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aithovt first mea the new-damocratic states and the more thoroughgoing the ‘new-democratic revéelition and the more firmly established the leadership of the: proletariat in this first stage, the casier will be the transitionto socielism, in this wey the minimum and maximum program of the Chinese Commnist Party forms + . an indissolusble unity. The theory of the new-denocratic revoltuion maintains .. that it is possible for the proletariat to lead a revolution of all patriotic classes against imperialism and feudalism. The main force of the revolution is the peasant masses and the workers relying on peoplets var. The theory of "sup~ port" for the Vietnamsse thru the dictatorship of tha proletariat s as the “only aes way" and the Only solution isa theory of no support at all. The precodent for this dangerous "theory" may ba found sn the activie Sagan tics of 2 smell group of Chinese Trotskyites and other "leftists" in China, During the period of the War of Resistance against Japan, they opposed "unity *~ end strugzle" with Chang Kai Shek as "elass collaboration," During tha Third ! Revolutionary Civil War immediately after tho Chinesa had blow away the Japanese imperialists, thé Trotskyites reisedthe banner of the "dictatorship of tho Pro- | Jeteriat" end opposed the now-democratic stats, Hep recognized the danger oarly -— and answored the question head-on: a hoo coat Tt oe ae Ir the cepitalist: road ‘of hourgeois “Glotatorship ° is out of the question, then is it possible to a . teke the socialist road cf proletariat dictatorship? No, that is not possible either, ‘ithout 2 doubt, the present revoltuion stho first stop, which vill develop into the second step, that : of socislism, at a later date,.,Having determined on their policy, they (the bourgeois reactionaries} heve lost no.tima in hiring soma "metaphusicsmongors" plus a few Trotskyites who, brandishing thoir pens like lancos, are tilting in ell directions and cre~ ; ating tedlam, Hence the whole bag of tricks for do~ |... ot ceiving those vho do not know what is going on in the -) - world around them... The"theory of a. single. revolution" boaes is simply a theory of no revolution at all, and that ' 4s the heart of the matter, ; a Comte ’ 5. werk: It is no wonder that Meo regarded Trotsky as a orininal ronogade,® The Chirnsse and Vietnanose revolutions have certain. similarities and certain differences, “% do not claim to be exports on tho subject but cortsin facts should bo obvious to tho leaders of tho PLP, What is tho situation in Viotnam? Pho ccuntry is dividod. The country is experioncing a war of national litcration in one half, The poeple are totally mobilized and totally united Dekind their leadership in the waging of paople's war. Thé everyday exporionces of the poople produce martyrs and herogs in a fashion that is not paralleliod in pozcofsl tines, “he imperialists in their mad disirety commit genocide on a peoplo produce the opposite, A national cleansing takes placo in which the cadre and poople aro stecled, It can truly bo said that the Viotnimese aro today weging a war and winning it against odds that have novor before bocn faced by a poorle. Not oven in tho base areas of China beforofinal victory had the social rolationsbecnas advanced as in North Victnam. The rounification of all of Vietnam is bound to bo decisively influonced by the construction of socialisa rok the north, At the seme time, it vould bo inseme for tho Victnamose not to take into account the differonees in the north end south vhich imporialist occu}- pation has wrought and not procood in a step by stop wayto correctly handle ‘theso contradictions among the poople. To earguc for rounificationstrictly from the program of cocjalist construction in the north and not on tha basis of equality and learning from coriion expericnee, vould be objoctivoly to prevent the NLF, from unitingall patriotic classcs agedust U.S. imperialism and would spoll tho defeat of people's war. . Tas ALP, for its pert, js a bocad, naticnal, donecratic coalition. Tho main fercee with tho RLF is the Poopic's Rovelutionary Party (PRP) which works Z) “Black Laborstion Trogram® Progre: ssive Tabor (Fobruary, 1969), p. 19. 3) Ted. pe 18. , ae +} ibid., Pe 19,. . . : . ; * 5) "On Now Dumocracy," Meo Tso ture, solectod Works TI, p. 358-9. ey “~