Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A96-W39
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A96-W39
Release Date: December 18, 2004
发布日：2004年12月18日
Topic: About the Two Heroes who Won the 1st Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" (by Wei Jingsheng)
标题：胡石根和刘贤斌:两名得奖的英雄 (魏京生)
Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)
此号以中文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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About the Two Heroes who won the 1st Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" (by Wei Jingsheng)
On December 5 of this year, the Non-governmental organization "Wei Jingsheng Foundation" registered in the USA announced the winners of its 1st "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" with a $5,000 award. The purpose of the award is to encourage those people who have make sacrifice as well as outstanding contribution for the progress of Chinese democracy and human rights. The 1st awardees are Mr. HU Shigen and Mr. LIU Xianbin; both are still in jail.
Mr. Hu Shigen came from JiangXi. Born in the countryside, he later attended the Chinese Language Department of Beijing University. He taught in Beijing University at the beginning of the 1980's right after his graduation, and later become a lecturer at the Beijing Language Institute. After the massacre in 1989, the whole country was under severe suppression, covered with extreme political darkness, in a stinky bloody environment. Many people returned into hiding for self-protection, and the once hot blood flashing Beijing streets became cold and quiet. Yet, with such frigid winter-like surroundings, the were some brave young men quietly working underground for the coming of the spring. Mr. Hu Shigen was one of the most outstanding ones. Together with his comrades, they summarized the lessons from the 1989 democracy movement as:
1) There was no opposition party or opposition organization to form an effective way of opposing and restricting the boundless functioning of the dictatorial government;
2) There were no well-defined principles or slogans to provide a clear direction and goals for the participants of the 1989 democracy movement;
3) The leaders of the movement lagged behind the political development, even behind the average citizens. As the democracy movement developed out of its original anti-corruption envelope into a clear intention of being against the Communist one-party dictatorship, some leaders retreated and even gave up their leadership responsibilities. Some stalled at their starting point, and even sent the anti-Mao Zedong heroes such as Mr. Yu Dongyue to the Public Security Bureau (which resulted their long sentences even severe torture).
Due to these painful lessons, Hu Shigen etc. thought that the primary reason of the failure of the 1989 democracy movement was due to the lack of opposition party/organizations. In 1991, associated with Mr. Liu Jingsheng and Mr. Wang Guoqi, etc., they secretly established the first opposition party in China: the "Chinese Freedom and Democracy Party". Under the principle of "ending one party dictatorship and protecting people's rights", the organization developed rapidly with more members joining the party. Afterwards, associated with Kang Yuchun, etc. they established supporting organizations such as "Alliance for China Progress", and "the Preparation Committee of the Free Workers' Union of China" in an effort to protect human rights and workers' rights. Shortly after, their plan of using model helicopters to distribute fliers over TianAnMen Squares in memory of the June 4 massacre was betrayed by traitors. Liu Jingsheng, Kang Yuchun and Hu Shigen were arrested together, and each was sentenced for more than a decade. Because of the leadership and solid stand of Hu Shigen, he was punished most severely with a 20-year sentence. In comparison with the typical 2- to 3-year sentences of the students during that period, one could easily tell what the Chinese Communists felt about its real threats. The Chinese Communist Party was very wise to realize the real threat comes from people like Hu Shigen, etc. because their belief and effort of establishing an opposition party shall ultimately change the fundamental structure of the one-party dictatorship. However, this belief and effort is also the greatness and the wisdom of those people represented by Hu Shigen, which is also the reason that the Wei Jingsheng Foundation decided to give the prize and to let the world to know their lives.
