The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-28
The Struggle Against Imperialist War
and the Tasks of the Communists

"enemy" in such war is the Soviet
Union, i.e., the fatherland Of the in
ternational proletariat, the follow
ing changes must be made in tao
tics as compared with the tactics
employed in purely" imperialist
war:
az The proletariat in the imperi-
alist countries must not only fight
for the defeat of their own govern
men in this war, but must actively
strive to secure victory for the Sow
let State.
b. Therefore, the tactics and the
choice of means of fighting will not
only be dictated by the interests of
the class struggle at home in each
country, but also by considerations
for the outcome of the war at the
front, which is bourgeois class
war against the proletarian state.
q The Red Army is not an
"enemy" army but the army of the
international proletariat. In the
event of war against the Soviet
Union, the workers in capitalist
countries must not allow themselves
to be scared from supporting the
Red Army and from expressing this
support by fighting against their
own bourgeoisie, by the charges of
treason that the bourgeoisie may
hurl against them.
Defense of USSR.
80. Although the proletariat in
imperialist countries is not bound by
the, duty of national Defense" in
the land of the proletarian dictator
ship, however, national defense is
an unfailing revolutionary duty.
Here, the defenders are the armed
proletariat supported by the poor
peasantry. The victory of the Oc-
tober revolution gave a socialist
fatherland to the workers of the
world, viz, the Soviet Union. De-
tense of the Soviet Union is mat
ter of class interest for the inter-
national proletariat as we'll as debt
of honor.
In 1919-1921, the Soviet govern
ment was able to defeat the inter-
,entionist forces of fourteen states,
among which were the most power
full imperialist states, because the
international proletariat interviewed
on behalf of the proletarian dicta-
torship in the U. S. S. R. by revolu-
tionary mass action. A renewed i'm
perialist attack on the Soviet Union
will prove that in spite of all the
preparations made for this attack
and in spite of the counter-revolu-
tionary efforts of the Social Demo-
Gratis, this international proletarian
solidarity still exists.
Allies of Proletariat.
The proletariat's allies in the de-
tense of the U. S. S. R. are: 1. the
rural poor and the mass of the
middle peasants and 2. the national
revolution and to protect the work
of building up semi-colonies.
81. The international policy of
the U. S. S. r. is a peace policy,
which conforms to the interests of
the ruling class in Soviet Russia.
viz, the proletariat, and to the in
terests of the international prole-
tariat. This policy rallies all the al
lies of the proletarian dictatorship
around it's banner and provides the
best basis for taking advantage of
the antagonisms among the imperi-
alist states.
Guard Proletarian Revolution.
The aim of this policy is to guard
the international revolution and to
protect the work of building up So
cialism---the progress of which is re-
volutionizing the world. 1t strives
to put off the conflict with imperial
ism for as long as possible. In re-
gard to the capitalist states, to their
mutual relationships and to their re-
lationships with their colonies, this
policy implies: opposition to i'm
perialist war, to predatory colonial
campaigns, and to pacifism, which
camouflages these campaigns.
The peace policy of the proletarian