The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-23
BY Arne swabeck.

~ stopped for moment Thus
begins the third chapter of the new
pamphlet ''Lenin, Liebknecht, Luxem
burg" by Max Shachtman, published
by the Young Workers League. A
great little pamphlet.
The role of Lenin and his two great
followers, whose names are now on
the lips Of millions of workers, is
briefly pictured in the pamphlet. 1t is
short historic sketch Of some OF
the important incidents of imperialist
developments and the epoch of i'm
uerialism, when the period Of prepare
ton of the working class for the
revolution is ended and gave place 70
the period of direct onslaught against
capitalism.
The description of Lenin's role is
OF necessity brief and deals mainly
with some of his activities before the
November revolution, in leading the
conscious working class movement to-
ward. the formation of the revolutions
airy world party. Yet it is sufilclent 70
establish throughout the pamphlet the
truth contained in the introduction
by Robt. Minor:
HAmona the three working class
heroes pictured here Lenin, Llep-
kneeht and Luxembourg, it should
not be forgotten, of course, that
Vladimir IIyitch Lenin was the lead
er of leaders, the creative MIND
whose leadership was necessary to
the full greatness of others. So this
/, In fact the story Of Lenin and of
two Of his great disciples who, like
him, were martyred to the cause OF
the working class"
IRON his birth, at time when his
J. father was in prison, convicted
for high treason against the German
empire through the revolutionary up
heayals in Germany, during the latter
part and Immediately after the world
war. Liebknecht, pictured by Shacht
man, is essentially the leader OF the
revolutionary youth, the tireless, he
roic fighter against German imperial
ism, the idol of the war weary German
workers.
Organizing, under fearful obstacles
the International opposition to the
reasonable social democratic party
It is a description of Liebknecht fight
ing. suffering and jailed, but ever alert
ever carrying the banner OF mass
revolt; in speeches, at mass demon
STATIONS and in the German reieAs
tag.
In the historic session of December
End, 1914 when war credits were
voted by this body, supported by the
social democrats, Liebknecht, in ex
posing the imperialist war aims, made
the following declaration as described
in the pamphlet:
1.-THE class struggle alone is the
salvation of the proletariat, and we
hope that we will carry on very
soon the class struggle in open in
ternational intercourse with the
proIetariat of all countries, even
with those with whom we are at
war. In this international struggle
rests not only hope for the demo-
eratization, for political and eco
nomlc emancipation Of the working
class, but also the one hope for the
mass Of the people concerned even
during the war. :. Away with the
hypocracy Of the civil truce.
Forward to the class struggle! For
ward to the international class
struggle for the emancipation of the
working class and against warl"
Then further on in the same
chapter we read about the foulest
deed ever perpetrated by white guard
hoodlums.
"Liebknecht is seated in an automo
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