Remember the old Chinese saying: "The heroes share the common beliefs." After the effort of organizing an opposition party by Hu Shigen and Liu Jingsheng, etc., many of the outstanding dissidents in China came to recognize the importance of organizing such a party. The currents of such an effort were running through each province, and thus produced a group of outstanding leaders. Mr. Liu Xianbin is the outstanding leader of the Sichuan Province, as well as taking an important role in pushing for an opposition party on the country scale. During the relatively smooth period of 1998 both inside China and more internationally, our colleagues in many provinces including Zhejiang, Sichuan and Shanxi tried to openly register "the preparation Committee of the Chinese Democratic Party", which pushed the effort of organizing the opposition party into a grand and spectacular scale. For a while, the Chinese Communist Party did not know how to react and what to do.
Unfortunately, later on, the infiltration of the Communist government and the premature advances of the very few gave the Communists the excuse for full-scale suppression and thus a great loss. As many of our outstanding comrades were put into danger, many activists retreated for self-protection or even surrendered themselves to the government and betrayed their original goals. It was under this type of difficulty, Mr. Liu Xianbin came forward and picked up the heavy burden of taking charge of the Southwestern provinces. Without a step backwards he publicly fought with the police and special agents, and thus was treated as the number one enemy of the government. After more than a half year of organizing the opposition party, within one month of his arrest Liu was sentenced for 13 years. As of today, those people with their extreme left masks who had made premature advances are already released. The real democracy advocates like Liu Xianbin, who would not betray their original goals and principles, are still suffering in jails. We must consider the reasons.
The modern Chinese democracy movement started from the 1978-1979 Democracy Wall movement and progressed into the view that clearly defines the need to end the one-party dictatorship, instead of pushing for democratic reform within the Communist party. It was from that period of time that people like Hu Shigen and Liu Jingsheng started their progressive career. The 1980's democracy tide produced even more outstanding people. These outstanding people of the 1970's and 1980's, together with those of 1990's, are all working for the realization of Chinese democracy. And all have come to this realization that establishing an opposition party as the essential prerequisite of a democratic system. This realization reflects how our new Chinese are full of livelihood and developing rapidly, but also indicates that the Chinese society is maturing rapidly, with clear knowledge of what we need and how to get it. This direction is the hope of our Chinese over all.
