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UNITE! Info #104en: 2/3 Rattlesnake "NE" & the Congo
[Posted: 14.07.99]

[Continued from part 1/3 - "NEWS ON CONGO 027"]


A COMMENT ON WHY IT'S NECESSARY FOR ALL ACTUAL MARXISTS TO
SUPPORT THE NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLES OF THE OPPRESSED
PEOPLES, AND ON THE NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR CAMOUFLAGED
RATTLESNAKES TOO, WHICH ARE POSING AS "MARXIST" FORCES
JUST IN ORDER TO TRY TO DECIEVE THE PEOPLES 


On the importance, also today, for the Marxists in the world
to support such liberation struggles as the one taking place
now in the DR Congo, to support as much as they can that coun-
try's and people's fight against those aggressors and so-called
"rebels"  which are tools of neo-colonialism, I shall quote
some informative lines which were written, back in 1973, by pre-
cisely that party in Germany whose bourgeois-degenerated remains
today are the present so-called "Group NEUE EINHEIT". 

That party (about which some more in part 3/3, "NOC 029") at 
that time was a really revolutionary, really Marxist one, stan-
ding up for the common interests of the overwhelming majority of
people in the world. It wrote (in translation, as later repro-
duced in an Internet posting by me) in a 1973 article:


	'But conversely, the proletariat can pursue its revolu-
	tionary aims only in the closest alliance with the op-
	pressed peoples and nations. For, which forces can the 
	revolutionary proletariat rely on for support, then, un-
	der the conditions that imperialism is holding the pro-
	letariat down and, by means of the superprofits extrac-
	ted from the oppressed nations, is splitting the prole-
	tariat, creating strata which are being kept by imperia-
	lism and are subservient to it, everywhere is promoting 
	and arousing opportunism.

		"The revolutionary movement in the advanced 
		countries would in fact be nothing but a fraud
		if, in their struggle against capital, the wor-
		kers of Europe and America were not closely and
		completely united with the hundreds and hundreds
		of millions of 'colonial' slaves, who are op-
		pressed by that capital."

	(Note 5: Lenin, The Second Congress of the Communist In-
	ternational, 1920 - Collected Works, Eng. ed., Vol. 31)

	Thus wrote Lenin in the year 1920. And today - when op-
	portunism has dominated the scene in a great number of
	the more developed countries for decades, when the 
	struggle between the oppressed peoples and nations, on
	the one hand, and imperialism and social-imperialism, on
	the other, has become extremely acute, when the politi-
	cal movement of the oppressed peoples and nations has
	reached a higher level but, at the same time, exploita-
	tion is still being stepped-up further - today, this 
	holds immensely true. About all this there must be no 
	doubt for a Marxist-Leninist.'

This is equally true today too. (Soviet social-imperialism,
wich was a dangerous enemy and false "friend" of the oppressed
peoples in 1973, today has ceased to exist as such, but this
makes no change concerning the principle of the above.)


Now, if an organization, say, puts such a designation on itself
as "Marxist", "Marxist-Leninist" or "Maoist" (etc), does this
then mean that it may be relied on as a genuine supporter of
the struggle of the oppressed peoples and nations?

Not necessarily, of course. As I wrote above, the present-day
"fauna" of *rattlesnakes* trying to conceal their true charac-
ter and intentions by using such designations is quite "rich".
What you have to do in order to judge on the sincerity of this
or that organization is to take a closer look at its *actions*,
preferably over some longer period of time.

One (relatively primitive and stupid) such rattlesnake, for in-
stance, came forward in August 1998, soon after the aggression
against the DR Congo had started, with some "good advice" to
the Congolese people. Just like the "Group NEUE EINHEIT", it
happened to be based in Germany, and just like that group too,
it tried to win people's confidence by saying that it "repre-
sented the line and ideology of Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong". It
called (and still calls) itself the "MLPD". 

Now what "advice" did that group give to the Congolese and to 
those people in other countries who wished to support a positive
development in the DR Congo? They should all - "support the re-
bels", it said!! That is, precisely give *aid* to those very
forces and puppets of imperialism which were engaging in the ag-
gression against the country in order to subjugate it! 

It was not very difficult for people to see through this rattle-
snake at once. I on my part wrote about its ridiculous swindle 
attempt in three postings at that time, "NEWS ON CONGO" 004, 005
and 007, entitled 'CIA "Marxists" hail "rebels"', parts 1/2 and
2/2, respectively 'A CIA "Marxist's" callous reply'.

In the case of the "Group NEUE EINHEIT", it's not that easy for
everybody to see that this is a rattlesnake too. It's much
"smarter" than its cousin. As readers can see above, it does in
the main - it seems - support the correct things concerning the
DR Congo. Should other people just take my word for it, when I'm
warning them, as I'm doing, that it *is* a rattlesnake?

No, they shouldn't, of course. On such matters, people need to
ascertain, on their own, what are the facts. But it *is* possib-
le too, for anyone who wants to take the trouble to look into
this, to ascertain the facts in this case. 

