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2 - eFenges tn their. stratenys -Thistprimarily because the CEA and . fiends are determined not to permit another Cuba to come downs _ . ‘One of the major chenges in. the foeo theory has been the move. .- to the oitiese In Argentina and Brazil, nearly all guerrillas “now oderate out of:the cities. Other organizational changes bave _ PROTSKYISM °° ts Which operates totally undergrounde = - occurred aleo. For instance, the ERP in Argentina Bas a party No matter what their str-tegy, most focolsts have received little backing from either China or the USSRe Their orientation toward "spontaneous" actions ratber than protracted people's war has alienated them sovewhat from China and their orientation toward war at all has alienated them from the USSRe 2 ge . - . The roots of the aPlit between Trotsiy and Stalin jie in the debate that occurred in Russia in the late 1920's around the igsue of "socialism in one country". At the time both Leon and Joe believed that the Rusoilan proistariat had four main alliest 1) the Russian pensant ¢) the proleteriat of | western Europe 3) the oppressed colonized nations 4) conflicts amongst the capitalist countries. Stalin fooussed his attention on developing an alliance with the peasantry and forging “sooielism in one country", Russige Trotsky held thct socialism could not exist in one country and that it wes hepelese for Russia to - try to beco:e socialist until proletarian revolutions had oocurred in western Europee Trotsky tad a theory oalled persanent revolution which held that no country could become socirciis. until the whcle world was, therefore socialists mist push for a permanent state of revolution throughout the vorld rather than Geaiing with building their om country. . Eoonuse of their orientation toward permanént revolution — Trotskyists today do not believe that it is fruitful for colonized nations to conduct anti-imperfalist wara of national Liberction. They see the only velid strug:le as that of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie on &n internaticnal levele Thus, any revolution which does not immediately sgt up a pure form of sotialisz ( rather than the*bastardized versions that were initiated in Russia in the 20's and China in 1949) 4s of no vaiue. In practice this leads to positions auch as that which occurred when Trotekyists procicimed that the signing of the Paris Pence Agree- ment represented a sellout of the interests of the proletariat — of South Viet Name Contemporcry Trots!:yisits egfp ll:el Cube among the socialist countries of the worlde This is besnuse they see that the Cuban revolution was sociclist almost from the outsete It waa not two distinct st ges es in Chinae They view this as a validetion of their way of lcookine at things rather than an occurrence which cere down bec use of a avecific set of historical conditions, the most imoortent of which vas probably that the U.S. didn’t suport Eatistae SEARCAIS™ Anarchists besic difference with Com-uninsts ig that they do not se2 the need for en intermedicte stage of socialism based on 2 centralized, »xlenned economy before there can be a vourely comunistie state where the "withering avay of the state™ can OCCtIxs Pat me “2: Swe PEE ET te airiar Scat SE ee ame mee -