Word: proletariats
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There is one peculiarity of TIME'S that I do not understand, and that is the apparent presumption that a member of the proletariat (or anything short of a well-known socialite) is one of a multiple number of the same name...
...termite colonies are divided into five castes, apparently determined in the egg. Topping the social scale are the king & queen. They have wings and reproduce. Next come two wingless courtier castes, also fertile, which may step into the reproductive breach if king or queen should die. To the termite proletariat belong the pinheaded, speck-brained workers which do all the damage (see cut, left), the soldiers big of head & jaws. More potent than the fighter shown (cut, right) is a type with retort-shaped head from which it squirts a pungent secretion on its enemies, chiefly ants. These two castes...
Marxism will not be afraid of waging a war against imbeciles and fakers, renegades and distorters. Hundred years of Marxism, fifty years of Bolshevism and fifteen years of the dictatorship of the Proletariat have become a reality only when fakers and imbeciles, distorters and stranglers of revolutionary tradition have been mercilessly shot and ruthlessly killed. A Marxist needs no pity. One should pity this Indian critic who prostitutes his intelligence at the University parading his adherence to the senile wisdom of "a naked fakir." K. B. Krishna...
Briefly stated, the thesis of that article is this: Communism as a world phenomenon, will soon become a reality after a series of successive revolutions culminating in the dictatorship of the proletariat, and the dawn of a "classless society." To this India will be no exception. In India--land of "unhappy contrasts"--the stage is all set for such revolutions. The absence of a strong communistic party, inadequate leadership, etc., are temporarily impeding this process. But over and above all--and this is significant--Ghandi's "misleadership," his "demagogy" must be exposed by the proletariat, for "Ghandiism like German Democracy...
...this "corpse" a new life, a now hope. It no longer "stinks," it is vibrant with a fresh vigor. Tagore ascribes the present now life in India largely to the dynamic influence of Ghandi. Nor can Ghandism be justly accused for the neglect of the genuine interests of the "proletariat." True, his following is drawn from all ranks of people, and there lies the strength of his movement. It is also true that Ghandi prefers class war inaugurating a new regime. Yet none can legitimately indict Ghandi of ever bartering away the rights of the poor. He vigilantly fought...