We may have admitted that no formal introduction is needed and it is enough to name Moni Guha or even MG for narrating a phase in the struggle against modern revisionism though somebody prefer to level the name as a Stalinist, as if by giving a trade name for anything all is settled for closing a chapter. This but only a petty bourgeois practice to avoid cudgeling one's head in any problem and inside the communist movement especially after 20th congress many such practices and trends may be found. As for example some of the leaders themselves or the followers of some leaders claimed themselves as the pioneer of such and such stand or slogan just twisting even the facts and figures and their historical roles only to get an acceptance inside the toiling masses as well as rank and files. But no body can deny the facts that immediately after 20th congress of CPSU [B] Neil Gold of the communist party (Irish) and MG of CPI raised voice declaring that the congress is but a revisionist one, obviously without having any support from any Communist Party.
Thus in the shape of opposition to personality cult nurtured by Stalin, Khrushchevite revisionism – we may name it as rightist deviation – got a foothold on solid foundation unanimously. But within a few years as a result of national conflict between Soviet and China again in the shape of opposition to Khrushchevite revisionism we found Maoist revisionism as ultra leftist deviation and the entire international movement got split. Though we have no opportunity to put a detailed picture of the development, we hereby take the privilege to refer to revisionism against revisionism by MG and in this connection we must mention the role of Tito as the maker of modern revisionism theoretically claiming national interest is preferable to stand for the sake of Soviet State, the dreamland of all the workers throughout the world. MG analysed in details the Yugoslav question and the role of CPC and CPSU considering that a pivotal job to make sense of modern revisionism. Lastly his "20th congress and Stalin" completed the platform from which to fight against modern revisionism could be launched with unerring aim.
The economic basic of both the forms of modern revisionism is but national deviation refuting the internationalism which is remained the fundamental one till date to fight capitalism even with its highest stage imperialism. In this perspectives we must refer to Stalin's speech mentioning the danger of national trend inside the soviet workers and leaders which got tremendous profundity after the explosion of atom bomb and we might sat that the conflict was the cause of Stalin's mysterious and sudden death because in his presence modern revisionism could not get foothold so firmly by giving up the cause of internationalism. Practically this trend took shape during the fascist regime when Nazi Hitler began to smash all the democratic rights and thinking and thus the prime duty of the communists was to uphold the banner of democracy and to fight fascist massacre with all democratic powers.
Obviously it's a mammoth job before us – who are committed to the cause of toiling masses and workers of all the countries and to way out to fight for socialism today – to make a path towards our goal and cleaning the heap of falsification of history dumped by the enemies and even by friendly sections with petty bourgeois set of mind and full of ignorance of historical facts that occurred during that period i.e., from 1954 since when the writings of Stalin were banned by the Khrushchev and co. to mislead us with his fairy tales and treacherous plan to make the path to socialism even beyond our dream and imagination. In this context we may put forward that nobody can ignore the role of internationals towards the cause, strength and fight in international sphere against capitalism and nobody also deny the role of capital in international sphere but who cares for making an international as a solid platform. we must take the burden to dig out the cause of collapse of Comintern (third international) and find out the cause of failure of the Cominform which Stalin tried his best to establish in vain. Recently there were some initiatives to form international among which the Brussels seminar has got the position to reveal out as news in daily papers and that only unfolds the bankruptcy of any ideological profoundness just by making a caricature of the traditions of the internationals and MG could not keep himself mum on this subject. In spite of his old age related ailments he wrote in Bengali a booklet over the utter nonsense of this initiative and the opportunism prevailed in the activities of the participants. Lastly to mention his works in the problems of Marxism in international arena and in ideological sphere we should mention his thesis on people's democracy after the collapse of soviet socialist power. In this thesis emphasized its irrelevancy in the absence of soviet socialist power to the cause of internationalism. Interested readers can avail all this major and vital works of Moni Guha in our web site.
