群众组织有什么用——1944年的一场争论

What is the Use of Mass Organizations? ——A Debate in 1944

中共革命向来强调依靠群众,抗战时期,群众路线成为中共革命的三大法宝之一。群众路线的贯彻,群众组织是不可或缺的重要推手。在不同时段,群众组织发挥着不同的作用。抗战初期,群众组织帮助中共迅速打开局面,形成势力范围;抗战中期,配合党和政权推动根据地各项工作向深入发展;抗战末期,随着中共控制力的不断增强,群众组织地位逐渐下降。此时,中共内部围绕着群众组织是否需要保存的讨论,凸显了群众组织地位的尴尬,以及群众组织分量在不同领导者心中的微妙差别。

The revolution of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had always stressed the importance of relying on the masses. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the mass line became one of the three magic weapons of the CCP’s revolution. Mass organizations were indispensable drivers of the implementation of the mass line. Mass organizations played different roles in different periods. In the early stage of the War, the mass organizations helped the CCP to open up the situation rapidly and form a sphere of influence. In the middle period of War, they cooperated with the Party and the governments to promote the works of all base areas to the in-depth development. In the end of the War, the status of the mass organizations gradually decreased with the strengthening of the CCP’s control to the society. At this time, the discussions within the CCP over whether the mass organizations need to be preserved highlighted the embarrassment of the status of the mass organizations and the subtle differences for the weight of the mass organizations in the minds of different leaders.