The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-20
The Day of SociaI-Democracy

tiles belonging to the Second Interna-
tional wish to be on the bandwagon.
Hunsary's Horthy
The Hungarian social-democrats are
of like nature. They are willing to
make a pact with the savage govern
ment Of Horthy, provided he allows
the Hungarian social-democrats, who
are in the emigration to return to the
country. No Communists are includ-
ed in their request; they must be
treated as traitors. The Italian So
cialists have long entered into collab-
Grafton with Mussolini. The Italian
proletariat gave them the answer at
the polls this month. Their vote was
cut in half the revolutionary workers
in central Italy turning to the Com
munists despite the most barbarous
terrorism on the part of the Black
Shirts-and even giving Mussolini a
minority.
To make the program complete, the
American socialists line up with the
Conference for Progressive Political
Action against the formation of a.
Farmer-Labor party and against the
more class-conscious section of the
workers and militant farmers of
America. They, too, affiliated to the
Hamburg International, wish to be
perfectly respectable and participate
in capitalist econstruction-and in
the class collaboration sponsored by
Johnston in the railroad industry.
The day of mere social-democratic
ministers in capitalist governments is
past. The day of social-democratic
and labor government is here. The
bourgeoisie is broadening and extend
ing the democratic illusions of the
working and peasant classes. Labor
leaders are being given an opportuni-
ty to elaborate capitalist programs,
which the workers will not take from
the hands of the bourgeoisie itself.
1t is no definite sign that the bour-
geoisie does not trust its own power:
the ruling class is wont to employ any
decoy to lead the subject class from
the path to power. Kerensky in Rus
STA, Ebert in Germany, Macdonald in
Great Britain, Staining in Denmark
all politicians of the stripe, with the
same policy-aIl belonging to the
same international.
Capitalism crumbIing
And yet in the year 1924 it is a sign
of the gradual breakdown of capital
ism. Capitalism has to resort to sub
terfuge in order to put it's program
across. The British labor govern
ment, the German social-democrats
and the French socialists are enthus-
iastic supporters of the Dawes report.
If the Representatives of the work
ers" favor the report, who could be
against it? India is seething with re-
volt against British tyranny: who
could recommend to them temperance
in method better than the representa-
tives of British labor?"
The elections in Italy, the provincial
elections in Germany, the national
elections in Germany and the cleo
tons in France have demonstrated
what the workers think of socirrzdem-
Ocratic governments and parties. In
all the countries of Europe, and also
in the United States, the turn to the
left is definite and pronounced. Cap
italism cannot solve its own prob
lens: drawing the social-democrats
into the settlement means clarifying
the problems. Social-demoeracy was
never representative Of the working
class: soeIaI-democracy was and is
only a petty-bourgeois expression Of
Dissatisfaction with existing condi-
tons. SociaI-democracy merely de-
mands greater participation Of the
working class in the affairs of state
and industry. soeiaI-democracy does
not seek the rule Of the working class.
Communists Power Rising
Despite the White relationships that
rule many countries, the Communist
parties have increased in power. The
illusions Of capitalist democracy and
social-democracy cannot persist; they
are opening the eyes of the workers
and bringing them under the influ-
ence of the Communist International
with the application of Bolshevist pol
icies and methods. The truths that
Lenin preached are being demon
strated and indicated day by day.
This is the day of social-democracy
the day of Communism is dawning.
Throw Injunction at Picket.