Leon
Trotsky: The Need for a Systematic Picture
May
20, 1931
[The
Spanish Revolution (1931-39).
New York 1973, p. 111]
You
write that the lies of l'Humanité
cause resentment in Catalonia. This can be easily imagined. But
resentment alone is insufficient. The Opposition press must give a
systematic picture of what is happening in Spain.
This
matter has a tremendous importance. The re-education of the cadres of
international communism will be based upon the living experience of
the Spanish revolution. There must be systematic correspondence from
Barcelona and Madrid — or, rather, not simply correspondence but
political documents of first-rate significance. Without this, the
Stalinists are capable of creating around the Catalan Federation such
an atmosphere of isolation and hostility that this may by itself push
the advanced Catalan workers on the road of adventure and
catastrophe.
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