Classics in Political Science by Joseph S. Roucek

Author:Joseph S. Roucek [Roucek, Joseph S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2013-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

On the People’s Democratic Dictatorship30

On the basis of the experience of these twenty-eight years, we have reached the same conclusions that Sun Yat-sen, in his will, said he had drawn from “the experience of forty years”. That is, “we must awaken the masses of the people and unite ourselves in a common struggle with those peoples of the world who treat us on a basis of equality”. Sun Yat-sen had a world outlook different from ours and he set off from a different class standpoint in observing and dealing with problems. Nevertheless, on the problem of how to struggle against imperialism in the 1920’s, he reached this conclusion which was basically the same as ours.

Twenty-four years have elapsed since Sun Yat-sen’s death, and under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party Chinese revolutionary theory and practice have made tremendous strides forward, fundamentally altering the face of China. The Chinese people have by now accumulated vital and basic experiences along the following two lines.

(1) Internally, the people must be awakened. This means welding the working class, the peasantry, the petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie into a united front under the leadership of the working class, and from this proceeding to the creation of a state of the people’s democratic dictatorship, a state led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants.

(2) Externally, we must unite in a common struggle with the peoples of all countries and with those nations which treat us as equals. This means allying ourselves with the Soviet Union, with every New Democratic country, and with the proletariat and broad masses in all other countries. This means forming an international united front.

“You incline to one side.” That is right. The forty years’ experience of Sun Yat-sen and the twenty-eight years’ experience of the Chinese Communist Party have convinced us that in order to attain victory and consolidate it, we must incline to one side. According to these experiences, the Chinese people must incline either toward the side of imperialism or toward that of Socialism. There can be no exception to this rule. It is impossible to sit on the fence; there is no third road. We oppose Chiang Kai-shek’s imperialism. We also oppose illusions about a third road, without exception, one inclines either toward imperialism or toward Socialism. Neutrality is merely a camouflage; a third road does not exist.

“You are too provocative.” Yes, in speaking of our dealing with domestic and foreign reactionaries, that is, imperialists and their running dogs, but not with any other people. In regard to the reactionaries, the question of being provocative or not does not arise....

Internationally we belong to the side of the anti-imperialist front, headed by the Soviet Union. We can only turn to this side for genuine and friendly assistance, not to the side of the imperialist front.

“You are dictatorial.” My dear sirs, what you say is correct. That is just what we are. All the experiences of the Chinese people, accumulated in the course of successive decades, tell us to carry out a people’s democratic dictatorship.

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