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Letter to Members of the Politbureau of the RCP(b) CC, December 2, 1921
Members of the Politbureau
2/XII.
Having now fully read the platform âWe Are Collectivistsâ (Vperyod-ites, Bogdanov-ites, Proletcult people, etc.),[1] I have finally come to the conclusion that it would be unquestionably useful for us and necessary to print it as a pamphlet in 2,000â3,000 copies, with the most circumstantial critique, with an addition of an article on Bogdanovâs political statements in 1917, etc.
I propose that a number of authors should be asked to write a pamphlet under the editorship of Bukharin, who should be authorised to share it out between the authors, obtain their manuscripts within two weeks and show the Politbureau in proof, (This is also necessary for foreign countries.)
1) CC circulars about Proletcults.
2) âWe Are Collectivistsâ.
3) Bukharinâs article from Pravda.
4) A few more articles analysing the platform.
Lenin
- â This platform was an anonymous document expressing the views of some intellectuals, and was issued for the Second All-Russia Proletcult Congress held in Moscow in November 1921. They cast doubt on the socialist character of the October Revolution and came out against the policy of the Communist Party and the Soviet Government; in philosophy they stood up for Machist and Bogdanovite âtheoriesâ, and in politics adopted the views of the opportunist Workersâ Opposition. The communist group of the Second Proletcult Congress condemned the âcollectivistâ platform, and dissociated itself from it.
Proletcult (Proletarian Culture Organisation) was set up in September 1917 as an independent workersâ organisation. Proletcult, whose direction was in the hands of A. Bogdanov and his supporters, continued, even after the October Revolution, to maintain its âindependenceâ, thereby setting itself up in opposition to the Communist Party and the proletarian state. It was not a homogeneous organisation: alongside bourgeois intellectuals, who dominated many of its organisations, there were young workers who were sincerely desirous of taking part in cultural construction. In a number of his works, Lenin sharply criticised Proletcultâs erroneous views. Proletcult organisations were most widespread in 1919, but declined in the early 1920s and were dissolved in 1932.
Leninâs proposal for a pamphlet exposing the âcollectivistâ platform was adopted by the Politbureau of the RCP(b) CC on December 3, 1921.
The âCC circularsâ mentioned in the text are the RCP(b) CC letter âOn the Proletcultsâ (see Pravda No. 270, December 1, 1920) and the Politbureauâs decision on the Proletcults of November 22, 1921, published in Izvestia RCP(b) CC No. 38 for 1921.