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14. policy of turning the imperialist war into a revolutionary civil war, and calling for unity with the chauvinists. 8. David -- follower of Bernstein, the German revisionist of Marx. Social-chauvinist and member of the first bourge- ois republican government which suppressed the revolution in Germany in 1918. 9. Stockholm Conference - international socialist 'peace' conference proposed by the opportunist socialists in Germ- any and Russia in the interests of their own bourgeoisies who were not doing so well in the war, but rejected by the French opportunists at the behest of their bourgeoisie. The British Labour Party supported the conference, in the belief that their government would respond to the German feelers for peace, but they were not allowed to go leading to the resignation of one of their leaders, Arthur Hender- son, from the war cabinet. On the basis of the above anal- ysis the Bolsheviks opposed the conference. 10. MacDonald J. Ramsay - Labour Party leader; later first Labour prime minister and prime minister of the National Government. The passport was for the Stockholm Conference. 11. See V.I. Lenin, 'The Revolution of 1917', Works, Vol. XX, Book II, p.405. 12. Socialist-Revolutionary Party - Russian petty-bourge- ois party representing the rich peasants. Practised indi- vidual terrorism against Tsarism, supported the war and joined the foreign intervention against the Soviets. One of them shot Lenin, wounding him seriously. 13. Mensheviks -- ('minority'), opportunist Russian 'Marx- ists' who split with the Bolsheviks ('majority') on every decisive question such as Party organisation, revolutionary strategy and tactics, attitude to the poor peasantry and the liberal bourgeoisie, attitude to the war and the Prov- isional Government etc. After October 1917 joined the foreign intervention against the Soviets. 14. Novaya Zhizn (New Life) - paper of the International- ist Social-Democrats, a small group of intellectuals incl- uding Maxim Gorky, some of whom became Mensheviks and oth- ers (including Gorky) Bolsheviks. 15. Zimmerwald Conference - internationalist socialists' conference, Switzerland, Sept. 1915. Split between the Kautskyite majority and the revolutionary internationalists or 'Zimmerwald Left' headed by Lenin. The conference iss- ued a manifesto calling for opposition to imperialist war. 16. tra 17. Soc tis ice man Par unt sai the 18. ie; (Le er the ati Int liv ind dre 19. trac 20. cra Opp min. bri tion 21. Bri 22. figh Aust Sov Tran ant 23. mun ress acqu 24. stat

15. 16. 'Trade Unionist' - the publishers have been unable to trace this reference and would welcome any information. 17. British Socialist Party - formed in 1911 mainly from the Social-Democratic Party (formerly Federation - the first Bri- tish Marxist organisation founded in 1883). Its paper 'Just- ice' was the property of its extreme chauvinist leader Hynd- man and was replaced by 'the Call' when he split from the Party during the war. MacLean was a member of the SDF/BSP until 1920 when it initiated the formation of the CPGB. Lenin said the BSP was "not opportunist, and really independent of the Liberals". 18. Independent Labour Party - founded in 1893 by Keir Hard- ie; "independent of Socialism, but dependent upon liberalism" (Lenin). Opposed the war to begin with but later, under cov- er of pacifist phrases, supported the social-chauvinism of the Entente socialists. After Communist International's form- ation rank & file pressure forced it to withdraw from the 2nd International to which it returned after joining the short- lived 2½ International. It declined after the introduction of individual membership of the Labour Party from which it with- drew in 1932. 19. Russell Williams - the publishers have been unable to trace this reference and would welcome any information. 20. Friedrich Adler - secretary of the Austrian Social-Demo- cratic Party and son of its Kautskyist leader Victor Adler. Opposed the war and in 1916 assassinated the Austrian foreign minister Stuerck. Death sentence commuted to 17 years after a brilliant speech from the dock. Released in the 1918 Revolu- tion. Remained a social-democrat and fled Austria in 1934. 21. Maxim Litvinov - Bolshevik, first Soviet ambassador to Britain, later Soviet People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs. 22. This refers to the Czechoslovakian soldiers who had been fighting alongside the Russian army from 1914-17 against the Austro-Hungarian empire which ruled over their country. The Soviets allowed them to return to western Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway but they were used on the way by the anti-Soviet foreign interventionists. 23. Loriot - member of Zimmerwald Left and later of the Com- munist Party of France; on presidium of Comintern 3rd Cong- ress; tried for high treason by French government in 1920 but acquitted; later deserted communism. 24. The impact of the war here too is shown by his pre-war statement - "It appears that these 'Dog Days' have afforded