On how, on principle, to do such a thing, so as not to be fooled
by appearances, I shall once again quote some very instructive
lines written precisely by that formerly revolutionary party 
which later so sadly degenerated into the present rotten "Group
NEUE EINHEIT", this time from an article by that party published
in 1979 (and likewise later reproduced in translation in a pos-
ting of mine):


	'If you judge a party [or a group, or even an indivi-
	dual, of course - RM] only by that which it says today, 
	you overlook completely precisely that decisive weapon
	of the bourgeoisie, to have parties serving themselves
	which at certain points in time are saying certain
	things, only in order once more to betray them.

	This is a historical lesson, which must be drawn even
	from the behaviour of the opportunists during the first
	world war and the time thereafter, those elements who
	were scourged by Lenin for their recognizing the dicta-
	torship of the proletariat, in order later to trample on
	it and to betray it. They were the most dangerous and
	evil of all of the agents of the bourgeoisie. One there-
	fore must analyze very carefully what a party is repre-
	senting and what stands it takes under the changing con-
	ditions in society, and must not content oneself with
	just some verbal statements which a party is making.'


This is quite true, and applies precisely also to the present
"Group NEUE EINHEIT", which has betrayed completely the revolu-
tionary principles of that earlier party whose degenerated re-
mains it is. That is, in order to judge it better, you need to
know something about its history too. (A few facts on this,
which can be checked on too, I'm bringing in part 3/3, "NOC 
029".) Also, it's advisable to note the behaviour of all (ge-
nuine or purported) supporters of a certain cause over some
longer period of time, in order to get a clearer picture of
what they're really worth.

Today, unfortunately, forces which really are representing
Marxism are quite rare in the world (or at least, such which
you're liable to make contact with via the Internet are), while
*rattlesnakes* bearing the *signboard* of "Marxism" are rather
common. (This is one fact, by the way, which indirectly also 
shows how very much present-day imperialism fears the peoples of
the world - it simply has to "spawn" rattlesnake upon rattle-
snake in order to put up some defence against their organizing
and uniting against it.) This makes it all the more justified
for those directly involved in or supporting, for instance, the
just struggle of the Congolese people to scrutinize rather care-
fully all such forces which are saying that they're allies and
friends of theirs.

So far this comment. 

_______________________________________________________________ 
"NEWS ON CONGO" postings bring statements by the Congo National 
Association in Sweden and the DR Congo Committee in Sweden and 
also reproduce information and analysis from other sources. 

[This endnote is being updated continually, in order to show 
readers where at the time they can best get information.] 

For French-readers are recommended the sites Agence Congolaise 
de Presse, ACP: <http://rdcongo.org/frames/acp/BQ.htm>, Congon- 
line (Belgium-based, brings info from various sources): 
<www.congonline.com> [Note: From 1999 on, Congonline's "Actu- 
alit� politique" is available to subscribers only.] Also the 
sites <http://www.atma.net> and <http://www.ptb.be/Solidaire.
htm>. An important site: Solidarit� avec le noveau Congo, at 
<http://194.78.3.66/congo>.

There now also are English-language websites: Richard Alcorn, 
US, manages one at http://www.crocker.com/~acacia/congo.html>
with various links and with much material from us supporters of 
the DR Congo in Sweden. The DR Congo itself is constructing a 
site at <http://www.drcongo.org>. The Congolese League for 
Peace (abbr. LICOPA) has <http://www.multimania.com/licopa/>, 
with day-to-day info in English and French, i.a. Kinshasa press 
articles. The same applies to the sites Congo 2000: <http://www.
congo2000.com/indexdhtml.html> and Great Lakes Press: <http://
pages.infinit.net/glp/index.htm>.

Among sites managed by adversaries of the Congolese people, one 
is of particular interest: <http:www.marekinc.com>. It's managed
by Ed Marek, formerly of the US Air Force, and quite "informa-
tive"; all must be warned however of the tactics of such people 
of mixing some truths with some (often big) lies. The "rebel" 
aggressor puppets "have" a site at <http://www.congo.co.za>. 

A discussion site of interest: <http://www.eGroups.com/list/
congokin_opinions>, Belgium-based. E-group discussions are in 
French and English. For participation, contact <psula@avalon.
net> or <congokin_opinions-owner@egroups.com>. 


Some contact addresses: 

Congo National Association 
Box 5343 SE - 102 45
Stockholm 
Sweden 

Tel: 	    +46 - 8 - 471 96 26 (chairman) 
            +46 - 8 - 84 57 18  (facility) 
Fax:        +46 - 8 - 751 26 06 


DR Congo Committee (Chairman: Bony Ndjov-a-Shamalo) 
Box 17513 
SE - 200 10 Malmoe 
Sweden 

Tel: 	   +46 - 40 - 12 48 32 
E-mail:    congocomse@hotmail.com 


[Continued in part 3/3]