The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25

ComlnUefn ; (d) propagation OF de-
featism towards the Soviet Govern
ment under a LEFT" mask. The war
danger during the last year has pro-
vided several examples of these
methods; especially in the work of
the German social democrats. These
examples were no less clearly ex-
pressed by the allies of social demo-
crazy, the Trotskyites, e. G. in their
phrases about "Thermidor," ''kula-
kization,' etc.
The so-called Left leaders of So
cial democracy were characterized
by the VIII. Plenum of the Comm
tern as the most dangerous enemies
in the labor movement. This char
acterization has been completely con-
firmed by their. treacherous policy
during the past year and by their
behavior at the Brussels Congress
of the II. International. 1t is pre-
cisely they who, under left"
phrases, seek to have both the bour-
geoisie and Right reformist leaders
in critical situations, by describing
the Soviet regime and the Commu-
mist world movement as enemies of
the proletarian united front, as enc
mics of world peace" as "allies of
reaction" in order thereby to mis-
lead and confuse the workers and
to assist the bourgeoisie in carry
ing out its war policy.
6. Events of recent years have
shown that the main front in the
policy CT all imperialist powers is
directed more and more openly
against the Soviet Union and the
Chinese revolution. But in view of
the sharpening antagonisms be-
tween the inperialist powers them
selves, clash between the imperi-
alist groups of powers in the strug-
gle for world supremacy is possible
even before this war breaks out.
Just as the world war of 1914
1918 led directly to the victorious
proletarian revolution in the former
czarist empire, to the development
of the liberation movement in the
colonies and to uprisings and revo-
lutionary mass movements among
the European proletariat, so new
war will rouse a mighty revolution
airy movement that will embrace the
industrial workers of America, the
broad masses of peasants in agra
rian countries and the millions of
oppressed peoples of the colonies.
However, the crisis of capitalism
the sharpest expression of which is
war-many give rise to broad re-
evolutionary mass movements, even
before the open conflict breaks out.
In such movement, as in the daily
struggles, the Communists must
strive to rally, organize and lead
the masses, with the aim of fight
ing, by means of revolutionary ac-
ton, for the conquest of power, for
the overthrow of the bourgeoisie and
the establishment of a proletarian
dictatorship.
Even if the Communists in the
European countries do not succeed
in sharpening the daily struggle for
the most urgent demands of the
workers to the point of an open
struggle for power, for the over
throw of the bourgeoisie-and only
through the overthrow of the bour-
geoisie in the most important coun-
tries can imperialist wars be pre-
vented-nevertheless, the constant
combining of this struggle with the
fight against Imperialism will con-
siderably augment the activity of
the workers, and will make it con-
siderably more difficult for the
bourgeoisie to prepare for or en-
bark on war. 1t is clear that a
postponement of the imperialist war
measures by the mass actions of
the proletariat will create conditions
that will considerably facilitate the
transformation of this war into civil
war and the overthrow of the i'm
perialists. In any case, the grow
ing Leftward development among