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 On the 60th
anniversary of the victory over fascism and the 60th
anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of
2nd September, two articles of great significance “Long Live
the Victorious Soviet Union!” and “German Fascism has Breathed
its Last” written by Truong Chinh, the then General Secretary
of our Party, in 1942 and 1945 respectively for the Liberation
Banner Newspaper, the Central Organ of the Party, are hereby
introduced.
In the first
article which was written in October 1942 when the fascist
army, with its overwhelming power, occupied a vast area of the
Soviet Union, Truong Chinh made deep analysis, pointing out
the inevitable failure of the aggressive fascists,
reaffirming the sure-to-win victory of the Soviet Union. At
the same time, be called upon the Vietnamese people to support
the struggle of the Soviet Union, thus making contributions to
the world’s advancing revolutionary movement.
The second
article written in June 1945 hailing the victory over German
fascism, reaffirmed that this exploit belonged to the
democratic and progressive forces led by the Soviet Union and
called upon our people to rise up to drive away the Japanese
militarists for national independence.
Long Live
the Victorious Soviet Union!
The shot from
the cruiser “Aurora” at the Winter Palace, the office of the
provisional government (counter-revolutionary) on the night of
7th November 1917 (or 25th October of Russian calendar)
signaled to the whole world that a new era had been opened up:
the era of socialism.
The October
Revolution was successful. The first socialist state came into
being: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (or the Soviet
Union in short).
The Soviet
Union is now 25 years old. It is now taking the lead in the
democratic front against aggressive fascists with
determination to emancipate human society from brutal and evil
fascism.
The Soviet
Union is 25 now years old. For the first time in human
history, a lot of nations comprising of almost 200 million
people in number, can co-exist in a really equal and free
manner on one sixth of the globe.
In the Soviet
Union, factories have come into common possession of the
workers. Arable land has been contributed by the tillers to
form co-operatives where collective labour is done
mechanically. All cultural establishments such as schools,
libraries, museums, laboratories, institutes, etc. have become
the common ownership of the society, so that all people can
enjoy it.
The Soviet
Union is now 25 years old. It has become an experimental
school where workers and tillers are building together a new
social system without exploitation of man by man, a socialist
one, the first stage of communism.
The Soviet
Union is the image of a new society within the old one.
Socialism has been built in an ever more powerful manner in
the Soviet Union, thus helping make the world revolution
advance ever further, and at the same time, defeat the policy
of aggression by the fascist clique. That explains why they
are foaming at the mouth to curse the Soviet Union and swear
together to wipe it out. For this reason, the Hitler clique,
who represent the most reactionary aspect of financial
capitalism are attacking the Soviet Union, the bulwark of the
revolution, the outpost fortress of civilisation and progress.
But in the
universe “only what is springing up and developing is really
strong.” The aggressive fascists will surely be doomed to
failure because they are now trying to keep the last breath of
a regime in its death-throws. The Soviet Union, the
representative of the growing power of a new society, even
though partially occupied at the moment, will finally triumph.
The bud of the seed is shooting. The nutshell will be broken
no matter how hard it is.
This is not
for the first time the Soviet Union has been attacked by the
reactionary capitalists in the world. From 1919-1921 in its
early existence the Soviet Union was besieged by 14
imperialist countries who schemed to nip the socialist State
in the bud. But they suffered a deeply humiliating defeat. Now
they are playing the old trick again. Like before, they will
be punished sooner or later by progress. The wheel of
history keeps moving on. Whoever puts a spoke in the wheel to
prevent it will be completely crushed!
The Soviet Union will triumph because
the Soviet people are united and courageous to defeat the
enemy with determination and sacrifice.
Under the
banner of Stalin, almost 200 million Soviets have risen up as
a great mountain, blocking the way of the barbarous fascists.
The Soviet
Union will triumph because it is supported by the entire
revolutionary movement of the world proletarian class and
oppressed nations.
The Soviet
Union is also joining hands with a sector of democratic
bourgeoisie (British and American) against the aggressive
fascists.
The Soviet
Union is not fighting only for itself, but for the entire
working and progressive mankind, for all nations now groaning
under the iron heel of the fascist clique.
We want to
state without hesitation that: part of the blood shed by the
Red Army in Kiev and Stalingrad is for the Indochinese
people. We feel duty bound to support the Soviet Union in its
struggle and make contributions to the advancing world
revolutionary movement.
Indochinese
young people must be prepared to run to the ranks of the Red
Army if one day they are sent by the Japanese fascists to
fight the Soviet Union.
Right now,
all strata of the Indochinese people of all strata will have
to celebrate the anniversary of the Russian October Revolution
with the slogans:
Down with
Fascism!
Long Live the Victorious Soviet Union!
By TRUONG CHINH
“The Liberation Banner” No. 1
10th October 1942 |
