"Both the Soviet Union and China have, in the 
main, accomplished the transformation of the 
ownership of the means of production, at least in 
the industrial sectors. This signifies the 
material consolidation of socialism. Those gains 
of socialism, going beyond war-time communism and 
the control of the state, cannot be easily 
reversed. This is in opposition to the contentions 
of Mao, and especially Chang Chun-chiao of the 
Four. . . .

While revisionists can speed up or slow down the 
economy and the degree of consolidation of 
socialist revolution, capitalism cannot be 'easily 
rigged up' from the top.'"--Jerry Tung, 34 years 
old, chair of Communist Workers Party in 1981 in 
his book <I>The Socialist Road</I> page 16.


[MC5 comments why this quote is wrong: Just before 
the Soviet Union collapsed, it achieved the 
greatest influence within the united $tates. In 
the early 1980s, even before the huge popularity 
of Gorbachev, the tide turned decisively in favor 
of the Soviet Union among organizations calling 
themselves "communist." The two greatest coups for 
the Brezhnev revisionists were the "Line of March" 
publication and the "Communist Workers Party," 
both former followers of Mao. Less surprising was 
that the less radical Communist Labor Party also 
took up the "restoration of capitalism is 
impossible" line.

The CWP collapsed soon after, and we should note 
that before that the killing of five of its 
members at Greensboro, North Carolina by 
KKK/Nazis/Uncle $am in 1979 was infamous 
internationally.

The quote is a "we-told-you-so" because it was 
rejection of the "Gang of Four" and
acceptance of the theory of the productive
forces that led to the 
CWP's overall incorrect estimation of the Soviet 
Union, proved a handful of years later when the 
Soviet Union collapsed. In the early 1980s, MIM 
struggled with Line of March, CWP and League of 
Revolutionary Struggle--to no avail. They all 
collapsed. 

Although we ended mostly in disagreement, there 
were many correct things about CWP. We cooperated 
with them to expose "Attica" to the public and I 
appreciate one turn of phrase from a CWP comrade 
and recruiter about the nature of advanced people 
that I still remember. It was to the effect that 
advanced people do not need to be badgered by 
recruiters. They prove themselves.]