The Chinese government claims that the Chinese people and the Chinese society are not mature enough to enjoy democracy. However, let us focus on heroes like Hu Shigen and Liu Xianbin, let us pay attention to the thousands and thousands of average Chinese who are quietly contributing to a democratic China. Then we will know that the Chinese government's "China is a special case" is simply a lie, and we will know that indeed it is not far away for us to reach the goal of Chinese democracy and freedom.
(The Chinese version is partially broadcasted by Radio Free Asia. Wei Jingsheng Foundation is responsible for the English version of the translation.)
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中文版
Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A96-W39
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A96-W39
Release Date: December 18, 2004
发布日：2004年12月18日
Topic: About the Two Heroes who won the 1st Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" (by Wei Jingsheng)
标题：胡石根和刘贤斌:两名得奖的英雄 (魏京生)
Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)
此号以中文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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胡石根和刘贤斌:两名得奖的英雄 (魏京生)
今年12月5日，在美国注册的非政府组织“魏京生基金会”颁发了第一届“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”。奖金5000美元，用以奖励为了中国的民主和人权事业做出了牺牲、有杰出贡献的人士。第一届的得奖人是仍在监狱里坚持斗争的胡石根先生和刘贤斌先生。
胡石根先生是江西人，生长在农村，后来考入北京大学中文系。80年代初毕业后留校任教，后来又转到北京语言学院担任讲师。89年大屠杀以后，全国一片肃杀气氛，政治极端黑暗，镇压十分严厉。人们纷纷躲回家里以自保。89年时轰轰烈烈的北京街头一下子变得冷冷清清。就是在这严冬一样的气势中，仍有一些勇敢的年轻人悄悄地在地下进行着活动，为严冬过后的春天进行着准备。胡石根先生就是其中最杰出者之一。他们总结了89年民主运动失败的教训，认为造成失败的主要原因有三：
1） 没有一个政党或反对派组织，就不能形成有效的反对派势力，不能起到制约政府的作用。
2） 没有明确的纲领和口号，使运动的参与者无所适从，运动本身停滞不前。
3） 运动的领导者明显落后于形势，也落后于群众。当运动发展到不仅仅是反腐败，已经明确反对中共一党专政的时候，某些领导者退缩了，放弃了领导责任；另一些则停留在原有的阶段不敢向前迈一步，甚至把反毛泽东的英雄俞东岳等人扭送到公安机关。
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有鉴于这些惨痛的教训，胡石根等人认为没有政党或反对派组织，是失败的首要原因。在1991年，胡石根联络了刘京生，王国齐等人，秘密组建了中国第一个反对党“中国自由民主党”，迅速扩大组织，发展党员，并确立了结束一党专政，保障人民权利的纲领。之后又和康玉春等同志组建了外围组织“中华进步同盟”和“中国自由工会筹备委员会”，作为维护人权和工人权益的工作机构。不久，因为计划用航模飞机在天安门广场撒传单，纪念“六四”惨案活动被叛徒告密。刘京生、康玉春和胡石根一起被捕，分别被判处10到20年判刑。由于胡石根的领导者地位和坚定不移的态度，他被判以20年的最重徒刑。相对于同时期被判两、三年徒刑的学生们，可以看出中共所认为的真正威胁来自哪一方。组建反对党，将改变一党专制的根本结构，中共很明智地看到了来自胡石根等人的真正威胁。而这也还是胡石根等人的伟大和英明之处。也是魏京生基金会决定奖励和宣传他们的原因。
天下英雄所见略同。在胡石根、刘京生等人的组党之后。全国人多数有识之士都看到了组织反对党的重要性。组党运动的暗流在各省涌动，产生了一大批杰出的领袖。刘贤斌先生是四川省的杰出人物之一，也是暗中推动全国组党运动的重要人物。在98年国内外形势相对缓和的情况下，浙江、四川、陕西等十几个省份展开了公开注册“中国民主党筹备小组”的尝试。使组党运动进入到一个轰轰烈烈的阶段，打了中共一个措手不及、进退两难。后来由于特务机关的破坏，以及少数人的冒进措施，给中共提供了充分的借口。这种尝试遭到了全力镇压，损失了一大批优秀的同志。也有许多积极分子退缩，以自保式或投降叛变了自己的初衷。正是在这艰难的时刻，刘贤斌先生挺身而出，挑起了西南几省组党联络人的重担。毫不退缩地与警察和特务进行公开较量，被中共视为头号眼中钉、肉中刺，于98年组党运动开始半年多以后被捕，并于一个月之内判以13年的重刑。在以极左的面目冒进的人士已被释放的今天，刘贤斌等坚定不移的民主斗士们仍在监狱中受煎熬。这不能不使人们思考一下为什么。
中国当代的民主运动开始于78-79年的民主墙运动。这使中国人权民主运动进入到明确提出结束一党专政，而不仅仅是党内民主的阶段。胡石根、刘京生等人正是在这时开始了他们的革命生涯。在80年代的民主大潮中，又产生了一大批后浪推前浪的优秀人物。七十年代和八十年代的优秀人物，在九十年代合流而推动着中国的民主运动，并且不约而同地以组建反对党为建立民主制度的前提。这不仅说明中华民族是一个有活力的、迅速成长着的民族，也说明中国的社会在迅速的成熟之中，越来越明确地知道自己需要什么，以及如何得到它。这就是中华民族的希望。
共产党说中国人民和社会不够成熟，没资格享受民主的好处。看看胡石根、刘贤斌等英雄人物吧，再看看千千万万为中国的民主化而默默无闻添砖加瓦的普通中国人，就知道“中国特殊论”是个谎言，就知道中国的民主、自由，确实已经不远了。
（写于2004年12月初。部分内容在自由亚洲电台上播出。）
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