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Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6 the very country in which Marxism was considered to have been utterly destroy- ed.” Stalin's book brings out with perfect clarity the leading role of the Bolshevik Party in the struggle of the working people of the USSR for the building of communism. In his simple and, at the same time, profound outline of the heroic history of the Communist Party of the Sovict Union (Bolsheviks) , Stalin teaches the people that the strength and might of the great Soviet State depend on the united, selfless effort of all the Soviet people in carrying out the victo- rious policy of the Party. Stalin's remark. able book formulates with classical clar- ity the conclusions, the lessons to be drawn from the History of the CPSU (B). The first and decisive conclusion is that “the victory of the proletarian revo- lution, the victory of the dictatorship of the proletariat, is impossible without a revolutionary party of the proletariat, a party free from opportunism, irrecon- cilable toward compromisers and ca- pitulators, and revolutionary in its atti- tude toward the bourgeoisie and its state power.” The history of the Party teaches us that only a party of the new type, a Marxist-Leninist party, a party of social revolution, a party capable of pre- paring the proletariat for decisive battles against the bourgeoisie, of organizing the victory of the proletrian revolution and leading all the people to socialism, can be such a party. The CPSU(B) is such a party. The history of the Party further teaches us, points out J. V. Stalin, that a party of the working class cannot per- form the role of leader of its class, can- not perform the role of leader of the proletarian cevolution and organizer of socialist construction, unless it has mas- tered the advanced theory of Marxism- Leninism, unless it guides itself by this theory in its practical activities, unless it develops and advances this theory on the basis of the new experience of the revolutionary movement and socialist construction. ‘The Short Course of the History of the CPSU(B) advanced the develop- ment of Marxism-Leninism a long step forward. “The power of the Marxist- Leninist theory,” teaches J. V. Stalin, “lies in the fact that it enables the Party to find the right orientation in OCTOBER 13, 1950 any situation, to understand the inner connection of current events, to foresee their course, and to perceive not only how and in what direction they are de- veloping in the present, but how and in what direction they are bound to develop in the future.” Of exceptional significance is J. V. Stalin’s development of dialectical mate- tialism which is the theoretical founda- tion of communism, the world outlook of the Marxist-Leninist party. J. V. Stalin’s book reveals the innermost con- nection between the philosophy of Marxism-Leninism and the tevolution- aty activities of the working masses. Dialectics holds that the world is in a state of continuous movement and change, that the dying of the old and growth of the new is a law governing development. This means that the sys- tem of private property and class ex- ploitation is not eternal, that it will be replaced by the socialist system. ‘This means, furthermore, that it is necessary to base our orientation upon the sections of society which are developing and have a future before them, that “in or- der not to err in policy, one must look forward, not backward.” Generalizing the experience of social- ist construction in the USSR, Stalin gave a thorough characterization of the so- cialist system based on the public own- ership of the means of production. This system is free from exploiters and ex- ploited. The goods produced are distrib- uted according to labor performed, on the basis of the principle: “He who does: not work, neither shall he eat.” On the basis of an analysis of the laws governing development in the so- cialist society, the Short Course of the History of the CPSU(B) reveals the significance of the method of socialist industrialization and of the collectivi- zation of agriculture. The successful realization of the Lenin-Stalin theory, which treats of the ways of building so- cialism, led to the transformation of a formerly backward country into a mighty power with an advanced indus- try and collectivized agriculture which has withstood all trials. The great ex- perience of the Soviet Union now in- spires the working people of the peo- ple's democracies in their historical struggle for the reorganization of their national economies on the basis of so- cialist principles. The Short Course of the History of the CPSU(B) contains a vivid charac- terization of the new Constitution of the USSR, the most democratic constitution known in human history, the constitu- tion which gave legislative effect to the great rights and democratic liberties of the citizens of the USSR. The Short Course of the History of the CPSU(B) shows with utmost pro- fundity that the building of socialism takes place in the midst of a bitter class struggle, when the remnants of the de- feated exploiting classes do not sur- render without battle, cause harm to the people, and offer furious resistance. The Short Course of the History of the CPSU(B) exposes the foul counter- revolutionary activities of the gang of Trotskyites, Zinovievites, Bukharinites, and other monsters upon whom impe- tialist reaction relied in its treacherous struggle against the Soviet Government. The Soviet people destroyed this brutal gang. From the example of the Soviet Union the working people in the peo- ple’s democracies dire learning to main- tain revolutionary vigilance; they are exposing the despicable betrayers of the cause of socialism and democracy, such as the Tito-Rankovic clique, the gang of deserters to the camp of imperialism and fascism, the gang of spies and mur- derers in the pay of the imperialist in- telligence services, The Short Course of the History of the CPSU (B) is a powerful weapon in the hands of the supporters of peace throughout the world who are fighting against reaction and the instigators of a new war. The great work of Stalin's genius teaches millions of people to recognize the brutal face of fascism and all the enemies of peace and democ- racy, no matter what guise they assume. Stalin’s work is a record of the great victories of the Bolshevik Party. It helps the Soviet people to learn the laws of social development, to develop scientific methods for the solution of problems raised by the titanic practice of commu- nist construction. The Soviet people, who are remaking nature, changing the appearance of their country and creating tremendous material values, are advanc- ing toward a beautiful communist fu- tute, well armed with the theoretical and practical knowledge drawn from the great treasury of Marxism-Leninism, Stalin’s History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) — Short Course. 599 Approved For Release 2004/02/19 : CIA-RDP83-00415R006800050005-6