Marxist-Leninist Philosophy and Imperialism
Is US
Imperialism heading towards a new world war?
By Daniel Paquet, dpaquet1871@gmail.com
“Since the masses represent the determining force of
economic and political development, they make a sizable contribution to the
advancement of culture-science and art.
These arose and developed on the basis of people’s labour activities
and, at the initial stages, formed a component part of them. By transforming reality and by creating new
material goods that do not exist in a natural form, the masses developed t heir
consciousness, mental abilities and capacity to create spiritual values, which
are a materialized generalization of people’s transforming activities. Later on, when manual labour separated from
intellectual work, spiritual activity became a monopoly of special social
groups-classes. Even then, the role of
the masses in the development of culture did not diminish, for the latter has
its roots deep among ideas, feelings and strivings cherished by the masses.
Maxim Gorky wrote that the people constitute not only the force that creates
material wealth, but also the only eternal source of spiritual values.”[1]
“For centuries, Russia has been a resource-exporting
country, an economic laggard and a touchy partner, driven by a European culture
and a decidedly un-European body politic. (…)
Its one successful reform since 2000 has been to
revamp and re-equip its armed forces. (…)
But the Russian population seems to accept falling
incomes and general uncertainty as the price of what is leaders portray as
national resurgence. (…)
Arguably, Russia is the only major power that no
longer hesitates to shatter longstanding relationships with others. (…)
Russia no longer sees itself as a power seeking to
escape isolation imposed by the West for occupying Crimea and intervening in
Ukraine. Instead, it pursues the claim
of a victorious power whose transgressions become irrelevant because winners
don’t have to justify themselves. (…)
In short, the Kremlin has made its decisions: Put the onerous domestic problems aside, play
the power game, do not blink, and call everything the West says a bluff. A victory, this thinking goes, will one day
recoup all costs. (…)
Any regime presiding over a backward oil-dependent
economy will not be able to modernize it by waging wars and poisoning every
relationship it still has. It may not
happen soon, but someday in the future, Russia will have to take up the hard
work of fixing both its economic base and its position among its peers.”[2]
It clearly means that if Russian authorities want to
be part of the Imperialist gang, they have to follow the rule, which is first
to follow the leadership of the strongest, which is to abide by US domination.
The policy of socialist Soviet Union was quite
different of capitalist Russia in international matters.
At that time, it was clear to all that: “The natural
tendency of major capitalist countries, the U.S., Britain, and France,
therefore, leads to militarism, new wars, and the enslavement and systematic
robbery of other countries. Ultimately,
only the abolition of imperialism in the U.S., Britain, and France – the
overthrow of capitalism in these countries – will end their tendencies to
aggression. Important work remains to be
done, however, even though favorable conditions for the assumption of power in
any imperialist country may not yet exist:
Communists should focus on encouraging and leading the peace movement
and other democratic forces. The peace
movement, Stalin writes, can play a very positive role in ‘preventing’ or ‘temporarily
postponing’ a particular war, or in temporarily preserving a particular peace.
(…)
The duty of Communists in the U.S., for example,
entails advocacy of the right of nations to independent development free from
U.S. imperialism, to include the explicit right of Cuba and other countries to
become and remain socialist, free from any U.S. invasion, blockade, or other
interference.”[3]
Meanwhile, these days, world peace is compromise as
would say Baron Clausewitz.
“In another apparently orchestrated message to the US,
Chinese and Russian military officials held a joint briefing on their
opposition to Washington’s plans to deploy
an anti-ballistic missile system in South Korea. (…)
Cai Jun, a general in the People’s Liberation Army,
said Russia and China would hold a second set of missile defence joint maneuvers
next year, following a first round in Moscow in May. The drills underline how opposition to US has
driven Russia and China closer together on military matters.” [4]
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[2] Trudolyubov,
Maxim, A Russia-U.S. alliance sinks, The
New York Times International Edition, Thursday, October 13, 2016, page 16
[3] Connolly,
James, Stalin on Socialist Construction
and the Transition to Communism :
Against Revisionism & For Building the New Society, Real Existing
Socialism : http//realexistingsocialism.blogspot.com Mt. Vernon,
U.S.A., August 2009, page11
[4] Clover,
Charles, South China Sea expert floats
idea of Beijing air defence zone, Financial Times, Thursday 13 October
2016, page 5
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