16. young Scots an opportunity of airing their pet designs for a separate Parliament for Scotland. I should fancy that the sole aspirants to such a glorious ideal are the enthusiasts just indicated and those curious cranks whimsically styled 'the Scottish Patriots'. The rest of us are calmly indiff- erent...The means of communication, together with the means for the transport of commodities, enable all races to learn the latest ideas and use the most up-to-date commodities and machinery drawn from all ends of the earth, and the growth of international trusts is tending to bind even closer the races of mankind..." (Justice 27.7.12). 25. Helen Crawford - suffragette, member of the ILP and later foundation member of the CPGB. 26. He also objected to the lack of practical and theoret- ical self-reliance of the CPGB, and, while calling for a separate Scottish Party, wanted "Scottish workers to be joi- ned in ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION with their British comrades" (Gorbals Parliamentary election address, 1922). 27. On another controversial question of the time - whether to affiliate to the Labour Party - MacLean, while a member of the SDF/BSP, was, like Lenin, in favour of affiliation while maintaining the independence of the Marxist party; and he stood as an official Labour candidate at the end of the war saying "it is better to send them to power and so test them in the light of experience" (& as he said of the Liber- als in 1910, "Our every experience proves that they do not step aside, that they fight us more immorally - with more contemptible lies - than even the Tories"). After his break with the BSP in 1920 and in view of his stand on Scottish independence as well as the changed attitude and constitut- ion of the Labour Party itself he must have regarded the issue as being a dead letter. 28. "Marxian words have in our day become a cover for the absolute renunciation of Marxism"..."socialism in words, imperialism in deeds, the growth of opportunism into imper- ialism" (Lenin). ** Printed and Published by :- THE WORKERS' PARTY OF SCOTLAND Marxist - Leninist. 270, Paisley Rd, Glasgow, G.5.

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WORKERS OF THE WHOLE WORLD, UNITE! KIM JONG IL LET US MARCH FORWARD DYNAMICALLY ALONG THE ROAD OF SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM UNDER THE UNFURLED BANNER OF THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST STRUGGLE Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea September 25, 1987 MOSQUITO PRESS LONDON 1988 ک

The general situation in the revolution at present is very complicated. An analysis of the developments in the inter- national arena shows that there are serious problems concern- ing the destiny not only of our revolution but also of the world revolution. The Korean communists who are working towards the fulfilment of the revolutionary cause of Juche initiated by the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung must adhere to the revolutionary stand of the working class with a correct understanding of the present situation, and bring about a new advance in the revolution. This is their historic task. In order to assess the present revolutionary situation correctly and maintain a revolutionary stand, we must, above all else, have a proper understanding of the real features of contemporary imperialism and its fate. World imperialism was hard hit in the second world war. The vanquished countries, such as fascist Germany, Japan and Italy, suffered fatal blows, and the capitalist powers, including Britain and France, that belonged to the Allies also suffered no less a loss than the vanquished countries. In short, capitalism was significantly weakened as a result of the second world war. However, US imperialism alone made a colossal profit from the war and thus rapidly became bloated. The industry of the United States was not damaged during the war, but instead its industrial output more than doubled. During the war the United States expanded its munitions industry on a large scale and acted as a supplier of weapons and other war materials to the Allies and also made enormous profits by 1

selling surplus goods at high prices. Taking advantage of the war, it became the greatest creditor nation in the world. In this way US imperialism came to occupy a dominant position in the capitalist world economically and militarily, and this was an important factor in the process of change in the capitalist world following the second world war. After the war the US monopoly capitalists were con- fronted with a vital problem: how to maintain their colossal munitions industry, and what to do with their tremendous amount of surplus capital. The US imperialists clamoured about a "communist threat" in order to provide an excuse for continuing to expand their munitions industry, adopted the policy of a cold war that was directed against the socialist countries and increased international tension, under the pretext of protecting the "free world". This was essentially the "Truman Doctrine". Meanwhile, in order to avoid an economic crisis and dispose of their surplus capital, they carried out the policy of gaining hold of the economies of the major capitalist countries in Europe by means of capital investment in the name of "aiding" their economic recovery from the ravages of war. This was what they called the "Marshall Plan". In this way US imperialism acquired a firm grip on the capitalist world militarily and controlled it economically, while clinging more and more to an aggressive policy in order to check the growing socialist forces and materialize its ambition for world conquest. Drawing on developed technology and superior economic strength the monopoly capital of the United States intensified its inroads into other countries and established multinational companies by setting up daughter companies in various countries. In the 1960s many multinational companies based 2