Letter: On Frontism
Letter: On Frontism

Letter: On Frontism

Good evening,

I am a reader from Portugal, and while reading your many articles that try to answer the eternal question of “What is it to be done?”, I have begun questioning myself on how much your proposals are influenced by Dimitrovism, that is, inspired on the proposals Georgi Dimitrov.

In his report to the 7th Congress of the Communist International, he lays out a series of tasks and duties of communists to defeat fascism, as well as the Popular Front Strategy. Using the facade of Leninism, he lays out a project of class collaborationism with social democracy, the petty bourgeoisie, and the labour aristocracy.

Now, reading your articles on the task of the socialist movement in America, with the goals of a new Union, I fear that you (as in the socialist movement) will adopt the same strategy, with the ensuing defeats that it will entail.

Due to this, I would like to share with Cosmonaut the works of Portuguese Marxist Francisco Martins Rodrigues, which contributed to a correct critique of the Popular Front strategy, as well as the corruption of “Leninism” that occured after the 7th Congress of the CI. Most of his works are still untranslated, but nonetheless, I believe they are of significant importance to the American Socialist Movement. Here is the link https://franciscomartinsrodriguesinternacional.wordpress.com/textos-de-fmr/

 

Red Salute!

Vasco da Silva

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