The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-03
A MARKHAM Book and Its Un-Marxian Critics

lists; to show the close connection.
yea, even the identity Of government
and big business; to fight the con-
tention of Gompersism Of our" gov
eminent as something above classes.
This could be done only by truly
MARKHAM analysis of all the facts con-
nected with the struggles of the past
year. To give such an analysis on
the basis Of the facts was the task Of
the writer. The book represents the
accomplishment Of that task.
What the c. |. Says Of "The Govern
ment-StrikebreaEer."
Referring to this book and other
publications of the Workers Party
written mainly by Comrades Love-
stone and Pepper, the executive COM
mittee Of the Communist International
in its report to the Fifth Congress de-
clares: 1.-THE party has also issued
MarxIst literature, not only on general
Communist questions but also on con-
crete conditions of America, and thus
they made good that which the social
democrats of the Second international
neglected to do for decades"
The book is a MARKHAM one. It
breathes Marxism in its analytical
method as well as in it's revolutionary
conclusions.
To be sure-our central executive
committee does not know that. It
does not and cannot recognize Marx
an methods. AS true" believers they
can only worship before the shrine of
unmistakable phrases. If Marxism
does not present itself to them in
these phrases then our central execu-
tive committee majority finds itself
compelled to disown it.
And why should it not?
Samples of Fosters Communism.
Comrade Foster, the leader of the
majority, wrote only two years before
The -Strikebreaker" was
published: Apparently it is thru the
old unions that the workers will
eventually achieve industrial free
DOM" To this gem of "Marxism" We
could add an indefinite number of
others out Of the same book, 1.-THE
Great Steel Strike and It's Lessons"
For instance, on page eco: "In what
have called the left wing of the
movement there are large and ever
increasing numbers of workers and
sympathizers who refuse to face the
prospect of a society forever based
upon the wage system. They demand
an organization that is making for its
abolition and the substitution there
fore of a system of industrial justice.
IF THEY WERE TO LOOK SHARP
LY THEY WOULD SEE THAT THE
TRADE UNION MOVEMENT is
TRAVELLING FASTER THAN ANY
OTHER BODY TOWARD THE END
THEY WISH TO REACH" (Our en-
phasis.)
Yes, the chief arbiter of pure Com
munism Of 1924 was SO much
stranger to Marxism, to Communism
in 1920 that he seems entitled to a
pardon for not recognizing Marx ex-
eept in his beard. The comraoe who
could write only four years ago, that
the big question is whether or not
they (the trade unions) will be able
to develop enough power to stop this
exploitation altogether. AS for me, l
am convinced that they WILL" should
be little more careful in his judg-
ment about the MARKHAM qualities of
other writer's. His "Marxism," rank
industrialism, can be traced in his
writings down to this very day. Why
then should comrade who displayed
such misconceptions of the character
of the proletarian revolution, nearly
three years after the Bolshevik revo-
luton in Russia, be able today to find
any trace of Marxism in the Gov
Observation-Disclosures" 81
Foster Refutes Foster.
But our arbiters Of pure Commun-
ism have detected the shortcomings