The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-02
Led YOUTH when
TIRE: ASON STRUCK
WORKING CLASS
Headed Revolution in
Germany
BY JOHN WILLIAMSON.

movement has produced manS
great leaders and fighters in the class
war, but second only to the Russian
Bolsheviks headed by Lenin, stand the
little group of German Spartacans,
comprising such workers as Lieb-
Rnecht, Luxembourg, Mehring, Jogish-
es and Clara Zetkin.
When the ''great" and mighty"
leader of the Second International,
the German Social Democracy, be-
trayed the working class to the bour-
geoisie in 1914, it took determination
and courage, backed up by loyalty to
the working class, to step out against
imperialism and the betrayers of the
working class, the social democracy
itself, and proclaim that the workers
had been betrayed, that their enemy
was not the English or French work
ers in uniform, but English, French
and German Imperialism, and that
what was necessary was to fight with
their rifles against their own imper-
ialists and fraternize amongst them
selves.
Is Imprisoned.
For this Liebknecht went to Jail,
but both inside and outside he proved
a rallying point for the German work
ing class. For this had not been the
first time that the workers had heard
of Karl Liebknecht. For years Lieb-
knecht had been opposing the "grad-
ual" policies of the leadership of the
social democracy. He had written his
famous book, "Militarism and Anti
Militarism" in 1906 which resulted in
his serving 10 months in prison.
His experiences with the social
democracy early taught him to look
for a reserve which would serve as
vitalizing factor in the revolutionary
movement of that day, and towards
this end Liebknecht during his entire
life was a champion, leader of the
working class youth movement, even
after he had grown old in years. He
led the fight to organize the Socialist
Youth International, which finally
brought results in Stuttgart in 1907.
From that time on, he devoted his
time to educating and organizing the
youth, seeing in them a nucleus for
a real proletarian revolutionary poll
teal movement.
Not a Pacifist.
While opposing war, Liebknecht did
not turn pacifist, as SO many do in
these days of struggle and strife.
Liebknecht understood and Numbered
forth his knowledge that militarism
is a part of capitalism, and only thru
the class war could the capitalist sys-
tenn of which militarism is a part,
be abolished. He it was who raised
in Germany the slogan of "War
Against War" Lenin had already
stated this tactic Of present day Com
nunist philosophy: Turn the Capt.
talist War into Civil War"
During those turbulent days Of
1914-1919, Liebknecht reaped the
seeds he had sown amongst the work
ing class youth. 1t was the Socialist
Youth international who rallied to
LiebEnecht-who fought the imper-
ialists and THEM hirelings, the Eberts,
the Scheidermans-the Noskes. 1t
was they together with that group of
old fighters who fought in the streets
of Berlin in these historical 1919 days,
they who captured the Town Hall, the
police headquarters and Vorwarts
buildings.
The German social democracy can
well take the credit Of Saving Ger
man Capitalism" They it was who
suppressed the revolution-they it
was who murdered Liebknecht and
Luxembourg.
Voice Still Heard.
The day before their murder at the
hands of Noske, in answer to Ebert's
claim that "Order Is Established in
Berlin" Luxembourg wrote, "You
fools, your order is built on sandl
Tomorrow the revolution will arise
again majestic and to your terror an
nounce with a voice of thunder: i
was, am, am to be!'
This voice of thunder against capt.
talism has been rumbling ever since
Yesterday in China-today in Mica
ragua--tomorrow in Europe. In this
struggle the Soviet Union stands az
an inspiration and the Communist
Party of the world has replaced the
scattered handfuls of Bolsheviks and
Sparticans of 1914. Shoulder to
shoulder with them march the Young
Communist League who have inher-
tied the revolutionary traditions Of
Lebknecht.
Meeting Friday.
It is fitting that the Young Work
ers (Communist) League Of New
Work should hold a Liebknecht Mem
oiial meeting tomorrow night at the
Labor Temple, 14th st. and End Ave,
for this great fighter and leader Of
the working class.
Support the Young Workers
League Of America!
Commemorate the death of that i'm
mortal fighter-Liebknechti
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