoslavs explain that hinese dispute obviously course of polemics It is true that they add the management of the factories accords with the temporary and their own authority demand for rehabilitation of the for must be in the hands of workers' tactical needs of both sides, munist movement is of Stalinism 1 and will, councils, the Italians (and to a though it represents no resolu- In other words. they say, a ontinues to criticise lesser extent the Poles) are renewing the links with the tion of the questions at issue. a mass Communist Party deeply enmeshed in national Only in Italy, where there trying people ments During the to be ger seeking very not luine been the time truth in which made Marxists. by he is wrong. support' Khrushchev Likewise where they think Tse-tung's trade unions, the Albanians Leninist tradition of free dis- cussion within the party and the proclaim the principle of the possible complet talism'.

political life at the parliamentary equality of rights of all Com- could they and municipal level, have the munist parties, whether large examples of the crass, opporthey issues raised by the 22nd Con- or small, and the need to work tunistic thinking of the ideolobeen accorded serious and even practices of Stalinism before with all these doctrines but differences by • means of frank and loyal international gists of the bureaucracy, which far from indicating the need for which still suit their book. discussions.' 'critical support or supporting can be no possible Only one little' Germain's 'refraction' theory, for seeking conciliation missing; none of these show that its characteristics have there, h owever, with such people or taking their has yet put forward: changed and that there statements at their own valua- "The absolute necessity for clear that "the" intention has place for conciliation been less to reach a full Marxist tion. They are made in par- a revolutionary international, compromise with it. understanding of the roots of ticular circumstances where not only Stalinism, but their own founded on democratic central- ism, to co-ordinate and guide Some people may think enable the Italian party leaders Stalinist degeneration than rule, is under challenge from the the international communist movement.' there is a bit Pabloites: they do say some of good in free themselves from the taint working class. Where they "correct' things in the course of combinationism more freedom in In the course Stalinism and their political a controversy home. operate with should ments, but make ostensibly not be the role their to sE ly 'hear, hear' correct state- hypocrisy. of Marxists parently wants s a central What ap- to them the very same methods That to employ with respect their political soliloquisings. which they use towards the which, II position 1.: - 1. 41. the bureau which car pick out the leaderships of the Communist Yugoslavs is added, has good bits in this extraordinary parties. over much ideological and tact- hash and make a palatable dish ical ground it is not surprising Such method tendency 'where defends to his particular taste. if, on all sides, some statements ployed the Pabl sites. sharper attitude towards im- Despite his criticism correct from have been made which are the standpoint of the wish disputants, or nearly to see a bit of good in bourgeoisie, and to the Yugo- perialism and the colonial bureaucracy he begins by and burr crediting spoonful fac i it of: It Is a tar spoils of Marxism. It should 22nd Thus , in a Resolution on Congress they declare: workers' councils slavs 'on the and the more question of sections with ticular questions wisdom and on this reason barrelful of that the ridiculous honey. It is tha democratic admini stration of the postulates the need for conclusions which the speculaCommunist International which tions of the Pabloites lead them could only be composed of as a result of the mistakes representati the bureau- of approach, impairs the their cracy. often correct observations which " Out of its present fractional- they may make in the process. ism and disorder the world To give 'critical support' for a an to 60-hour week average wage of £15 the substantial pay increase, even it means a strike on May 13. their intentions to achieve their no wonder the demands of a 40-hour week and are solid in to avoid undermining foreign con- the Common Market, it will fidence in its ability to deliver the goods. British capital seeks entry tion at a higher level, towards its way inexorably according to (!) towards unity and organisa- the laws which are proper to it, communist movement is finding similar view to oneself some time or another have particular question means any tendency which may docker has plenty to complain Exhortations by the capitalist But this need does not mean that a Communist International re- up without a principled average weekly earnings were £2 about. Twelve months ago his press resist to the Tory government to the dockers' claims, strike it will claims. 'The Economist, May 5 not resist the dockers' Leninist programme, adapted constituted on the basis of on the question of the cracy as a whole.

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