In the domain of problems sustained in India he had started his magazine proletarian path in a new orientation with some of comrades from Patna. In its inaugural issue emphasized given on the question of stage of revolution in India, clearly putting arguments in favour of socialist revolution and refuting the arguments in favour of peoples democracy put forwarded by major part of the theorists. Till now we have not received any sound theoretical opposition and criticism. Instead of we received scattered questions throwing haphazardly specially on some data and quotations that have been used in the draft. He personally was not in an answerable position because of the draft initially made by the comrades of Patna keeping the manuscript and all the relevant documents with them. And as they isolated MG in course of time after the publications of some issues from Patna, obviously without any ideological conflict which but a regular practice we can find in almost every group, we r in an embarrassing situation to answer as those scattered and technical questions and the Patna comrades being asked to prepare the same to fulfill the responsibility replied that these do not have any credibility to make any serious efforts and to get any answer. Thus the responsibility is lying on us when we lost him forever. Practically we have to start making not two but half dozen steps back to go forward one step further.
Now to share his memory with you all we want to relate a few activities of him only to picture out a personality that made him an ideal one to us. First of all, one vital one – in respect of making his life partner. He openly confided into his would be wife that never he would be in a position to earn sufficient to maintain themselves. His family, rather as a wife of a man like him she might have to face torture from police and etc. and such was his wife who accepted all and in her family life for more than 50 years she never raised any voice in spite of having troubles including his suffering from TB due to torture he got from police and some of the so called Naxalites during 70s. Even he took a part of her earnings during the crisis period of illness of his son just to publish his booklet on 20th congress and Stalin, which he openly distributed in an open meeting organized by the then party facing troubles for such audacious conduct. That fights against Khrushchevite treachery towards socialism made him expelled and isolated from the party and expect four comrades including the then editor of Parity, Satya Gupta were two comrades along with him wrote against the article of Saroj Aacharya in support of Khrushchev. The other two comrades were Abdul Momin and Sushital Roychowdhury and all were followed the same treatment by the party. Immediately after this the editor of Ispat joined this circle on this question of Mao and MG in association of Nagi Reddy and DV Rao started to fight with their little might and scope. MG wrote an article Mao supplements Khrushchev in two issues of PP in which joined Vijay Singh of RD at that time. Thus a campaign against Mao's leftist deviation got a critic in India along with bill bland of compass form London.
But the path followed by MG was not at all smooth. He often avoided diplomacy in his activities and thus had to pay with his clear image in politics. One such incident occurred when in good faith agreed to publish criticism of Stalin by a group which was known as the followers of Trotsky in a proposed series of booklets from his own address. He was totally unaware of their intention and after the first issue the said group disassociate themselves with him as if that very issue was the only to which MG agreed. Obviously he got many occasion to open the treacherous act publicity, but never had he tried to get defensive argument in many cases like this one. He only laughed when asked to write on such things and told us its too serious job to clean my image putting aside assignments that the situation demands.
Before coming of age he made himself active in politics when he was a student of class seven and led the students with the slogan go back Symon and was taken behind the bar in 1930 when he was only 16 yr old. Practically he got his academic degree along with a sound knowledge on Marxism during his staying inside many jails. His knowledge on Marxism (on theoretical aspect) was recognized by the party and he was selected as a political teacher when he presented a different programme which also have recognition from the then authority and that identity and popularity saved him once from the attack once made by some Naxalites when one of the attacker recognized him as his teacher. Once again his fearless attitude to face any consequences saved him from the attack caused of political differences which is a common practice prevailed inside the communist movement just revealing this as a ultra leftist petty bourgeois set of mind and which has no connection with Marxism. In this event he came out of his house with a club and challenged the attackers that his political commitment made himself to sacrifice his life any time and he wants to meet such a person from the attackers whom he must hit to death before his own death. Such fearless attitude he earned in his struggle from childhood during which he once selected leader to a group in a successful Swadeshi dacoity campaign.
Lastly to honour homage towards his memory we are just to say in spite of his old age related ailments he was so enthusiast that he toured many places in India getting opportunity offered to a freedom fighter by the government for polemical discussions with many groups in their places and amongst the followers especially on the question of Mao and dreamed to live for a successful turning point in Indian political arena till he lost his strength along with vision and hearing power when he practically became childish just realizing that he actually became a rejected one from his actual place—politic.
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