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the horrors and destruction of war.
returned home exhausted and in
many cases mutilated by hunger,
cold and disease. The eyes of the
workers and exploited masses all
over the world were directed to the
country of the proletarian dictator
ship which had been born in the
storm of the October Revolution.
The workers of Russia were the
first to show by example how the
workers should fight against i'm
perialist war. The great October
Revolution made a breach in the
front of world imperialism and turn
ed the imperialist war into a civil
war in Russia, overthrow the power
of capitalism and placed the dicta-
/ torship of the proletariat in its
stead. Under the direct influence of
the October Revolution the revolu-
tionary movement poured in broad
wave over the whole world. In Eur
ope, Asia, America and Africa OPP
pressed classes and races revolted
against their oppressors, the men
responsible for the imperialist world
slaughter.
The tragedy of the world prole-
tariat at that time was that outside
the frontiers of Soviet Russia there
were no organized and experienced
Communists Parties. The young
Communist organizations which die
exist, had to contend with strong
social democratic parties which were
allied with the bourgeoisie. In the
moment of revolutionary crises
these social democratic parties hur-
ried to the aid of dying capitalism
and placed themselves at the dis.
posal of the bourgeoisie in order tc
crush the revolutionary workers by
force of arms.
The Communist International was
created in order to organize anC
lead the workers and oppressed
masses in the struggle against CAPT
talism, to smash the social democ
racy and to lead the workers Of
the world under the banner of The
world October. Based upon the les
sons of Marx and Lenin, the Com
munist international became the his
torical successor of the First In
ternational founded by Marx and a!
such it inherited the best traditions
of the Second International in tn,
pre-war period. The First Interna
tional gave an theological basis tt
the international proletarian strug
gle for socialism. In it's best periot
the Second International provided ;
basis for the extension of the work
ing class movement and the organi
cation of the masses. The Third In
ternational, which continued tn,
work of the First International ant
took over the best traditions of tn,
Second International whilst reject
ing the opportunism of the latte
with all possible energy, commenced
its task of establishing the dictator
ship of the proletariat.
Terror Against Communists.
Ten years have passed since tn,
Communist International was found
ed. Those ten gears were years O
an unparalleled and heroic strug
gle on the part of the proletaria
against capitalism. In those tel
years the furious hatred of the ex
ploiters and oppressors all over tn
world was directed against the Com
munist International. In their strug
gle against the Communist Interna
tional the imperialists and their so
cial democratic allies used and still
use the most brutal and unscrupu
lous measures.
There is nothing that the bour
geoisie has not tried in it's strug
gle against the proletarian revolu
tionary movement and against tn,
Communist International. Fascis