{"id":23884,"date":"2020-04-17T01:58:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T05:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=23884"},"modified":"2020-04-17T01:58:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T05:58:05","slug":"communist-party-of-labor-dominican-republic-the-fight-against-bureaucratic-methods-an-integral-part-of-the-ideological-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2020\/04\/communist-party-of-labor-dominican-republic-the-fight-against-bureaucratic-methods-an-integral-part-of-the-ideological-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Communist Party of Labor (Dominican Republic): The Fight Against Bureaucratic Methods. An Integral Part of the Ideological Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“This evil can be overcome only by strenuous and persistent effort over a long period of years….<\/strong><\/em>
\nIt will undoubtedly produce good results, even if not as quickly as is expected by those who tend<\/strong><\/em>
\nto reduce the \u2018combating of red tape\u2019 to a mere phrase… instead of working hard to take definite<\/strong><\/em>
\nsteps” (<\/strong><\/em>Lenin, V. I.<\/strong>, \u201c<\/strong><\/em>Instructions of the Council of Labor and Defense to the Local Soviet<\/strong>
\nBodies,\u201d<\/em> in Collected Works, Vol. 35, p. 389-390).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bureaucracy is a bourgeois creation, it is the synthesis of the conceptions that the exploiting
\nclasses have of the question of the direction, the leadership, on the role of the leaders and the
\nunderestimation of the masses in history. Liberalism is its twin brother; where an abysmal style
\nof bureaucratic leadership is manifested and tolerated, conditions are in place for liberalism to
\nflourish.<\/p>\n

These deviations are the result of the enormous bourgeois ideological pressure suffered by the
\nMarxist-Leninist Communist Party in the struggle for its construction, the seizure of power and
\nsocialism. Bureaucracy as an ideological deviation and political practice is a particularly
\ndamaging and dangerous enemy.<\/p>\n

Bureaucracy obstructs the emergence of revolutionary initiatives, it promotes the lack of political
\ninvolvement of the party and fosters the cult of formalism (which is not party formality and
\ndiscipline), thus preventing the action of the party from taking place at the right place and time.
\nThus it is clear that the manifestations of bureaucratism, contrary to what one might commonly
\nbelieve, have a specific expression that goes beyond the ostentation of hierarchies outside of
\nrevolutionary simplicity. Bureaucratic methods transcend that formality and in the sense that we
\nare especially interested in discussing it is that referring to political practice.
\nThe correct application of the rights and duties of the communist militant closes the way to the
\nbureaucratic spirit. As all problems with ideological roots, the correction of bureaucratic
\ndeviations in methods of work involves a question that is not only theoretical, but also essentially
\npractical: work, supervision, personal fulfillment of tasks, and the validity of the norms that give
\nsubstance and form to the party.<\/p>\n

In the Communist Party of Labor we have accumulated some experience fighting against
\nbureaucratism. That is why we are aware of the need to gain theoretical clarity about the causes
\nand implications of this deviation while taking political and organizational measures in order to
\ncorrect it.<\/p>\n

This problem was already dealt with in the Second National Conference of Cadres of our party
\nand a resolution was adopted in this regard in January 1984; also in the party school we run a
\nspecial course on Liberalism and Bureaucracy.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the magnitude and expression of the problems derived from bureaucratic methods
\ndiffer with respect to that situation and the current one, since they correspond to different periods
\nof the development of the party; but deep down their character and essence are the same as
\nbourgeois ideological deviation.<\/p>\n

II<\/p>\n

All the ideological deviations contrary to the Marxist-Leninist nature and the aims of the party
\nbecome serious obstacles to its advance both in party construction and in the development of the
\nrevolutionary process.<\/p>\n

However, experience allows us to affirm that, once a policy for party intervention in a
\nrevolutionary spirit regarding a situation has been defined, of all the deviations that threaten such
\na party, the bureaucratic methods of work are the ones that most frequently and clearly are
\nexpressed in politics. While there are manifestations foreign to Marxism-Leninism and the
\nrevolutionary spirit that prevail at the subjective level (attitudes and conceptions), this does not
\nwith bureaucratism, whose imprint we can immediately see in the sphere of politics, which
\nobviously is expressed at an objective level.<\/p>\n

This is particularly appropriate to highlight, judging by the period our party is experiencing and
\nthe demands of the ongoing process.<\/p>\n

