p I have already mentioned that from the very beginning of the organised socialist workers’ movement two extreme poles appeared—Right-wing reformism amd “Left” revolutionarism. Lenin wrote: "In fact, it is no secret for anyone that two trends have taken form in present-day international Social-Democracy. The conflict between these trends now flares up in a bright flame and now dies down and smoulders under the ashes of imposing ’truce resolutions’.”  [117•* 

p During the period of the First International (the International Working Men’s Association) these two trends were represented by Lassalleanism, Proudhonism and Bakuninism. During the activities of the Second (Socialist) International by Bernsteinianism, Kautskyism, Anarchism and Trotskyism. Right-reformist and Left-revolutionist currents occurred also at the next stage, during the activities of the Third, Communist, International, but owing to the unity of the Leninist guard they were considerably weakened and had no appreciable influence.

p Rosa Luxemburg, the outstanding proletarian revolutionary, graphically described Right-wing reformism as " opportunist dropsy" and “Left” revolutionarism as "anarchist measles". Both these ugly social phenomena caused 118 tremendous damage to the Marxist movement, and are causing still greater harm today, when so much has already been achieved in the liberation movement of the working classes, who are fighting beneath the banner of Marxism-Leninism. Of course, during their evolution both these political trends have undergone modification and contain new elements and new methods of struggle.

p Take, for example, Right-wing Social-Democracy. Formerly its ideology followed to some extent Marxist guidelines, albeit with reservations, but it did not reject them altogether. The modern Right-wing ideologues of Social- Democracy, on the other hand, have completely broken with Marxism-Leninism and act in chorus with the out-and-out ideologues of anti-communism. As for the present-day Right and “Left” revisionists, these still use the banner of MarxistLeninist theory as a cover for their distortion and vulgarisation of its scientific and revolutionary substance. Take the theoretical and political concepts, the ideological principles and practical actions of the present-day Right and “Left” revisionists. We see here how revolutionary phrases intermingle with Right-opportunist deeds, how petty-bourgeois nationalism alternates with blatant bourgeois chauvinism. We have here revolutionary slogans and the most capitulatory or adventurist deeds.

All this proves that the present-day adherents of Rightreformist and Left-adventurist ideology remain true to their antecedents, who have caused great harm to the communist, labour ideology. Paradoxical as it may seem, the present-day Right and “Left” revisionists are harnessed to the same chariot as the splitters and disrupters. Now they are trying to make a name for themselves in the field of vicious antiSoviet slander of our great Leninist Party by pandering to the grossest instincts. What can one say in this connection? Only one thing—that all these despicable methods of blackmail and slander are neither novel nor original. Our Party has Lenin’s lucid mind, strong revolutionary nerves, hard proletarian muscles and the tenacity of purpose, determination and steadfastness to repel any attacks of liars and slanderers. There can be no doubt that the present-day Right reformists and “Left” revolutionarists will be put to shame and confounded just as their predecessors were in their time.