Activists highlight advantages of socialism over capitalism

Our Correspondent

Doraha, November 8

In order to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution of 1917 a mass meeting of activists of different organisations was organised by MCPI (United) at KK Kaushal Memorial Bhavan today.

Sukhdev Singh, Balkrishan and Shiv Rattan presided over the meeting.

Politburo member Kuldip Singh, the MCPI (U) state secretary, Pawan Kumar Kaushal, CPI (M) leader Shiv Rattan and AICTU leader Balkrishan highighted importance of the October Socialist Revolution in the present era of transition from capitalism to socialism.

Comrade Kuldip Singh said this year they were honouring the 100th anniversary of the Great Socialist Revolution that took place in Russia in 1917. “This event marked and determined the course of millions of people not just within the geographical confines of the first workers’ state in the history of humanity, the USSR, but it also had an impact in every corner of the planet for many decades,” he added.

“October demonstrates potential and capacity of the working class to implement its historical mission as the only truly revolutionary class, to lead the first attempt to construct socialism-communism,” he said.

“At the same time, October shows the irreplaceable role of the guiding force of the socialist revolution and the Communist Party. Great October demonstrates the enormous strength of proletarian internationalism,” he added.

The MCPI (U) state secretary, Pawan Kumar Kaushal, opined, “The impact of the Great October Socialist Revolution, the first victorious battle in history for the emancipation of the working class, remains undiminished to this day. Socialism was transformed from a prediction into a specific reality. The theoretical legacy of October Revolution, enriched by the experience of socialist revolutions, which then followed, is priceless. It confirmed in practice correctness of the Marxist-Leninist theory of revolution.”

The CPI(M) leader, Shiv Rattan, said “In the light of October Revolution it is the responsibility and right of every Communist Party to study the theoretical issues of socialism, to evaluate the course of socialist construction, to draw conclusions for the battle against opportunism at the international and national level, to prepare the party and class forces in general to explain the class struggle at the international level, to provide a scientific class explanation of the setbacks to social progress and development.”

“In this internationalist and communist spirit, we try to follow developments today in countries like China, Vietnam, Cuba and other countries,” he added.

While expressing his views on the present situation prevailing in India, the AICTU leader, Balkrishan, said, “The ruling BJP, led by PM Modi, has been creating an atmosphere of communalism. It has ruined the Indian economy by taking disastrous steps like demonetisation of currency and the GST, which has led to increase in cost of living for the poor and unemployed.”

“Socialism is a system that can safeguard the right to work for all and solve major problems such as free health-care, education, housing, transport and many other things, which capitalism cannot and does not seek to work out. The need of the hour is only socialism,” he added.