[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Meaning of national bourgeois

[Günther Böhm]

Jerry Frank schrieb:

> The phrase, "national Bourgeois" seems to be used historically in 
> distinction from "capitalist Bourgeois".   The phrases appear in the 
> same paragraphs.  The distinction is however elusive because I could 
> not find a literal description for either. 


Hello Jerry,
National bourgeois was the accusation against capitalists or capitalist 
thoughts with a tendency toward national segregation and undermining of 
the new Soviet state.

In general, leninist theory makes a difference between national and 
monopolist (imperialist) bourgeoisie and even finds some positive 
elements in the first one as far as it stands in opposition to 
imperialism. But as far as the Soviet state was concerned, the national 
bourgeoisie was suspected and accused to strive for alliances with 
imperialism against it.

Guenther
of Hilden, Germany