The glorious and beautiful life of revolutionary activities
Comrade Nguyen Van Cu was born on July 9, 1912 into a patriotic Confucian family in Phu Khe village, Nghia Lap canton, Tu Son district (now Phu Khe village, Phu Khe ward, Tu Son city, Bac Ninh province). Ninh).
In 1928, he was admitted to the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association. In 1929, he was admitted to the Indochinese Communist Party, a precursor organization of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
In early 1930, after the Communist Party of Vietnam was established, comrade Nguyen Van Cu was appointed as the representative of the Party Committee to assist in contacting and directing the Special Committee of the mining area.
In February 1931, on his way from Cam Pha to Hon Gai, he was arrested by the French colonialists, sentenced to “death” and exiled to Con Dao from 1931 to 1936.
At the end of 1936, after being released, comrade Nguyen Van Cu participated in the establishment of the “Initiative Committee” – an agency with the role of the Provisional Party Committee of Tonkin; then participated in the re-establishment of the Provisional Party Committee of Tonkin (March 1937) and was appointed as a Standing Member of the Party Committee of Tonkin.
At the Party Central Committee Conference (expanded) in 1937, he was elected as a Standing Member of the Party Central Committee and participated in the Central Conference in March 1938, was elected General Secretary of the Party Central Committee when he was not a member of the Party Central Committee. full 26 years old.
On January 18, 1940, Comrade Nguyen Van Cu was arrested by French secret police in Saigon. After the Cochinchina Uprising broke out (November 23, 1940), he was accused by the French of being responsible for the spirit of the uprising, and on August 28, 1941, he heroically died in front of the enemy guns at Nga Ba Giong shooting range, Hoc Mon, Gia Dinh.
Comrade Nguyen Van Cu’s life was short yet extremely pure and wonderful. His tremendous contributions and glorious sacrifices have contributed to the glory of our Fatherland and people, as well as to our Party’s glorious history and traditions.
General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu – A talented leader of the Vietnamese Party and revolution
Comrade Nguyen Van Cu is a man with deep reasoning ability and an excellent leader of the Vietnamese Party and revolution.
With 20 months in the position of General Secretary of the Party, Comrade Nguyen Van Cu has made significant contributions in directing and redirecting the Party’s revolutionary strategy; in building and strengthening the Party in terms of theory, organization, and mode of operation; and in establishing the United National Front in various historical contexts. These contributions demonstrated the great leader of our Party’s inventive intelligence and strategic thought.
When the risk of world war was approaching, realizing that the international situation was having unfavorable changes for the Vietnamese and Indochina revolutions, Comrade Nguyen Van Cu soon raised the issue of changing the strategic direction of the Party; direct the publication of the book “Secret Work of the Party” and promptly send it to Party Committees at all levels; directly convened and chaired the Conference to expand the Northern Party Committee…
The work ‘Self-criticism’ was written by Comrade Nguyen Van Cu under the pseudonym Tri Cuong
In July 1939, he wrote and published the work “Self-criticism” under the pen name Tri Cuong. The work “Self-criticism” is our Party’s important political theory document. The work has rich content, focusing on building and consolidating unity and solidarity in the Party, fighting to self-criticism and criticism, and implementing democracy in the Party. For the first time in Vietnam, a Party General Secretary wrote: “Communists have a duty to tell the truth to the masses, to guide the masses, not to follow or fool them.” Comrade emphasized, even if there are mistakes and failures, “you must have the courage to open your eyes and see the truth”. He criticized the left-wing or right-wing tendencies of some cadres and party members, General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu asked the Party to “openly, boldly and honestly point out its mistakes and find the approach to correct them, avoid the tendency to compromise, thus not weakening the Party but making the Party unified and strong”.
At the beginning of September 1939, Comrade Nguyen Van Cu convened and chaired the Conference to expand the Tonkin Party Committee, disseminated the situation and decided to withdraw some cadres into secret activities, and assigned a number of cadres of the Party Committee of Hanoi go to develop bases in strategic areas, prepare background for armed struggle when conditions permit.
In particular, just two months after the outbreak of the Second World War, he convened the 6th Conference of the Central Committee of the Party, which determined: To concentrate all the forces of the nation on fighting against imperialism and colonial fascist domination, the Party would establish the Indochinese National Anti-Imperialist United Front instead of the no longer appropriate Democratic Front; the revolutionary approach also changed from fighting for people’s rights to life and democracy to fighting directly to overthrow the imperial government and its henchmen; from legal and semi-legal activities to secret and illegal activities, preparing conditions for an armed uprising.
General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu memorial site in Tu Son city, Bac Ninh province.[/caption]
The Vietnamese revolutionary movement continued to develop rapidly in a new direction thanks to the timely direction of the Party, and the revolutionary forces also avoided big losses when the enemy attempted to repress them. While the national liberation movement was just getting started, Comrade Nguyen Van Cu and a number of other senior Party leaders were arrested in early 1940. However, the Party Central Committee at the Conference commended the 6th Plenum’s wise and prompt judgments and decisions, as well as the sharp and inventive endeavors stated by General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu. The 7th Central Committee (November 1940) and supplemented and completed at the 8th Central Conference (May 1941). Thanks to that, the Vietnamese revolutionary movement had a strong new development, moving towards a glorious victory in the historic August Revolution.
Comrade Nguyen Van Cu has devoted his whole life to the revolutionary cause and the noble ideals of our Party and People. Comrade’s whole life of revolutionary activities is an exemplary example of the communist’s noble qualities.
The 110th birthday of Comrade General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu is an occasion to remember his glorious and beautiful revolutionary life, to express gratitude for his outstanding contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.
Each level of party committee, party organization, cadre, and party member should continue to study and apply the spirit and thought of self-criticism and criticism stated in the work “Self-criticism” in order to contribute to the Party’s building and correction in terms of political, ideological, ethical, way of life, organization, and personnel.
T.G