“October” stands before its task
This is a translation by me of the first article in the September issue of 1938 of the Vietnamese journal Tháng Mười (October in English). This is part of my investigation into the ideological splits and factions of Communist ideas during the 1930s in Vietnam (and also how this led to the Vietminh's dominance by 1945 of the entire country). This specific articles opens up the September issue, and gives a broad overview of the international situation, and the purppose the journal wishes to serve. For more background information about the journal itself, scroll to the bottom. The journal “October” was founded to champion the very ideas that we have been advocating in Indochina for the past eight years, ideas that the International Left Opposition (ILO), later the Fourth International, have continued for the past fifteen years to prevent the degeneration of the Stalinists, those ideas that were principles for the revolutionary action of the victorious proletarian vanguard in Russia. ...
