Rajani Palme Dutt
1896-1974
“Many would-be reformers of capitalism (including the Labour Party propagandists and the Independent Labour Party) urge that if only the capitalists would pay higher wages to the workers, enabling them to buy more of what they produce, there would be no crisis. This is utopian nonsense, which ignores the inevitable laws of capitalism—the drive for profits, and the drive of competition. The drive of capitalism is always to increase its profits by every possible means, to increase its surplus, not decrease it.” — Capitalism or Socialism in Britain?
From his supporters:
Tribute, John Gollan
RPD—Memories and Reflections, Andrew Rothstein
Rajani Palme Dutt—Great Son of the Indian People, Dilip Bose
From his detractors:
R.P. Dutt: Stalin’s British mouthpiece, Jim Higgins
The Shyster Lawyer, Duncan Hallas
Works:
Nov 1920: The Sabotage of Europe
Jul 1921: Back to Plotinus, Review of Shaw’s Back to Methusela: A Metaphysical Pentateuch
Oct 1921: Psycho-Analysing the Bolshevik, Review of Kolnai’s Psycho-analysis and Sociology
Feb 1922: The End of Gandhi
Oct 1923: The British Empire
Nov 1923: The Issue in Europe
1926: The Meaning of the General Strike (pamphlet)
Apr 1926: Trotsky and His English Critics
1931: Capitalism or Socialism in Britain? (pamphlet)
1933: Democracy and Fascism (pamphlet)
1934: Facsism and Social Revolution (off site — PLP)
Jul 1935: The Question of Fascism and Capitalist Decay
Nov 1949: Introductory Report on Election Programme
Apr 1953: Stalin and the Future
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