The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-08-05
OF POLITICAL EDU
CATION
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28. DID THE IMPERIALISTIC WAR OF 1914-1S
SOLVE THE FUNDAMENTAL CONTRADIC-
TIONS BETWEEN THE GREAT IMPERIAL
IST POWERS? (See Explanatory notes
below)
The war of 1914-1918 resulted only in a re-
grouping of the big imperialist robbers, but in no
way eliminated the fundamental contradictions and
the embittered struggle in the world of finance
capital and imperialism.
Imperialist Germany and Austria were driven
out of the ranks of great imperialist powers and
fell into complete economic and political en-
slavement to France and England With the ruin
of Germany and Austria and the humiliation of
Tsarist and bourgeois Russia, new imperiaist con-
tradictions and political groupings are developing
and maturing among the victorious capitalist
powers.
In Europe contradictions of interest are develop
ing and relations are sharpening between England
and France, despite the continuing alliance be-
tween them In the Far East a still more open
and powerful enmity exists between America and
Japan, who are ready at any moment to throw
themselves upon each other and decide their
long-standlng conflict over mastery in China by
means of a prodigious war; for which both of
them are openly preparing themselves. Into the
conflict the whole of capitalist Europe will infali
bly, be drawn, and military mperialist conflagra-
ton will again threaten to embrace the whole
capitalist world
Finally great contradictions of interest are de-
veloping between America which got rich during
the war of 1914-18 on the one hand, and the En-
tente in particular England, on the other hand.
The capitalist world as result of the war of
19141918 is full of acute Contradictions insouble
for the bourgeoisie, the only solution of which
can be the overthrow of the w1ole capitalist sys-
tenn.
29.-- WHAT AWAITS CAPITALIST SOCIETY
UNDER THE FURTHER EXISTENCE OF
FINANCE CAPITAL AND IMPERIALISM?
New and still more destructive wars; a further
and still greater ensavement of the proletariat;
still more colossal destruction and ruination of
the productive forces of all mankind right up to
the inevitable overthrow of the rule of capital
81. UPON WHOM HAS HISTORY LAID THE
MISSION OF BEING THE DESTROYER
AND GRAVEDIGGER OF CAPITALISM?
Upon the working class because it suffers great
est and most directly, under the yoke of capital
and imperialism and thru the whole course of
social development is prepared for the task of
digging the grave of the bourgeoisie.
Infinitely greater stress must now be placed ON
.He cohCradctlons OF interest between the imper-
lallsts of the United States and England These
Two capitalist powers met each other in irrecon
cilabe conflict nearly at every noint of the ooba
even the British dominions such as Canada and
Australia, are beginning to depend more upon the
capital and navy of the United States than upon
that of England
Inc United States has become the foremost i'm
perlallst power American capital and commodi-
Ties are penetrating all parts of the globe graduol
~ dlsplaclng those of England In addition to the
Struggle over the mastery of the Pacific, the con-
roi OF OIL and rubber resources, American capital
Is fastening its grip-through the Dawes and other
pians-upon Germany, Poland and other sections
OF Central and Eastern Europe also in Latin
america and China, greatly to the detriment of
the interests of British capitalism
great world conflict is in the making due To
the rreconcable conflict of interests between the
United States and England
Another nsoluable contradiction of postwar
capltahsn' which has come to full expression dur
ing the last two years, is the questions of the war
oeDt settlements. Despite the debt funding agree
ments made by the United States government
with England and several more European countries
Inc Inc qeots are far from having been settled.
French capitalism refuses to accent the conditions
of the United States and demands that French
payments 70 America be made conditional upon
herman payments to France Germany insists up-
on revision of the Versailles Treaty and the
Da"es pian arrangements. England although full
provided by the debt funding agreement is COM
PEELED by the fatal crisis in its economy to de-
mand That It's payments to the United States be
also made conditional upon French and German
payments to England
Bound up with the question of war debts and as
2 result OF the growing power of American CAPT
Iahsm, there is arising in Europe strong feeling
d resentment against the United States The
lact found its expression in several instances
among them IN the practically unanimous lineup
u u all European delegates against the United
STATES at the meeting of the League of Nations
III GENEVA IN the summer of 1926.
= mus the contradictions of interest between
european capitalism and American capitalism are
odklng concrete shape, giving rise to imperiaist
arguments which are fraught with the greatest
uanger OF new imperialist wars
another factor of comparatively recent devel-
opment IS the more intensive and more conscious
struggles of the colonial and semcoonial peoples
against foreign Imperialism. Chief among these
IS the onward march of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
airy movement in China, Syria and Morocco.
snGarpenng OF the struggle against foreign lmper-
lanSn IS taking place in the East generally, and
also IN the countries of Latin America being d.
lected there mainly against the Imperialism OF
the United States
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