The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-01
The Growth Of International Popularity Of

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firstly by the competition of the CAPT
talist states, anxious to find a place
on the Soviet market and secondly
by the program Of pacifism which de-
mands the establishment of normal
relations" with the Soviet Republics
the signing at least of some agree
ment with the Soviet Union. The
point is that the present democrats
and ''paciflsts" defeated their bour-
geois competitors in the parliament
tary elections, thanks to the Soviet
recognition plank, that the MacDon-
aids and Herriots came to power and
can remain in power, thanks to their
lip service and friendship" to Rus
STA, that the prestige of these demo
Gratis and pacifsts is a reflection Of
the prestige of the Soviet power
among the great masses. It is char
acteristic that even such = well known
democrat" as Mussolini considers it
necessary to display at times, before
the workers, his friendship" for the
Soviets. It is no less characteristic
that such well known grabbers of
other peoples property as the pres
ent rulers Of Japan cannot get along
without Friendship" for the Soviet
Union. We do not speak Of the i'm
mense popularity Of the Soviet power
among the masses of Turkey, Persia,
China and India.
How are we to explain this unusual
prestige and this unusual popularity
among the masses of other states of
such dictatorial and revolutionary
power as is the Soviet power?
Firstly, by the hatred Of the work
ing class for capitalism and by its anx-
iety to free itself from it. The work
ers of the capitalist countries sympa-
thize with the Soviet power primarily
because 1t is power that has over
thrown capitalism. The president OF
the British railway men. the not IN
known Bromley. recently said at the
Trade Union Congress: THE capital
lists know that the eyes of the workers
Of the entire world are turned upon
Russia, and that II the Russian revolu-
ton wins, then the conscious workers
Of the other countries win ask them
selves why cannot we too also de-
stroy capitalism" Bromley, OF course
is not Bolshevik. But what he said
was an expression Of the thots and
longings Of the European workers.
For, why indeed. not overthrow Eu-
ropean capitalism il the Russians
have now been getting along for sevea
years without capitalists? Herein
lies the source Of the vast popularity
Of the Soviet power among the broad
working masses. Therefore the
growth Of the international popularity
of the Soviet Union signifies the
growth Of the hatred for capitalism on
the part OF the workers Of all coun-
tries.
Secondly, by the hatred of the
masses for war and by their anxiety
to thwart the military schemes Of the
bourgeoisie. The masses know that
the Soviet power was the first to open
an attack against imperialist war, and
Ply opening the attack has under
mined war. The masses see in the
Soviet Union the only country strug-
Cling against the recurrence of wars.
They sympathize with the Soviet
power because it is the standard
bearer of peace among nations and a
true buIwark against war. Therefore
the growth of the International popu-
larity of the Soviet power testifies to
the growth of the hatred OF the misses
Of the entire world for imperialist war
and its sponsors.
Thirdly, by the hatred of the OPP
pressed masses of the dependent
countries and colonies for the yoke
Of Imperialism, by their anxiety to
break that yoke the Soviet power is
the only power which has broken the