Conservatism, the lack of initiative and the routine that preys upon many of our cadres and
\norganizations eliminates the potential and scope of a policy as bold and clear as the one we have
\nbeen working on in the face of the national situation. The bureaucratic methods of leadership and
\nwork form the best nurturer for these deficiencies to nest and gain strength.
\nHere it may be useful to mention some examples that illustrate the weaknesses of our daily lives
\nas demonstrations of what should not be:<\/p>\n

A committee of cadres or a regional committee that is only concerned for itself, meetings come
\nand go without their intervening with their own and concrete initiatives even in the specific
\nterritory where they exercise their jurisdiction; when in a zone or region the ones responsible
\ncannot find a way for the political campaign that we have initiated can start or be reproduced
\nthere; when a circular letter sleeps \u201cthe sleep of the just\u201d in the hands of a member of the Central
\nCommittee, because the latter is patiently waiting for the next meeting of the liaison body, or
\nalso patiently waiting for one of its leaders to take it up; when the telephone replaces any other
\nmanner to guarantee follow-up and supervision; when a comrade or body is continually
\ndelegating tasks and responsibilities to others; when a leader does not intervene directly in a
\nconcrete manner in all manifestations of the political activity of the front, region or organization
\nunder his responsibility; when we do not explore the possibility of a radio program in a town;
\nwhen we are not worried because the circle of our political relations (who are part of the
\nperiphery of the party) is the same as three, five or ten years ago; when our dear Lucha<\/em>
\n(newspaper of the PCT \u2013 translator\u2019s note)<\/strong> remains for days in the hands of a cadre because his
\nother comrades or the member he is guiding “have not come looking for him” each one of these
\ncases clearly illustrates the presence of methods of work marked by the bureaucratic spirit, which<\/p>\n

are incompatible with politically energizing an organization, and we have a lot of that in the
\nparty, although fortunately this is not what sets the general rhythm of the organization.
\nSupervision cannot degenerate into a routine act and formalism; it is a matter of high
\nrevolutionary principle to guarantee the functioning of the organization and the full compliance
\nwith its guidelines, as well as for the correct assimilation of experiences. From this it follows that
\nsupervision cannot be carried out in a general way, only at the level of the organizational body, it
\nis necessary to assess the individual compliance of each cadre and each member. Thus
\nconceived, supervision constitutes a tool that prevents the exercise of bureaucratic methods of
\nwork and leadership.<\/p>\n

III<\/p>\n

We are a successful organization, we have maintained ourselves on firm, clear positions and in
\ntune with the national political process; and in the period since the Fourth Congress we have
\npromoted political activities that have kept the party active; but it is obvious judging by the
\naforementioned weaknesses, that bureaucratic methods are preventing us from having better
\nresults in solving “the contradiction between the enormous possibilities that exist in the country
\nto work on a popular democratic and national liberation project, and the narrowness and lack of
\nenergy with which our cadre behave in the fulfillment of their responsibilities,\u201d (Political Report,
\nFourth Congress, p.13).<\/p>\n

The question of bureaucratic methods of leadership and work, once we have discussed and
\nreflected on it, their solution involves an essentially practical matter, because it involves politics,
\nthe way in which we individually address it specifically.<\/p>\n

In this regard, the solution of another contradiction emphasized by that Congress regarding the
\nproblem of “…very few hands available for the accumulation and diversity of daily tasks…” is
\nessential; but it is also valid that the vanguard members, the cadres who have been mobilized to
\nthe forefront of the tasks, give of themselves more and more, ignoring the influence of the
\nlaggards. Thus we are advancing firmly in the building of cells and committees as fighting units
\nof the party. We cannot march at the pace of the slowest; these must speed up their pace to
\nadvance at the pace of the vanguard.<\/p>\n

This is correct because with that attitude we will advance in the practical sense in order to
\ndisplay political initiatives, to carry out tasks and advance in changing the bureaucratic methods
\nto the degree that the hostile environment reinforces such manifestations.
\nFaced with the demands that the party has raised and the national context characterized by open
\npolitical activism, the fight against bureaucratic methods implies more decisiveness in promoting
\nthe political proposal, more propaganda, more politicization of our mass work, more
\nperseverance in the day-to-day political tasks of the party; in short, greater willingness in
\npractice to do concrete things in their area of leadership or membership on the part of each cadre
\nand each member.<\/p>\n

We can achieve it. We are a successful organization and we will continue to do things, because
\nby force of events we will grow and win political power.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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